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    Default Re: Mystery Ink #28 (version 3) and Mystery Ink #29

    Thanks Chrissy.... I also noted the unusual shade of green, when I wrote on Tomoe River 68gr, quite striking. Plus it's a very easy ink to clean

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    Mi:28: Sorry for my late reply. I started to draft my responses a week or so ago but holidays and childcare got in the way it did give me a chance to do an additional test though, the one with the diagonal paper over the drawing is a time test, to see if the newly drawn lines are any different from the original drawing of the girl in glasses from when I first got the ink. It seems a little darker than her hair but her glasses are still just as dark inconclusive then.
    Pretty mixed views so far from everyone for MI 28. Here are my scribbles. I put it into a JinHao X750 (it's what I had clean but it's actually a really good pen for MI since it's a really nice writer unlike my drawing nibs ).
    Looks like I not the only one who was obsessed with while using this ink. For me it was a nice wet ink, flowed nicely in the pen. It's quick enough to dry that it it's usable to draw with but it's neither waterproof nor washes away with water, somewhere in between. It reacted differently with water on different papers and depending on how quickly the water was added. Looking forward to seeing what the ink is called

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    Mi:29: was so different with or without water, it basically washed away so I drew one with ink and wash (and then more ink) and one with lines only and no water. The colour was brown but not a sepeia brown as I'd expected from the bottled ink colour, it was almost a grey brown sometimes. Within one picture it would be different colours, it's tricky to see in the photo but the lines on the man's cheek are almost grey but the thicker ink on the glasses is more brown. This ink also didn't seem to fade with time. When wet the colour was a different colour again, almost a magenta mixture. Such an interesting ink to play with. For this one I used my twsbi go (so managed to splodge it onto my daughters princess duvet so I wont #1 parent when she spots it ).

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    I always LOVE your wonderful portraits, suzi01 ---
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    Default Re: Mystery Ink #28 (version 3) and Mystery Ink #29

    Quote Originally Posted by junglejim View Post
    I always LOVE your wonderful portraits, suzi01 ---
    Thank you so much Junglejim, I was abit worried I'd forgotten how to draw with a pen since I've been doing so much mixed media and watercolour recently I used the reddit gets drawn references too and the standard overthere is so good

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    Default Re: Mystery Ink #28 (version 3) and Mystery Ink #29

    It's now time for the ink reveal of our two Mystery Inks!

    Mystery Ink #28 is a German ink called Rohrer & Klingner Fernambuk ( Pernambuco). It was named after a rare type of wood that produces this nice pinkish-red color when wood shavings are added to a glass of water. Pernambuco wood is used for custom violin bows, high-end knife handles, and an expensive fountain pen that Graf von Faber-Castell makes.

    Link: https://vanness1938.com/collections/...buk-pernambuco

    An example of what happens when the wood shavings are added to water:

    Link: http://corrieschrijverviolins.co.uk/bows/



    Mystery Ink #29 is an American boutique ink called Private Reserve Chocolat. It is a rich, luscious brown, that reminds me of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate (The British version, not the trashy Hershey USA copy.)

    Link: https://andersonpens.com/private-res...k-66ml-bottle/


    Well, that's it for now. I would like to thank all of you who participated in this Mystery Ink session and hope you all had fun with it! The next Mystery Ink Series will be announced some time in September, (the good Lord willing). I have already picked out the two colors for MI #30 and #31 and have set them aside.

    USPS Mail service to the UK and Canada remains fairly fast & reliable, but my Post Office informs me that anything other than regular letters to the EU are being held at the JFK International Service Center in New York. They then travel, once a month, by Sea Route as containerized cargo to Rotterdam, Netherlands where it is unloaded, goes through Customs Clearance, and then travel by road transport to the destination country. I have sent off a small "test" packet to a friend in the middle of the EU on 05 August to see how long it takes.

    ***UPDATED*** - My friend has PM'd me that the small packet I sent from California to the middle of the EU has arrived safely on 18 August, so we are currently looking at a travel time of 13 days.

    Take care and may you all stay Safe and Healthy.

    All the Best.
    Last edited by junglejim; August 18th, 2020 at 11:30 PM.
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    Thank you so much for letting me participate, it was so much fun. I really love the colour of MI28, I might have to treat myself to a bottle Really interesting background stories too

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    Thanks for doing this. It was really interesting to see everyone's reviews. These two inks seem quite interesting. Had not heard of that type of wood before. Very cool!

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    I appreciate so much having participated in this endeavour in these trying times...It has been fun,. I always wanted to try Provate Reserve inks....and another wish realized....and R K is a favorite brand.... 1

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    Thank you so much junglejim. I really appreciate the chance to try both of these inks that I might otherwise never have considered trying.
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    Thanks for hosting this game for us.
    It was an interesting double round.
    Looking forward to the next one.


    I own most of the R&K inks but not Fernambuk (yet).
    Lighter red inks are usually not my favorite ones, so I never picked it up before.

    All R&K inks are top notch, for me definitely one of the top manufacturer, also a lot of bang for the buck (as they are at least in Europe very reasonably priced).

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    Thanks, Junglejim! These two inks have never before crossed my path. It was great fun to be able to play with them.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


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