Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Aurora Black
This is review #274 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:
Post-recording notes: Cleaning was quick and easy with plain water. The microscope slide was dullsville - though I thought I saw some yellow, which may indicate a yellow dye, like Waterman Intense Black has. In test (RH:34%), dry time was about 9 seconds.
This is a pretty neutral black. From the line width image, it appears quite opaque (for a FP ink). As I often do, I shined a bright desktop lamp (with 5000K, 1000 lumen LED bulb) at the page to help light it from above. In this case, that revealed what looks like red sheen - but I never saw any of that in my writing.
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Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper)
Line width (The "I" in "Ink:". 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 287µm. With 274 inks measured, the average line width is 296µm.) (Please see the post-recording notes for more about the apparent sheen.)
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