This ink is made by Gutenberg GmbH (Läufer & Gutenberg). They make four other Aniline inks.
According to google translate, Urkunen means Certificate, and tinten, ink, so Gutenberg is a certificate ink. It is waterproof.
It reminds me of home-made iron gall inks. It is watery, lacks lubrication and will not work in all pens. My EF experience was unreadable. However, I can always blame it on the pen.
It’s a brown black.
It’s not an easy ink to buy for people outside Europe. But not impossible. I recommend it only to iron gall aficionados, dry ink lovers, or those who like inks that reminds them of leathers, cigar and might as a well a drop of whisky (whiskey or bourbon)
· Pens used: Unic wet Noodle vintage flex, Conway Stewart 330, Oblique, Pilot Metro Fine, Sheaffer Calligraphy medium wide, Generic Chinese EF and stub.
· Shading: Yes
· Ghosting: None
· Bleed through: None.
· Flow Rate: alright
· Lubrication: Absent
· Nib Dry-out: Nope.
· Start-up: No problem.
· Saturation: Unsaturated
· Shading Potential: Yes.
· Sheen: Unless you poor a drop.
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: None.
· Nib Creep / “Crud”: None
· Staining (pen): Nope. Easy to clean…
· Clogging: Nope
· Water resistance: Waterproof
· Availability: Only in bottle 30 ml and I believe 1100 ml. Only place worldwide soldan.de
However, buying is not straight forward. You buy one. They send you an invoice for bank transfer. You tell them it costs a lot. They send you to a different department. They give you a PayPal address. You send them money. And then they send. And you need a German translator. For Europeans it’s easiest. The US also have more options.
However, their service is topnotch. My first bottle was corrupted. They replaced it immediately.
Bottle:
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Written sample on TR 68 gr
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This is an earlier writing sample: Note EF is not legible. The stub, might been affected by salix. While I rinsed and clean the pen the trace inks seem to have affected the ink.
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Written samples on cheap Hilroy notebook
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Back: If it doesn't ghost on this paper it won't ghost on any other
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Chroma (disclaimer) my first bottle had gone slightly off. This is the chroma of the first bottle... I didn't bother with the new bottle.
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High resolution scan of a drop on Hammermill paper
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I don't have anything in that range:
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Sketch done with a fine pilot metro:
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