EFNIR: Sheaffer Skrip Black

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Sheaffer Skrip Black

This is review #234 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/JLAYqc7lASk

Post-recording notes: This black leans cool, but looks neutral until I put it next to other blacks. Noodler's Borealis Black is the closest comparison I have. I fell asleep while looking at the slide under the microscope... This ink needs good paper. Cleaning was quick and easy. The images all look sufficiently black to me.... :)

Zoomed in photo (You can see a little feathering here. I think this ink must have a lubricant that encourages this. Stick with good paper!)
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=77863&d=1684846784

Screenshot
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Scan of Completed Review
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=77861&d=1684846768

Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper)
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=77859&d=1684846749

Line width (The "h" in Rhodia. Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 325µm. With 234 inks measured, the average line width is 296µm.)
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=77860&d=1684846760

Water Test Results
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=77862&d=1684846776

Previous Review: Waterman Radiant Pink (https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/39671-EFNIR-Waterman-Radiant-Pink).

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Hope you enjoy. Comments appreciated!

[Yazeh]

Great review @LizEf, :thumb:
It's a pity that such a historical brand is going downhill, unless the new owners manage to revive it :(
Now what is Makabesh doing on grandma's lap? I guess he needs a break from adventure. Though he's not a cat per se, is he? If he were he couldn't go on adventures, could he? :p
Love the quote :)
Looking forward to next week!

[forester]

LizEF:

Thanks for the review.

The official ink of my Sagaris.

[LizEF]

Great review @LizEf, :thumb:

Thanks! :)


It's a pity that such a historical brand is going downhill, unless the new owners manage to revive it :(

Yeah, no idea how this might compare with previous versions - Sheaffer is such an old brand. And I'm not even sure you can get it right now.


Now what is Makabesh doing on grandma's lap? I guess he needs a break from adventure. Though he's not a cat per se, is he? If he were he couldn't go on adventures, could he? :p

:D :D


Love the quote :)
Looking forward to next week!

Thanks!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Dear Liz,

You know you have too much ink when you can't remember whether you have this one. 😜 So I don't have a dry time in mind.

I wonder who that old lady is. Not just any old lady?

Song: Art Blakey's Moanin'.

Thanks as always for these reviews AND my favorite serial. Now I need to go upstairs and see whether this is one of my blacks. Hmmm, I know there's JH Perle Noir…and Waterman….

[LizEF]

You know you have too much ink when you can't remember whether you have this one. 😜 So I don't have a dry time in mind.

:D There's a reason I made a database to track my inks and reviews...


I wonder who that old lady is. Not just any old lady?

Is it a spoiler to reveal there's nothing more? Makhabesh was just trying to disappear in the crowd so the angry boatmen wouldn't find him. (That doesn't get mentioned anywhere later.) So yeah, she was just some old lady who mistook him for a kitty. :) At least, if she's something more, even I don't know it yet.


Song: Art Blakey's Moanin'.

Not sure what the relation is, but I'm listening to it now, and I like it! :) Thanks!


Thanks as always for these reviews AND my favorite serial. Now I need to go upstairs and see whether this is one of my blacks. Hmmm, I know there's JH Perle Noir…and Waterman….

You're very welcome! Don't get lost in the inks... ;)

[Sailor Kenshin]

:D There's a reason I made a database to track my inks and reviews...


I wonder who that old lady is. Not just any old lady?

Is it a spoiler to reveal there's nothing more? Makhabesh was just trying to disappear in the crowd so the angry boatmen wouldn't find him. (That doesn't get mentioned anywhere later.) So yeah, she was just some old lady who mistook him for a kitty. :) At least, if she's something more, even I don't know it yet.


Song: Art Blakey's Moanin'.

Not sure what the relation is, but I'm listening to it now, and I like it! :) Thanks!


Thanks as always for these reviews AND my favorite serial. Now I need to go upstairs and see whether this is one of my blacks. Hmmm, I know there's JH Perle Noir…and Waterman….

You're very welcome! Don't get lost in the inks... ;)

I love that song, and there seemed to be a lot of… moanin' … in the background. 😉

[LizEF]

I love that song, and there seemed to be a lot of… moanin' … in the background. 😉

:pound: Yeah, moaning cars and airplanes...