Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite
This is review #323 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:
Post-recording notes: This ink was gifted to me by a generous FPNer. The microscope slide was boring. Cleaning was fairly easy, but I did use a pen flush to speed things - a tiny bit of blue wanted to cling. If you don't need to absolutely ensure it's all gone, plain water will be sufficient.
This is my kinda color! Really enjoyed the writing experience, too.
Sorry, forgot to note the performance on absorbent paper (bit feathery) and on copy paper (minor fuzz) during the review, so the review page images don't have it either.
Erratum: "...I think your EF nib will like this in regardless..." - "in" should be "ink".
Zoomed in photo (Might be a smidge under-saturated, but this is very close to what I see.)
Screenshot (Color is too dark.)
Scan of Completed Review (Pretty close. Color is maybe a little under-saturated.)
Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (Pretty close.)
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 295µm. With 323 inks measured, the average line width is 297µm.) (You can see a little of the red sheen.)
Water Test Results
Previous Review: Jinhao Blue.
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