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Platinum Classic Khaki Black
These iron gall inks in the Platinum Classic line sure are interesting. This one reminds me of oak, and it doesn't really change color as it cures. It has the other characteristics of the iron galls,...
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Platinum Classic Cassis Black
Thanks for the ink sample, Anderson Pens! Another iron gal ink!? Yep!This interesting maroonish ink is named after the cassis liqueur that's made from black currents. The color of this ink does remind...
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Robert Oster's Frankly Blue
Ink provided for review by Federalist Pens! Thanks! This is the ink that Robert Oster made to celebrate the first anniversary of Robert Oster inks in the USA. Federalist Pens was their first...
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Kyo-Iro Soft Snow of Ohara
I think this is the first Kyo-Iro ink I've reviewed, and I hope all of them are as cool as Soft Snow of Ohara. This is a pretty new line of inks being carried by Anderson Pens, and they provided the...
View Article"Where've you been, Mike?!"
I just realized that it's been a few weeks since I posted to this part of the blog. If you're a person who only experiences Inkdependence in this medium, then it probably seems that I've just dropped...
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Kyo-Iro Flaming Red of Fushimi
Red inks are some of my favorites. It's a really good color for lists, notes, grading, letter writing, and signing holiday cards. The thing about being a fan of red inks is that there are SO MANY red...
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Franklin-Christoph Honeycomb
I hope the list puts you at the top quickly.Ink was provided for review by Franklin-Christoph. It's time for another Franklin-Christoph ink! This one was introduced at the Ohio Pen Show back in...
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Rickshaw Bagworks Pen Paraphernalia!
Whew! I'm a little bit behind in posting this blog because Blogger had some issue for a while that wouldn't let people upload images to their blog posts. That's sort of a problem for us, right?...
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Robert Oster Caffe Crema
Anderson Pens sent me the sample that I started using for this review, but I liked it so much that I had to get a bottle. This is one that I've got no reservations about recommending. It's a sort of...
View ArticleSome things I've posted recently on YouTube:
Hi folks,It's been a super busy semester for me so far. In a lot of ways, I feel that I've just been running from one thing to another thing to the next thing. That always makes the blogging slow down,...
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Kyo-Iro Moonlight of Higashyama
These Kyo-Iro inks are really interesting. This is the third one that I've reviewed on this blog, and I think I like it the most, so far. It's definitely more interesting than Flaming Red, and on par...
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Montegrappa Ducale Grande Emperador Brown Limited Edition
Kenro sent this huge limited edition our for review, and it's totally worth a look. There are only 200 of these, so make sure you jump on it if you're interested.You should be able to find it at most...
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Krishna's Jungle Volcano
 A new brand on the blog! I ran into Tom from Inkjournal at the Philly Pen Show this January, and he showed me this new (to me) line of inks that he was selling. Dr. Sreekumar of Krishna Pens has been...
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Rohrer & Klingner SketchINK Lilly
 Another newcomer to the blog, Rohrer & Klingner's SketchINK series is pretty new. These inks are all nano-pigment inks that are supposed to have really good flow as well as being lightfast and...
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Papier Plume House of the Rising Sun
Ink provided for review by Papier Plume This is the newest ink to become part of the Papier Plume ink line. It's not released yet, but it will be coming out concurrent with the Atlanta Pen Show on...
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Papier Plume's Chicago Inks: 2018 Edition
Provided for review by Papier Plume!**Okay, I put this post together before the Chicago Pen Show, and I forgot to hit the "Publish" button. I'm a dumb. Or maybe I was just too busy to think straight at...
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J. Herbin Lierre Sauvage
I've said a couple of times that I'm not a huge fan of J. Herbin's regular line of inks. Their glittery editions are usually pretty cool, but the regular line tends towards being undersaturated and...
View ArticleA slew of paper reviews!
Hi-ya, Loyal Blog Readers!I've been busy checking out papers over on the YouTubes. I'll probably post some short reviews here on the blog, as well, but I haven't gotten around to that yet.So, until...
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Kyo-no-oto Nurebairo
I've reviewed a couple of the inks from the TAG shop in Kyoto before, but none from this line. There are two lines of inks that they make (Kyo-Iro and Kyo-no-oto), and this is the first from the...
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