De Atramentis Document White
To my knowledge there are two white inks by De Atramentis (Document and Artist), Noodler’s Whiteness of Whale (though technically speaking it’s not a white ink from what I understand), and Octopus Write and Draw, Polar Bear white.
This is an unusual ink, somehow like Maalox, liquid chalk or whitewash; take your pick
It’s disconcerting when you see it in fountain pen. It shows off all the muck in the feed and how dirty your convertor truly is
Here is a photo of a stained no named Chinese piston filler
Pen De Atramentis white.jpg
I tested it on two types of paper one a no name notebook bought from Amazon (a not so black absorbent paper, and the other a true black Mix Media from Clairefontaine.
It really needs a true black paper to contrast with. Don’t go for a cheap paper, you’ll regret it.
Ink was atrociously awful in Pilot Kakuno with Ef nib. It clogged a noname Chinese Piston filler. However, in the Lamy Safari it was wonderful writer.
This is more of sketching ink, than a writing ink or maybe an ink for teachers who have the nostalgia of black boards.
It was fun reviewing this ink, as there’s not much to do I didn’t bother to use Stub and flex nibs; and doing the chroma was irrelevant. 😛
And finally cleaning this ink is really difficult and time consuming. So don’t fill your latest, shiny overpriced piston filler with this ink, otherwise you’ll curse the pen, ink and the hobby.
Writing samples:
No name very absorbent notebook from Amazon:
Noname - .jpg
Clairefontaine
Clairefontaine - Mixed Media.jpeg
see the contrast between the two papers (photo
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and a few sketches:
on no name paper:
The Artist within
On Clairfontaine:
"Balloon"
and another "detente" or "speech Balloon"
· Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B)
· What I liked: Sketching on a very dark paper.
· What I did not like: Clogging in some pens, cleaning, work with a Japanese Ef
· What some might not like: You need black paper.
· Shading: n/a
· Ghosting: n/a
· Bleed through n/a
· Flow Rate: Wettish
· Lubrication: n/a
· Nib Dry-out: Yes
· Start-up: Yes.
· Saturation: n/a
· Shading Potential: n/a
· Sheen: n/a
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: n/a
· Nib Creep / “Crud”: Yes.
· Staining (pen): n/a
· Clogging: Yes.
· Cleaning: Very, very difficult. Takes time.
· Water resistance: I cannot ascertain it. I tried a wet Q-tip on the Clairefontaine and the Q-tip turned black. I assume the paper came off, so did the ink
· Availability: 45 ml bottles.
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