Rohrer & Klingner Iron Gall Nut Ink Ebony

[Claes]

Morning!

 

@LizEF

>>How does their R&K Ebony compare to Salix (or Scabiosa)?

>Was there something specific you were interested in, Claes?

 

Actually no -- it was more sort of a "general feeling" that I was after.

The reason for that is that a semi-antique XF-nibbed Parker 45 Harlequin really seems to love Salix, and now behaves superbly. Joy!

 

Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden

 

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you, @yazeh, for another so comprehensive and informative ink review! 

🙏

3 hours ago, InesF said:

I used R&K Ebony for some time, recognized and disliked it's traces of lubrication, put that on the account of iron gall, but continued to use it in a Stipula pen with wet flex nib and started loving it for being "not black"!   After some time of use, I continued sleeping well during night (as the imaginal "black ink wolf" had disappeared).  

I should try it if I have another sleepless night  

3 hours ago, InesF said:

 

Well, cat resisted the water test quite good, only the hairstyle got a bit messy, nothing permanent. Mouse should better not make bad jokes! 👆  

3 hours ago, InesF said:

 

OMG, I love your art interpretation of the Some Like It Hot movie. Great! 

Thank you! 

3 hours ago, InesF said:

Do you have some secret information about the connection between ancient Egyptian Queens and future inhabitants of desert planets? Hmm, I think there is much sand in both cases ... and maybe some DNA transfer ... 🤫

Or maybe that's the afterlife for cat people  

[Lithium466]

2 hours ago, Claes said:

 

Actually no -- it was more sort of a "general feeling" that I was after.

The reason for that is that a semi-antique XF-nibbed Parker 45 Harlequin really seems to love Salix, and now behaves superbly. Joy!

 

Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden

 

Ebony behaves well in my 45s, it's actually a good pairing!

[LizEF]

5 hours ago, Claes said:

Actually no -- it was more sort of a "general feeling" that I was after.

The reason for that is that a semi-antique XF-nibbed Parker 45 Harlequin really seems to love Salix, and now behaves superbly. Joy!

I imagine if one of them works well they'd all work well.  Scabiosa might be the riskiest - having the most purple, it might be the driest of the three (purples are often dry and poorly lubricated).

 

Take @Lithium466's word over mine though - I have no Parker 45.

[Mercian]

On 8/15/2024 at 9:17 AM, Claes said:

…a semi-antique XF-nibbed Parker 45 Harlequin…

 

A ‘Harelquin 80’ is ‘semi-antique’? 😱

1- how is my early-1970s ‘Made in France’ 45 XF supposed to feel about itself if its decade-younger (neophyte!) sibling from England can rightly be called ‘semi-antique’?

 

2- for the same reason, would somebody please take me out and shoot me now, before They come to put me in a museum…?

 

On 8/15/2024 at 2:36 PM, LizEF said:

Scabiosa might be the riskiest - having the most purple, it might be the driest of the three (purples are often dry and poorly lubricated).

I would guess this too.
E.g. My aerometric Parker “51”s love Salix, but Scabiosa was so dry in one that I - despite my Yorkshire blood - actually dumped it out of the pen straight away 

It worked ok, but the haptic sensation of writing with it was doubleplus unjoyful 😢

 

I’ve not yet tried either Salix or Scabiosa in a 45 though; Scabiosa may be just as good in yours as the Salix is 🤷‍♂️

Fun Fact: the ink in my cartridges of Parker Quink ‘Black’ refuses to flow through my Parker 45s. It’s the only ink of mine that they have rejected (so far) 🤪

[LizEF]

3 minutes ago, Mercian said:

I would guess this too.
E.g. My aerometric Parker “51”s love Salix, but Scabiosa was so dry in one that I - despite my Yorkshire blood - actually dumped it out of the pen straight away 

It worked ok, but the haptic sensation of writing with it was doubleplus unjoyful 😢

Thanks for the confirmation.  Also for the phrase "haptic sensation" - it's perfect!  No idea why we haven't all been using that for years.    (Sorry Scabiosa was unpleasant enough to overcome your Yorkshire blood. )

 

5 minutes ago, Mercian said:

Yorkshire

Utterly off topic, but I love the YouTube channel "New Yorkshire Workshop" - guy does amazing work and makes it entertaining!

[Mercian]

12 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Utterly off topic, but I love the YouTube channel "New Yorkshire Workshop" - guy does amazing work and makes it entertaining!

Ooh! Thanks for the tip 

I shall seek him out 🙂

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, Mercian said:

Ooh! Thanks for the tip 

I shall seek him out 🙂

You're welcome!  Enjoy!

[namrehsnoom]

What a good-looking black… or better almost-black. I love that shift of colour between black&brown&purple. It makes for a very desirable ink. Thanks for showcasing it so beautifully @yazeh  

 

That “Some Like it Hot” drawing is really something… witty and dynamic and full of character, and it shows of the ink so beautifully. Love it!

[yazeh]

10 minutes ago, namrehsnoom said:

What a good-looking black… or better almost-black. I love that shift of colour between black&brown&purple.

Nowadays everytine I review inks, I think of what you say about shading, between subtle and extreme. O think this ink will please you 😊

10 minutes ago, namrehsnoom said:

It makes for a very desirable ink. Thanks for showcasing it so beautifully @yazeh  

A pleasure!

10 minutes ago, namrehsnoom said:

That “Some Like it Hot” drawing is really something… witty and dynamic and full of character, and it shows of the ink so beautifully. Love it!

Thank you. It means a lot 🙏🙏🙏