Tintenlabor Purple Black 2 (purpur / schwarz 2)

[yazeh]

Tintenlabor Purple Black 2 - (New Formula)

Ink Review # 186 

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🧾 Description

Purple Black 2 is a gorgeous, mysterious, dark purple, waterproof iron gall ink by Tintenlabor. David the Ink-Mesiter graciously sent me the new formula, and it was worth the wait. 

German name: Eisengallustinte 2, purpur / schwarz  

It has a delicious flow and looks lovely on all papers. However, it's not suitable for thin, absorbent papers like Hammermill. It can feather, ghost, and bleed through to some extent. 

It uses the same unique stabilizing dye as Purple Black 1, but in a lesser quantity. The iron content is 4 gr/l as opposed to 3 gr/l of Purple Black 1. The oxidation process is slower; it hasn't darkened compared to Green Black 2 and retained the smoky purple colour. Finally, the price is a fraction of Purple Black 1's.

 

I have only cleaned the Pilot Kakuno. After soaking overnight, the pen was clean. However, I had to scrub the section and the Con-40 converter with a Q-tip, and the feed was covered with purple dye, even though when I wrapped the pen filled with water around tissue paper, the paper was clear. I have noticed that many inks, IG or not, like to cling to the plastic component of the Kakuno.

 

Update: Cleaning Lamy Safari and Kanwrite was straightforward. After overnight soaking in water and a little soaking in diluted vinegar, the pens were as clean as a whistle. 

 

And as a reminder, don't use ammonia-based fountain pen cleaners with Iron gall inks; white vinegar in diluted form should be ok.

It would be prudent to soak the pen in a white vinegar solution as a safe measure. 

 

 

Regardless of this, I enjoyed writing and drawing with this ink. It was as delicious with a Japanese Ef nib as any other nib.

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🧪 Chroma

 

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✍️ Writing Samples

Rhodia  / Iroful
 

 

    Midori/ Tomoe River 68gsm

 

 

Hammermill 20lb  

 

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 📸 Photos

The colour is more accurate here:

 

Midori/ Hammermill

 

 

Oxidation in real time (iroful paper)

 

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🔍 Comparison
I've kept the old formula swatch so that you can observe their respective oxidation process. 

 

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💧 Water Test

 

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🎨 Artwork

Rock n'Roll
Tinten labor, Dark Purple 2 (New formula), Gold, and Violet Blue

 

Unconditional 
Tintenlabor Dark Purple 2 (New formula, Dark Green 1

 

Flamenco (Old formula)

 

Purple Rain  (old formula) Paper is Talens Mixed Media. Ink has not oxidized over time. 

A Delicate Balance

Pilot Kakuno Ef/ Talens Mixed Media Paper

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- Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Lamy (EF / F / M / B / Stub 1.1), Kanwrite with FPR ultraflex nib.
- What I Liked: Very well-behaved ink, lovely colour, a joy to write or sketch with, nice lubrication. Price
- What I Did Not Like: If I want to nitpick, it's the cleaning. 
- What Some Might Not Like: Iron gall inks. 
- Writing Experience: Excellent. Lovely interior colour. 
 - Pros: Stable ink, stable color. Waterproof.
  - Cons:  Cleaning might be a bit more labour-intensive, but not as bad as other inks I've had.

 🧷 Ink Characteristics

- Shading:  Yes. 
- Ghosting:  Yes, on cheap paper. 
- Bleed Through: Yes, on thin, cheap paper. 
- Flow Rate:  Wet
- Lubrication: Good
- Nib Dry-out:  Did not notice.
- Start-up: Excellent. 
- Saturation:  Gorgeous. 
- Sheen:  No. 
- Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Yes on this Hammermill paper. 
- Nib Creep / Crud: Did not notice. 
- Staining (Pen): Pilot Kakuno needed a Q-tip.  
- Clogging:  No.
- Cleaning: It could be
- Water Resistance: Excellent. 

