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Testing of De Atramentis #inks continue.

I've finally finished the Pelikan 4001 in my preppy #fountainpen, and filled it¹ with the De Atramentis Document Black

On good paper the lines are slightly wider than the Pelikan 4001, but still reasonable, and it writes nicely (a bit scratchy when reverse writing, but I don't think I can expect anything else when reverse writing on a japanese EF :D )

Then I tried on a bit of the worst printer paper I had around, and I can say “it works”. I could see the line getting wider as I writed, but the result isn't bad.

I also needed a test of the red, so I used a dip pen (with a flexible nib)

and these are the backs of the samples above, with some ghosting, but bleedthrough is really happening only when I flexed the nib.

And now, I need to find the strength of mind to wait until I have finished at least a bottle or two of other inks before buying the whole De Atramentis Document series :D (also, nope, that's way too expensive to buy at one time :D )

¹ not a full converter load, because I don't use it enough

@SlowRain

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Thanks for posting this. I'm actually thinking of getting Fuchsia & Cyan & mixing them into a shade of purple for my wife.
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

I've not tried the De Atramentis Document inks ... I have their Salix which is an IG ink. Because they were easier to obtain here I've been using Platinum Carbon Black and Sailor Kiwa-Guro. For waterproof colours I like the Platinum Classic Ink IG series.
in reply to Stephen Gunnell

Isn't the salix from Rohrer and Klingner? I have their scabiosa (their purple-ish IG ink), but all IG inks aren't really waterproof as much as water resistant (i.e. what has been written will survive contact with water, but some dye can leak, and thus they can't be used e.g. with watercolours)

also, IG inks aren't completely lightfast, again a potential drawback when mixing them with watercolours — or when writing labels that are exposed to the light :D

Neither is a problem when writing letters or inside a notebook, of couse.
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

"Isn’t the salix from Rohrer and Klingner?" D'oh! of course it is. So I don't actually have any De Atramentis inks.

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