Rohrer and Klingner sketchINK® Jule

[Yazeh]

Rohrer and Klingner sketchINK® Jule

These pigmented inks are purported to be both lightfast and waterproof and are designed for sketching. Jule is la lighter version of Super5 Australia.


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Truly delightful both on Midori and TR 68, the papers I use most often, but equally great on all types of paper.
Tomoe River 68gr
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Midori
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Midori written page with miserable sketch
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Like other inks of this series, Jule is wet, and well lubricated. Compared to Super5 Australia, it feels dry. But on its own, truly excellent.

Dry time in my experience is on the longer side. However, it can be mitigated with finer nibs, drier pens or more absorbent paper.
You can check Chrissy’s excellent review, where in her experience dry time is on the shorter time

I prefer this series with modern flex, or wide nibs where I get more character out of these inks.
However, it is imperative to use pens with a good seal, otherwise you need dip your nib under water to keep it running again.

• Pen used: Noodler’s Ahab, Lamy Safari broad
• Shading: Yes
• Ghosting: None
• Bleed through: None.
• Flow Rate: Good. Austalia is wetter.
• Lubrication: Nice
• Nib Dry-out: Depending the pen. Needs well sealed pens.
• Start-up: If not used it can dry out, in pens with high evaporation.
• Saturation: Dusky
• Shading Potential: With broad and flex.
• Sheen: No
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: None.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: None
• Staining (pen): I use a pen cleaning solution for the feeds.
• Clogging: Nope
• Water resistance: Waterproof
• Availability: Only in bottle 50 ml bottles.

[mizgeorge]

I'm really enjoying seeing these - thank you Yazeh

I also know I'm going to give in and buy them (the R&K ones), for which my bank manager does not thank you!

[Yazeh]

I'm really enjoying seeing these - thank you Yazeh

I also know I'm going to give in and buy them (the R&K ones), for which my bank manager does not thank you!

Thanks mizgeorge, much appreciated. They are truly a great line of ink, with the right pen, I still have two or three other to go. You can wait till then....