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 🛒 Availability

-  Available in 30/50 ml bottles directly from Tintenlabor

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 💬 Closing

This is another excellent colour from Tintenlabor; it is elegant, mysterious, and royal—a pleasure to use. 

 

No fountain pens were hurt in preparing this review. 

Please don’t hesitate to share your experience, writing samples, or any other comments. The more the merrier  

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

It was as delicious with a Japanese Ef nib as any other nib.

There aren't many inks you can say that about!

 

Nice color in those photos.  Interesting that the Hammermill seems to cause the ink to lean reddish/brownish.

 

Swatch cards suggest the ink is indeed wetter and therefore darker.

 

Great drawings.  Love Flamenco and that last one - Mousey the peacemaker.

 

Thanks for your excellent work, @yazeh!

[inkstainedruth]

Sigh.  Another ink I really DON'T need but definitely want now....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Sailor Kenshin]

@yazeh, I love the adventuresome buddy theme here: a falling yellow-tailed chroma dragon, pals stirring a wok, in a boat, enjoying flamenco, Get Your Motor Runnin, and Prince… this was a great read.

There is a glass dip pen in there, yay.  Thanks also for showing before, after, and In Progress!  I guess that's what makes these iron galls what they are.  
 

 

 

 

[yazeh]

40 minutes ago, LizEF said:

There aren't many inks you can say that about!

Yep. That's true. The Elite gold nibs are much forgiving. I've also realized that a lot of Ef nibs need to be inspected regularly and that the writing problems are due to intertwined times

40 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Nice color in those photos.  Interesting that the Hammermill seems to cause the ink to lean reddish/brownish.

Yep.  I'm guessing it'll darken overtime on it. I have to remember and check

 

40 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Swatch cards suggest the ink is indeed wetter and therefore darker.

Yes. Though I apply it with a Q-tip. But the drawing have been stable for the past month (old formula).

40 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Great drawings.  Love Flamenco and that last one - Mousey the peacemaker.

I'm guessing they're friends. It's inspired by our cat who seems unaffected by dogs

40 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Thanks for your excellent work, @yazeh!

🙏🙏🙏

[yazeh]

42 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Sigh.  Another ink I really DON'T need but definitely want now....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

@yazeh, I love the adventuresome buddy theme here: a falling yellow-tailed chroma dragon, pals stirring a wok, in a boat, enjoying flamenco, Get Your Motor Runnin, and Prince… this was a great read.
There is a glass dip pen in there, yay.  Thanks also for showing before, after, and In Progress!  I guess that's what makes these iron galls what they are.  

 

 

 

Thanks for weaving your creative imagination around my sketches, giving them life. 

Yes, I use them regularly nowadays. When I receive my samples,  I swatch, do the chroma, write /draw the water test with a glass pen, and then scan. It's quite an inky operation. 

The evolution of ink is quite something. I often wonder when the scribes had to make their inks occasionally and how they had to play around with ingredients. 

Thanks for your kind encouragement, much appreciated

 

[lapis]

The perfect merge. Somewhere ("anywhere" will do the trick) between Aubergine and Eclipse !! 🌘

[lapis]

This new ink brand itself seems to be saying something. On the 23rd of the month, the first 7 inks reviewed here = all inks reviewed here = one single brand....

Whew

[yazeh]

53 minutes ago, lapis said:

The perfect merge. Somewhere ("anywhere" will do the trick) between Aubergine and Eclipse !! 🌘

 

[yazeh]

41 minutes ago, lapis said:

This new ink brand itself seems to be saying something. On the 23rd of the month, the first 7 inks reviewed here = all inks reviewed here = one single brand....

