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    Ink Institute – Cat at Noon

    I got this ink on a whim. I have nothing to compare it with. It's very pale, almost transparent. The bright colour was a drop of ink that never got absorbed by the paper.
    Cat - comparaison.jpg

    This ink had flow issues. Lamy did not like it. I had to prime it often. For Ahab after a couple of days, it was acceptable.
    The writing experience was akin writing with water. I use quite a bit of iron gall inks. Essri/Scabiosa are Doyou compared to this one

    The intense coral colour you see, is done with extreme flex, on a thick absorbent paper.
    The nib scratched out the paper, for lack of lubrication. Pity the colour is really nice, almost a golden, orange, salmon.
    The line below is without any pressure, with a Lamy Safari broad.
    1Cat - Pauper.jpeg
    The colour is really nice in absorbent paper, this is on Field Notes:
    2Cat - Field NOtes.jpeg


    Ink had difficulty to dry even fast even on copy paper. Normally ink drops splatter, this one curls into a ball.
    The one good experience I had was sketching, when there was ink flow. This colour would probably be very nice in a room but not for writing or on very absorbent paper.

    Cat - Midroi.jpg
    Here is a photo:
    20210719_160054.jpg
    Ironically this ink has some water resistance:
    IS - Cat at Noon - WT Before.jpegCat - WT - After.jpeg
    I am sure, there are many creative members who can make this ink work. If you had a different experience please let me know.

    · Pen used: Noodler’s Ahab / Lamy Safari Broad
    · Ghosting: None
    · Bleed through: None
    · Flow Rate: It took a day to work in Ahab… Needed constant priming in Safari
    · Lubrication: Non existent
    · Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
    · Start-up: Difficult to say. As the ink is so pale that at time I wasn't sure if I was writing at all
    · Saturation: n/a
    · Shading Yes.
    · Sheen: No
    · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: See for yourself
    · Nib Creep: Nope.
    · Staining (pen): One of the easiest inks to clean.
    · Clogging: None.
    · Water resistance: Ironically it has some water resistant.
    · Availability: Only in 30 ml bottles

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