Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: De Atramentis Archive Ink
This is review #219 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:
Post-recording notes: I had a feeling this would stain (didn't want to come out of the pipette or off the walls at the bottom of the sample vial), so I put it in my Penmanship and a cartridge (one with a metal agitator ball). Cleaning wasn't as bad as it could have been. Nothing stained, but once the ink dries, it has to be scraped or rubbed off (e.g. from around the lip of the cartridge and off the shoulders of the nib).
It's a warm black, but from this nib, it just looks black.
According to the De Atramentis website, this ink has a lightfastness rating of 8 (the highest) and "is produced according to the requirements of ISO 12757-2".
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Scan of Completed Review
Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper)
Line width (One of the lines used for dry time. Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 283µm. With 219 inks measured, the average line width is 295µm.)
Microscope image (100x. Taken with cell phone to show the underlying brownish color.)
Water Test Results
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