In the last few months, after a lifetime of eschewing the color orange, I’ve been adding more of it to my stash of yarns and inks. Given this, I insisted that The Desk try Monteverde’s Mandarin Orange as part of it’s inkapalooza. Mandarin Orange is a good, solid orange ink. The orange is dark and…
Showing all posts in Ink Review
Ink Review: Monteverde Rose Noir
When I learned about Monteverde’s recently released Noir Collection I made a beeline for them. I’ve been concentrating on wine colors and purples this year (2018 is Ultra Violet) so I added Rose Noir to the shopping cart immediately. Rose Noir is a yummy, plummy purple that leans more red than blue. It reminds me…
Ink Review: Monteverde California Teal
Recently Pen Chalet had a half price ink sale on Monteverde inks. The Desk took the opportunity to stock up on inks for review. Today I’ll be reviewing California Teal. As the name suggests, the ink is a beautiful teal that leans toward the green end of the spectrum. In the bottle it appears blue,…
Ink & Fountain Pen Review: Lamy AL-Star Vibrant Pink
Every year, one of the most anticipated releases is the Lamy AL-Star and Safari fountain pens and accompanying limited edition inks. It is an absolute frenzy, especially since over the last few years, there has been more interest in both the pens and the inks than there has been available supply. So, when information was…
Ink Review: Colorverse Ink Andromeda #16, Einstein Ring #04 and Lights on Ceres #05
(This is part four of a series of reviews about the new Colorverse ink line. Please refer to the overview for details about the whole collection.) Continuing with the grouped reviews of Colorverse inks, today I am going to go through the purple-pinks I bought. I know a lot of people were waiting on these so thanks…
Ink Review: Colorverse Proxima B, Saturn V & Crystal Planet
(This is part three of a series of reviews about the new Colorverse ink line. Please refer to the overview for details about the whole collection.) For the second collection of Colorverse that I’m going to review, I decided to focus on the blues. I got all three shades of blue from the Season One:…
Ink Review: Colorverse Mars Curiosity, Hubble Zoom & Space Laika
(This is part two of a series of reviews about the new Colorverse ink line. Please refer to the overview for details about the whole collection.) It was so hard to decide which set of Colorverse ink colors to review first so I decided to go with the colors I was most surprised about. First,…