Review of Platinum Carbon Black fountain pen ink using a Pilot Penmanship EF nib.
Chapters:
00:00 Swatch color comparison
00:12 Zoom (microscope) photo
00:19 Written review
02:19 Zoom of absorbent paper
03:32 Water test
04:36 Close-up of completed review
04:48 Scan of completed review
04:54 End screen, links to channel and previous review
Post-recording notes: Cleaning was surprisingly easy for a permanent ink. It did want to cling a *little* to the inside of the converter and section, so plan on using a pen flush or swab, or on letting the next ink rinse it out.
I was surprised by the dry time. In use, I didn't get the impression that it was taking a long time to dry, but then I also don't test whether inks are dry - I use a blotter sheet as a bookmark in my various notebooks, so I really don't think about it. Still, in simply watching the ink, it seemed to dry reasonably quickly in my Rhodiarama journal as well as on other paper (TR and old HP Premium).
While I said the ink isn't the blackest black, that's really only discernible from the large swatches - in writing with this nib, it's as black as one could want. Cleaning confirmed (by watching the diluted ink go down the drain) that the color is to the warm side (a brownish grey rather than a cool/blue grey when diluted). As far as color in the images - if you see anything other than black, it's a flaw in the digital image or screen - the ink looks straight black to the naked eye.
Water Test Note: Under magnification, I could see that the newer writing samples in the water test feathered / fuzzed a bit. I assume this is the effect of the water because it's worse on the "Written just now" text than on the "Platinum Carbon Black" written a full 4 days before. But I didn't examine this page under magnification before the water test, so I can't be entirely certain whether there was any fuzz before the water test - this ink does seem to want to creep into the paper more than most of the inks I've tested (hence the wider line). The paper for this test is lined Rhodia 80gsm.
Errata: Remove apostrophe from "it's attributes"!
Screenshot: [ Ссылка ]
Scan of Completed Review: [ Ссылка ]
Zoomed in photo: [ Ссылка ]
Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper): [ Ссылка ]
Additional images:
Close-up of water test results (top half): [ Ссылка ]
Close-up of water test results (bottom half): [ Ссылка ]
(I cannot explain why the USB microscope changed the color temperature between these two - the lighting didn't change at all.)
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