Today's ink is a corker.
When I cleaned it out of my pens, the water looked like orange soda!
On the bottle it says, 'Extreme Sheening'. Who knows how they make it do that? I haven't delved into fountain pen ink chemistry... yet.
I accidentally smeared the water drop test. But it shows how ultra saturated this ink is. Yikes!
Here's a close up of the sheen effect:
Looks positively radioactive if you ask me.
Now for the bonus.
I have been fiddling around with a different notebook I bought that has the new Tomoe River paper in it. The company changed hands and like the article said, a certain machine that had made the original paper is no longer in service. Some people say there's not that much difference in the original and the newer paper. Well, I say horse hocky. I used the exact same pens with the same inks on these two sample sheets. The Tomoegawa [original] is on the right, and the Sanzen [new company] on the left.
I imagine you can see some differences. But when I took some extreme close ups of a few letters, I was aghast at the feathering on the new paper!
Tomoegawa:
Sanzen:
Tomoegawa:
Sanzen:
I know this is a bit on the forensic side, and I acknowledge my obsessive scrutiny of the whole matter, but I have to say, I'm really sad that the original paper will never be made again. My three packets of loose sheets have now officially taken their place among my most precious possessions.
I'm thinking about making myself a small notebook with some of it. I DO have a thin one I made as a traveler's notebook insert some time ago and have been using it as a kind of blotter for testing inks. I had no idea what I was doing! I'll take some photos of it once this Inkvent Calendar saga is complete.
Anyway, I realize this entry can be used as evidence of OCD tendencies, but I hope it's never used against me.
(Oh, I think we can count on that Cupcake, and I hope I'm around to witness it.)
I bet you do.
