PR Ebony Purple

[Silvermink]

Just picked up some of this today. It looks niiiice.

[SteadyHand]

Thank you for your review. Im going to Art Brown today to pick up notebooks and this ink.

[southpaw]

Could someone please comment on the drying time and smearing of this ink, preferably comparing it to one or more common Waterman or Diamine ink(s)?

TIA, Michael

[KCat]

i haven't smear tested this one but IMO both the Ebony Purple and Ebony Green dry surprisingly fast for such dark inks. It's not "Swisher's fast dry" fast, but faster than most of my PR inks. If I have a chance this afternoon I'll get something a little less vague for you.

[John Cullen]

I just happened to have ebony purple in a fine point waterman L'etalon. I think most people would call this a fine nib with moderate flow leaning perhaps toward the dry side.

 

On Cheap Staples Photocopy paper:

 

I wrote the word MAYBE and ran my finger across it. The final E smeared a tad.

 

I wrote the word MAYBE and ran my finger across it after counting to three and there is just the briefest hint of a smear at the end of the E.

 

 

I do not know how it would work in a medium nib. I did have it originally in a medium nib that was a little on the wet side and while I do not remember the smearing I do remember that the color seemd almost black, whereas in the Fine nib the purple black color is easier to see. I was going to get rid of the ink until I tried it in a Fine nib.

 

Sorry my smear testing is not more scientific, but it does not seem overly smeary to me. j