Review by Laura Cameron When I was in Arkansas last month, I had the opportunity to spend some quality time with the Vanness walls of ink and, with some help from the friendly shop staff, I found a new to me ink: De Atramentis Deepwater Obsession Black-Red (35mL for $14.00). Deepwater Obsession Black-Red is a…
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Ink Review: Lamy Crystal Azurite
By Jessica Coles This last weekend I had the great privilege of attending the Atlanta pen show for the first time. I had a wonderful time (one that I will recount in another post, very soon), however, I was very impressed with one ink that I picked up during the show. The ink is Lamy…
Ink Review: Sailor Studio 162
By Jessica Coles Sailor Studio inks. 100 inks that have amazing characteristics including heavy sheening inks, pastel colors, even inks that seem to be several colors and no specific color at the same time. Today, we are looking at Sailor Studio 162. According to the numbering scheme used by Sailor, we can tell that this…
Ink Review: Diamine 150th Anniversary, Blue Velvet
Review by Laura Cameron I recently went on a bit of an ink buying spree. Rather than grab the newest, hottest colors, I went back and added a few inks I missed along the way. The first of those is Diamine 150th Blue Velvet (40mL for $16.00). Blue Velvet is a beautifully rich cornflower blue.…
Ink Review: Monteverde Coral (LA Pen Show 2019)
Review by Laura Cameron I wasn’t able to attend this year’s LA Pen Show, but my favorite pen show attendee brought me back a bottle of the special show ink, Monteverde’s Coral. It turns out that Monteverde’s version of Coral is a very orange ink, leaning slightly red. When I compared it to other ink…
Ink Review: Sailor Studio 462
By Jessica Coles Lately, Sailor has been flooding the ink scene with new ink choices. This has been quite a delight to ink collectors although it is also a curse to completionist collectors who just need to have each color. Sailor Studio inks are available in a standard line of 100 separate inks. Although each…
Ink Review: Rohrer & Klingner Aubergine
Review by Laura Cameron I feel like I made my love of purple clear last year, so I was relatively unsurprised when Jesi sent me some samples of purple inks she has acquired recently. One of these was Rohrer & Klingner’s Limited Edition Aubergine (50mL for $12.95 from Vanness Pens). Aubergine is a deep dark…