Whew

It's fun to review, independent niche inkmakers

[Lithium466]

What a lovely ink! Thank you for your review

[InesF]

Oxidation! Real time oxidation! More real time oxidation! Always real time oxidation! Real time oxidation, only! 👍

 

Thank you, @yazeh, for bringing colour and real time oxidation together (outside heaven)!  Don't let us spend too much time talking about the ink, it is the drawings that deserve our full attention. I see so wonderful things drawn with the Purple Black 2 - a pleasure to watch! 

Purple Rain has arrived!  But the Delicate Balance, the Flamenco and the Unconditional are all unconditionally to love!   

I was already surprised with the last Tintenlabor Purple ink review but now even more, how pale R&K Scabiosa looks in comparison.

 

Any help welcome in finding a second hand wizard and the mandatory ingredients for making this infini-ink drawer.   

 

Looking forward to more news from the ongoing iron-age!  

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Lithium466 said:

What a lovely ink! Thank you for your review

A pleasure 🙏

[yazeh]

27 minutes ago, InesF said:

Oxidation! Real time oxidation! More real time oxidation! Always real time oxidation! Real time oxidation, only! 👍

😊

27 minutes ago, InesF said:

Thank you, @yazeh, for bringing colour and real time oxidation together (outside heaven)!  

It is true if we look for it heaven can be found in these blissful moments on Earth.

 

27 minutes ago, InesF said:

Don't let us spend too much time talking about the ink, it is the drawings that deserve our full attention. I see so wonderful things drawn with the Purple Black 2 - a pleasure to watch! 

🙏

27 minutes ago, InesF said:

Purple Rain has arrived!  But the Delicate Balance, the Flamenco and the Unconditional are all unconditionally to love!   

 

You got it all

27 minutes ago, InesF said:

 

I was already surprised with the last Tintenlabor Purple ink review but now even more, how pale R&K Scabiosa looks in comparison.

 

I was surprised too

27 minutes ago, InesF said:

Any help welcome in finding a second hand wizard and the mandatory ingredients for making this infini-ink drawer.   

Sure. I'll order one, do you want

 Biedermeier, Alpine Bauernmöbel or  Wiener Werkstätte?  

 

27 minutes ago, InesF said:

Looking forward to more news from the ongoing iron-age!  

Me too

[LizEF]

4 hours ago, lapis said:

This new ink brand itself seems to be saying something. On the 23rd of the month, the first 7 inks reviewed here = all inks reviewed here = one single brand....

Whew

I have learned that some inks, you don't leave sitting around until you eventually get to them (like cartridges, iron galls, and some sample vials)

 

And I wanted to help the new ink maker out, so yeah, all his inks are being done in sequence.  Two more to go from me, then on to others until / unless I get some of the "new formula" so I can update those that didn't flow as well.

[Sailor Kenshin]

12 hours ago, yazeh said:

Thanks for weaving your creative imagination around my sketches, giving them life. 

Yes, I use them regularly nowadays. When I receive my samples,  I swatch, do the chroma, write /draw the water test with a glass pen, and then scan. It's quite an inky operation. 

The evolution of ink is quite something. I often wonder when the scribes had to make their inks occasionally and how they had to play around with ingredients. 

Thanks for your kind encouragement, much appreciated

 

Most welcome, and sorry my text came out inexplicably gigantic.  🙀

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

I have learned that some inks, you don't leave sitting around until you eventually get to them (like cartridges, iron galls, and some sample vials)

Lesson learned here too 👍

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

And I wanted to help the new ink maker out, so yeah, all his inks are being done in sequence.  Two more to go from me, then on to others until / unless I get some of the "new formula" so I can update those that didn't flow as well.

👍

[yazeh]

32 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Most welcome, and sorry my text came out inexplicably gigantic.  🙀

I was too engaged with the text to pay attention to the size. 

 

[yazeh]

Just updated the review, but for the benefit of those who have already read the posts: 

 

 Cleaning Lamy Safari and Kanwrite was straightforward. After overnight soaking in water and a little soaking in diluted vinegar, the pens were as clean as a whistle.