Today I'm reviewing Pelikan Edelstein Olivine ink - Pelikan Edelstein Ink of the Year 2018
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Pelikan Edelstein Olivine is a dark green dye based ink, that leans quite blue. It could be used as a “standard daily green ink.” I agree with other reviewers when they say it isn't necessarily the Olivine shade we were expecting, and I wish it had been less blue and more yellow, but as it is, it's still a very nice ink to use. I find all of the Edelstein inks I've tried to be very nicely lubricated inks that flow very well across the page. I had no flow problems with Olivine. No difficult starts or skips.
I found it flowed very well in the pens I used it with and I saw plenty of shading particularly with broader nibs. It looked more saturated with my Pelikan Go! B nib. Lubrication was good enough, and it felt smooth writing across some of the papers I used.
- Flow Rate: Very good. A little slow to dry.
- Lubrication: Good.
- Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
- Start-up: Immediate.
- Saturation: A saturated ink.
- Shading Potential: Some shading seen.
- Sheen: None seen.
- Show-Through:
- Apica paper
- Tomoe River 52gsm
- Silvine lined pad
- Oxford lined pad
- Field Notes
- Royal recycled
- Hobonichi Techo
- Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen.
- Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 1 week in the pen
- Staining (pen): Not seen after several days in the pen - easy clean-up with water.
- Staining (hands): Clean-up needs at least 2 washes with bar soap.
- Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
- Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof and has little water resistance.
- Availability: Available in 50ml glass bottles from many outlets.
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