Ink Review: Private Reserve 2 Minutes to Midnight LE

[Chrissy]

Private Reserve 2 Minutes to Midnight Blue is a Limited Edition ink. Thanks to junglejim for my sample that was mystery ink #49.

Here is what junglejim mentioned about this ink: Mystery Ink #49 is a limited edition that comes in a big 110ml bottle. It is Private Reserve's "2 Minutes to Midnight Blue". The title refers to the Doomsday Clock which at the time the ink was produced was at 2 minutes to Midnight (Armageddon). This bottle is numbered 376/1100.

I found it a typical saturated medium to dark blue with some red sheen and I liked it very much. Red sheen is paper and pen dependent and is more easily seen on smooth coated papers when using a medium to broader nibbed pen that is a wet writer. However, dry time will be longer.

I was reminded of my old Private Reserve bottles of Electric Blue and DC Supershow Blue.

• Flow Rate: Very good - quite wet.
• Lubrication: Very good.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Very saturated
• Shading Potential: Little to no shading seen. Some red sheen.
• Show-Through: Some seen on Rhodia DotPad
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen with the papers/pens I used.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after several days in the pen.
• Staining (pen): Not seen after several days - easy clean-up.
• Staining (hands): Washed off of my hands after one wash.
• Clogging: Not seen.
• Water resistance: Not tested.

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