Ink Shot Review: Bookbinders Red Belly Black @AndersonPens

Thank you to Anderson Pens for this ink for review!

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ABOUT

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Color: Black

Bottle: 1 oz/30 ml

Price: $12.50 USD

Where to buy: Anderson Pens

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PROS

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• Solid black.
• Adorable packaging (see Emerald Boa review for packaging).
• Affordable.
• Great color for water washes and art, or calligraphy.

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CONS

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• Not water resistant.
• Bottle is hard to fill fountain pens from when it gets around half empty, especially if you have larger fountain pens. 
• Bleeds a bit.
• Quite saturated, so needs a good flushing to clean thoroughly.
• Narrow bottle opening.

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OVERALL

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Meh... it takes a lot for a black to wow me and this one is not bad, but it's not amazing to me either. At least it's a nice, solid black with a bit of sheen.

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I received this item free of charge for the purposes of this review. I was not compensated monetarily for my review. Everything you've read here is my own opinion.