Green-gold isn’t my favorite color, so I’m not terribly objective on this one, but for a color family I don’t care for, it’s certainly a well-behaved, nicely delicate-looking ink. I guess it just reminds me of macrame and old afghans knit by grandmothers. And that’s not a bad thing, I just don’t necessarily look for
Moving on to a new company today and for the next thirteen days: Rohrer and Klingner. They’ve been making ink in Leipzig since 1892, so presumably they know a thing or two. They make ink for all sorts of purposes (and you should always make sure you ink is suitable for your pen, because not
There are a lot of things about today’s ink that you would think would make it a hard pass for me: it’s not terribly saturated, it’s not flashy or pretty or much else. And yet, I have enjoyed this ink nearly as long as PR Black Cherry.
This is a mysterious, intriguing ink. It’s got a boldness to it, and a beauty, and overall it seems alluring to me. If I had to pick a purple, that isn’t Backpack, this might be the one.
This is a handsome green. It’s also the biggest shading green of the month (which you’ll see when we get to the review, unless a more shading green comes in the next week).
Again, today’s ink stands out in a way other May inks don’t, and yet I don’t totally get a neon vibe (though perhaps today’s is more neon-y than yesterday’s). More importantly, I don’t get a fuschia vibe. But it’s a very, very nice pink, even a “neon pink”.
Robin egg blue, I think. Not neon to me. In a way, though, it stands out among the other May inks in. Way others don’t. So, it’s attention getting 🙂
I always imagine “permanent” means dark, and not the pleasantly light color of today’s ink. I feel pretty much the same about an ink bearing the word “invincible”. Now, I couldn’t tell you how permanent or invincible the ink is, but I can direct you to Goulet’s swatch library, where they have put every ink
This blue is less flashy than Electric DC, but quite a handsome, blue. Again, just those slightest tinges of red. And a little bit of that denim look that leans towards purple. Nice ink.
This is a special edition ink, produced for those in attendance at the Washington DC Fountain Pen Supershow. And it’s a stunner. While the reddish tones don’t come out in shades, they’re definitely present. It’s amazing to me how many brilliant blue inks have quite a bit of red in them.
Including a Calendar of Days, cocktails to celebrate throughout the year, and a avian journey of taxonomic discovery!
Socrates
The Choirmaster’s Pursuits 