INKS OF CHOICE

Private Reserve - Sherwood Green

 

I was a fan of the colour of Emerald Green by Penman although it tended to leave ink flakes under the bottle cap. Every time I opened the bottle these little flakes would get all over the desk.

Well no similar problem has surfaced with the Private Reserve Sherwood Green. Watch your fingers as it is a difficult pen to wash off. But the colour has a nice rich tone... easy replacement for the Penman Sherwood Green. Good flow also.

This used to be my favorite dark green ink, but I must admit, that I am moving more and more towards Montblanc's new Irish Green. With this I get good colour and a great ink bottle to boot!

 

The Private Reserve Advacado Green is very close, just a bit more of a yellow tone to the ink. When I looked back at a couple pages of meeting notes I concluded the Sherwood Green had a cleaner, crisper look. Be careful, as it takes its time to dry, and therefore is subject to smearing.

 

 

Montblanc Irish Green

 

This colour was issued in the later half of 2010 as part of the release of the new 2010 Montblanc inks. The inks come in an updated design the the iconic Montblanc ink bottle. The green is rich in tone, has good saturation and flows well in a number of pens.

It is an "easy green" to take in that it is not overly bright, as some green are and stand off the page making a whole page of writing hard to read. No, this ink is dark enough that it looks good in business and personal notes.

The ink dries in a reasonable time frame and has not of the "stickiness" that can be found in some brands.

 

 

 

Waterman Green

 

Green is a colour I used quite often, and my two choices always are the Waterman Green and Private Reserve Sherwood Green.

So as the scan of one of my travel journals shows, I have been using this ink since 1994.

The Waterman Green has somewhat less intensity with a broad nib but the tone is such that it looks okay on office documents. The flow is a little less than the Private Reserve, but a good all round ink.

 

Diamine - Green-Black

 

This is a good rich green. I think as you look at the Green Inks of Choice the deep tones are the ones that I tend to use more.

 

Diamine - Evergreen

Lorem So I have one bottle of Evergreen and one bottle of Green Black. I have always wondered if they put the wrong cap on the bottles at the factory. The Diamine bottles do not have the colour of the ink printed on the label. There is a small label on the cap of the bottle.

This green is very dark, in fact it looks black, until the light hits the ink in just a particular way, and then a beautiful dark green appears. Kind of what you may think Green Black would be like!

Good performance. Dry's in a reasonable time, pretty much all dry on the paper between 5 to 10 seconds. My sample writing is with a M800 Oblique Double Broad and that ink lays a heavy line of ink on the paper.