Rohrer and Klingner SketchINK Marlene

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R & K Sketchink Marlene….

In my exploration of waterproof inks, I was long intrigued by the beauty of Marlene, especially after a post by Pterodactylus. So, just before the lockdown I got a sample.

I filled an Ahab and started writing. It’s one of those rich full-bodied blues with lovely, lovely shading. It’s an that ink makes me happy. As I was writing I realized I was whistling this tune. A lovely nostalgic song, from one of the darkest hours in human history. Yet also a song that saved two lives.

I often wonder if the marketing guys at R&K gave this name consciously, after Marlene Dietrich and her seminal movie the Blue Angel or if it’s all just subconscious…

Chrissy has done a deliciously detailed review of this ink. Mine is more impressions….

• Pens used: Ahab, Jinhao 450
• Shading: Beautiful
• Ghosting: Depending nib/ flow combination
• Bleed through: As above.
• Flow Rate: Really nice…
• Lubrication: Good
• Nib Dry-out: Yes
• Start-up: I had some difficulty starting it, if left for a few day in both pens. I would recommend using it in a pen where evaporation is nil (Platinum Preppy), unless it’s daily/weekly used pen.
• Saturation: A lovely deep sky blue…
• Shading Potential: Oh yes….
• Sheen: Some on TR
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: None
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Yes.
• Staining (pen): Don’t know yet
• Clogging: Nope. But I guess it would help to use a pen wash.
• Water resistance: Water resistant….
• Availability: Only in bottle.

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