PR Ebony Green

[penguinmaster]

This is a handwritten review done by MicheleB, scanned in my myself.

 

http://facstaff.uww.edu/pellizzt/Ink%20Reviews/PR%20Ebony%20Green%20MB.jpg

[Peter from Sherwood Park]

This looks like the best of the dark green inks. I will have to get some.

[Jimmy James]

On certain papers (specifically a Black n Red I use to log phone messages), this ink simply will not dry. I love the color, but the properties irritate me.

[DanF]

That must indeed be a wet writer, as the color is considerably darker than mine, which still appears as a dark green, but not so dark as yours.

 

Dan

[QM2]

The darkness of this colour varies greatly depending on the pen it's in.

And a q-tip swab yields this:

 

http://queenmargot.com/inks_ebonygreen.jpg

[Silvermink]

That must indeed be a wet writer, as the color is considerably darker than mine, which still appears as a dark green, but not so dark as yours.

 

Same here, yeah. My Ebony Green is considerably lighter in the pens I've tried it in.

[Silvermink]

Tried this in the Danitrio Cum Laude I got today and made sure to shake the hell out of the bottle before I loaded it in, and this is suddenly a way nicer color than before, for me - much more like the review samples.

[QuarkVI]

Just wanted to add a quick scan of this ink and say that the colour of MicheleB's review is quite close to what I see on paper.

 

In the two pens I have used it in I have found that it is not tolerant of poorer quality papers i.e. it bleeds quite readily and dramatically. Plan to still try it in a drier nib and see how it does on the low quality paper, also hoping for some shading as it seems like it might with a dry nib. At the moment I am using it as the final test in my search for common paper that is fountain pen friendly (in New Zealand). Have also had slower drying times on poor quality paper.

It is a very very dark green but I don't believe it could be mistaken for black, hope I am making sense.

 

[jacksterp]

Penguinmaster - this is the color I am getting from a Lamy Safari fine nib. A little to "black" for my liking. Tomorrow, I am going to try diluting the ink 4-to-1 with distilled water. Hopefully, this will allow the green to peek through a little more.

 

Thanks for the review.

 

Update: The 4:1 dilution seemed to make no perceptible difference.

Edited November 25, 2012 by jacksterp

[georges zaslavsky]

Very nice dark green Thanks for sharing

Edited December 25, 2012 by georges zaslavsky