Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Sheaffer Skrip Purple
This is review #316 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:
Post-recording notes: Added a couple drops of water to top off the cartridge. This is a nice purple color that shifts from red-lean when wet to blue-lean when dry. It also goes sort of pastel-ish when it dries - while wet, it's more vibrant.
Cleaning was quick and easy.
The ink is too blue in the video, by far. Also, I forgot to set the camera to over-expose the video - sorry - will continue to work on making that a habit. (I've added a sticky note to the camera mount to remind myself.)
Zoomed in photo (On one monitor, it's a little too chalky and blue; on the other, it's too red. :/)
Screenshot (A little too blue on one monitor, very close on the other.)
Scan of Completed Review (A little too blue on one monitor, almost perfect on the other.)
Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (Colors are pretty close. CP is a little too blue.)
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 306µm. With 316 inks measured, the average line width is 297µm.) (Shows a bit of sheen, but I never saw it in the writing.)
Microscope image (400x (both images). The ink made little dumbbells and feathery branches. The inset is closer to the actual color, the background image is too dark and too blue.)
Previous Review: Ohto Black.
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