Rohrer & Klingner Morinda Ink Review

[dannzeman]

It would not surprise me if you’ve never heard of Rohrer & Klingner before. I only first found out about them when I received the samples. Rohrer & Klingner Leipzig-Co. is a German company founded in Leipzig in 1907 by Johann Adolf Rohrer and Felix Arthur Klingner. They have a long and well established history for creating inks and other products related to lithography. You can find out more about their history at their website: http://www.rohrer-klingner.de/en/sites/0.htm They currently produce 18 different colors available in 50ml glass bottles.

The ink I’m reviewing here is called Morinda and it is a color I’m having difficulty accurately representing. It is definitely a red with slight rust colored under-tones. It’s not a bright color but it is still saturated and very appealing. The sample written on the Rhodia paper is much closer to the actual color than the sample on the printer paper. This ink retains the qualities of the other R&K ink I’ve tried, even the slightly extended drying times when written with a wet nib.

Please forgive my mistake of calling the pen I used the “Lamy M200″ in the sample. It should be the Pelikan M200. I chose to do the writing sample with this particular pen because if an ink has any shading to it at all this pen will bring it out. It is somewhat of a wet writer so that will contribute to the longer drying times. You can see below that this ink resist feathering on printer paper, even when with the heavy flow of the M200.

This particular color of ink doesn’t appeal to me as much as the Solferino, but it’s still a good ink in and of itself. Like I said in the Solferino review, if you’re looking for new colors then you must give this ink a try.

[bdpatton2]

This is an awesome scarlett/fire red color. this would be awesome to grade papers with if i was a teacher. Kids would love seeing an giant "F" on their paper when i would write with such an awesome color as this. I might have to invest in this.

[James]

Just a comment on the color, my experience with Morinda is that the actual color is like that on the petal of a rich red rose. Cheap plug: I offer a picture of a rose as a representation of how I see the color as part of my review of R&K Morinda at www.everydaycorrespondence.com.

http://www.everydaycorrespondence.co...r-morinda.html

[dannzeman]

Just a comment on the color, my experience with Morinda is that the actual color is like that on the petal of a rich red rose. Cheap plug: I offer a picture of a rose as a representation of how I see the color as part of my review of R&K Morinda at www.everydaycorrespondence.com.

http://www.everydaycorrespondence.co...r-morinda.html

There's nothing like plugging your own review in my review thread is there? I'm just playin'. I'll have to hit the link when I get home.
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[James]

@dannzeman, it's all in the interests of providing more information to forum readers, I swear!