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| Cute sample bottle! |
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| Top - one line from a Pilot Parallel 6.0mm. Bottom; three lines from the same pen. |
Bottle: 59 ml
Price: $12.50
Price/ml: $0.21/ml
Where to buy: Franklin-Christoph
PROS
- Dries in a split second!
- Deep, solid black.
- Water resistant.
- High saturation but was easy to clean from my pens.
- Bleeds through paper that is typically fountain pen friendly (including Franklin-Christoph's own paper).
- Shows through paper that is typically fountain pen friendly (including Franklin-Christoph's own paper).
- Feathers where ink pools or where the pen pauses in writing.
Well this is a finicky ink, there's no doubt about that. It bleeds through what is otherwise fountain pen friendly paper, there is show through, and there is feathering, even with fine nibs. However, I was completely fascinated by how fast it dries, how jet black it is, and I was pleased that it was water resistant (at least in the water brush and water dripping test. I make no guarantees it'll survive being tossed in a river.). I have been using it to address the outsides of my envelopes to pen pals lately.
I received this sample free of charge from Franklin-Christoph to review and enjoy. My opinions are 100% my own and completely honest. I was not compensated monetarily to write this review.
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14 comments:
So this is like a sharpie ink for the fountain pen? Interesting but I guess I don't use sharpie for the very reason....Maybe you can ink it inside a Preppy marker and use it on white broad as a refillable marker?
I adore your handwriting, Azizah!
Thank you <3 :)
Well put!! It is mind boggling and ink is no longer just ink! It's a fun task presenting all the inks and pens and papers and everything else that goes along with the addiction to everyone :) Mina (another commenter) described this ink as Sharpie ink - very interesting. Except it doesn't reek hehe.
Well put Mina hehe. Sharpie ink, just less smelly! I like the idea of putting it in a Preppy marker though. I've made a note of that, thank for the suggestion! (I will credit you for this genius idea!)
Wow it bleeds big time on 80gsm Rhodia - Not too many inks will do that...
Crazy huh? As Mina said, it's really like Sharpie ink. Crazy fast drying time though, which is pretty awesome.
Interesting stuff-- it sounds like a version of the legendary Parker Superchrome that's adopted feathering as a better alternative to making non-"51"s burst into flame.
For it to bleed through and dry so quickly (even on Rhodia!) there must be some serious absorption and/or evaporation going on. Azizah says it doesn't smell yet I can't help wondering if there isn't alcohol in this Black Magic Writing Fluid--is there an inflammable caution on the label?
Brad linked to a comparison of Platinum Carbon and Sailor Nano pigmented blacks; Black Magic appears at least as dark as either of these, and may take the cake in the blackness stakes, at least until Nathan releases some sort of 'Black Hole' of inks.
Hmm I will go back and re-sniff it. I always sniff my inks though and I really couldn't detect anything unusual (ie. particularly solventy/alcoholy) about it but you're right, it must be if it's drying so fast! No warnings on the label lol. ... Should I try lighting some of it?
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The only ink I've had do that on Rhodia is PR's Invincible Black, but even that doesn't bleed this much. And with an XF nib? Yikes.
Wow, that's quite something. I have the blue-black ink from F-C aka Denim, and that one does not bleed through at all, much more behaved, however it's not as fast drying. Love that colour.
Oooh maybe I'll review that one next from them! I peeked in the bottle and it does seem very nice. I'll be curious to see how FC reformulates this one and what they change.
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