Ink Institute Cat at Noon
I got this ink on a whim. I have nothing to compare it with. It's very pale, almost transparent. The bright colour was a drop of ink that never got absorbed by the paper.
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This ink had flow issues. Lamy did not like it. I had to prime it often. For Ahab after a couple of days, it was acceptable.
The writing experience was akin writing with water. I use quite a bit of iron gall inks. Essri/Scabiosa are Doyou compared to this one
The intense coral colour you see, is done with extreme flex, on a thick absorbent paper.
The nib scratched out the paper, for lack of lubrication. Pity the colour is really nice, almost a golden, orange, salmon.
The line below is without any pressure, with a Lamy Safari broad.
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The colour is really nice in absorbent paper, this is on Field Notes:
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Ink had difficulty to dry even fast even on copy paper. Normally ink drops splatter, this one curls into a ball.
The one good experience I had was sketching, when there was ink flow. This colour would probably be very nice in a room but not for writing or on very absorbent paper.
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Here is a photo:
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Ironically this ink has some water resistance:
IS - Cat at Noon - WT Before.jpegCat - WT - After.jpeg
I am sure, there are many creative members who can make this ink work. If you had a different experience please let me know.
· Pen used: Noodlers Ahab / Lamy Safari Broad
· Ghosting: None
· Bleed through: None
· Flow Rate: It took a day to work in Ahab Needed constant priming in Safari
· Lubrication: Non existent
· Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
· Start-up: Difficult to say. As the ink is so pale that at time I wasn't sure if I was writing at all
· Saturation: n/a
· Shading Yes.
· Sheen: No
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: See for yourself
· Nib Creep: Nope.
· Staining (pen): One of the easiest inks to clean.
· Clogging: None.
· Water resistance: Ironically it has some water resistant.
· Availability: Only in 30 ml bottles
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