Rohrer & Klingner Sepia

[Yazeh]

A great thanks @junglejim and @DrPenfection, for this mystery ink #50.

A no-nonsense ink from R&K, with excellent water resistance.
It’s not ink which encourages me to rhapsodize, searching for weird inky metaphors or rushing to order a bottle.
No, none of the above. but I was surprised how it grew on me with its simplicity, it’s water resistance and enjoyable tactile experience, each time the nib glided on the paper.

Often having finished an ink review, I cannot wait to flush out the old ink, and try a new one. But in this case, I’m stalling enjoying every drop of my sample. I would say, give it try, and you might be surprised.

Check it's lovely chroma:
Chroma 48 2.jpeg
Writing Samples
tr68 50.jpgrhodia50.jpgMidori 50.jpeg
On this cheap paper, no ink can resist ghosting and bleeding. Sepia isn't an exception
Cheap paper - front 50.jpgCheap paper - back 50.jpg

Water resistance Note the first 3 lines were dry for at least a day. The smudged line for an hour
Watertest 50.jpeg
I often enjoy doing little sketches. This is one of my favorite birds, the mighty chickadee
Chickadee 50.jpeg
Comparison I have nothing in this shade
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• Pens used: Pilot Kakuno (Ef/M/stub) Lamy Safari (Fine/ /Medium /Broad) / Kanwrite Ultraflex / Jinhao 450 fude
• What I liked: I really enjoyed writing with this ink. It’s nice enough ink for sketching and had excellent water resistance and the price is ridiculously cheap.
• What I didn’t liked: Nothing really.
• Shading: From medium to broad
• Ghosting: Yes, On cheap absorbent paper
• Bleed through: Yes, with very absorbent papers.
• Flow Rate: Good
• Lubrication: Good.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: No problem.
• Saturation: Dark.
• Shading Potential:
• Sheen: Not really.
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not noticed
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: No
• Staining (pen): No
• Clogging: No.
• Cleaning: Easy.
• Water resistance: Excellent
• Availability: 50 ml bottles

Comments appreciated but not obligatory

[LizEF]

Thanks, Yazeh, for another great review. Your bespectacled owl makes me smile. I'm looking forward to trying this in a pen that's not so wet! I expect I'll like it much better that way.

[Yazeh]

Thanks, Yazeh, for another great review. Your bespectacled owl makes me smile. I'm looking forward to trying this in a pen that's not so wet! I expect I'll like it much better that way.

Thanks Liz! Gosh I must go back to the drawing board, if my chickadee looks like an owl

[Robert]

Very nice review, Yazeh. To my eye this appears to be a rich sepia that doesn't lean too much red. I may give it a try.

[Yazeh]

Very nice review, Yazeh. To my eye this appears to be a rich sepia that doesn't lean too much red. I may give it a try.

Thank you, Robert. Much appreciated. Love your avatar, btw.
Yep, it's worth a sample.

[LizEF]

Gosh I must go back to the drawing board, if my chickadee looks like an owl

Ooops! Sorry. That's me not knowing birds all that well and just thinking a bird with spectacles must be an owl. Sorry.

[Yazeh]

Gosh I must go back to the drawing board, if my chickadee looks like an owl

Ooops! Sorry. That's me not knowing birds all that well and just thinking a bird with spectacles must be an owl. Sorry.

I was kidding. Plus you gave me a new idea for a new sketch, so thanks !

[DrPenfection]

Nice review, Yazeh. Thank you for taking time to do this. Not a color that really "wows" me though.

[Yazeh]

Nice review, Yazeh. Thank you for taking time to do this. Not a color that really "wows" me though.

Most welcome! Indeed it's not a wow ink. It's the type that's worth a sample, and then it might grow on you

[aurore]

Fabulous review of an excellent ink.

[penwash]

Nice review, Yazeh. Thank you for taking time to do this. Not a color that really "wows" me though.

Most welcome! Indeed it's not a wow ink. It's the type that's worth a sample, and then it might grow on you

I kinda like it though, but then again, I love Sepia colored anything

Thanks for the review @Yazeh !

[Yazeh]

Nice review, Yazeh. Thank you for taking time to do this. Not a color that really "wows" me though.

Most welcome! Indeed it's not a wow ink. It's the type that's worth a sample, and then it might grow on you

I kinda like it though, but then again, I love Sepia colored anything

Thanks for the review @Yazeh !

Much appreciated. What's missing is your elegant, minimalist sketches