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Gutenberg Urkundentinte G10 schwarz (iron gall) This ink is made by Gutenberg GmbH (Läufer & Gutenberg). They make four other aniline inks. According to google translate, Urkunden means certificate, and tinte, ink, so Gutenberg is a certificate ink. It is waterproof. It reminds me of home-made iron gall inks. It is watery, lacks lubrication and will not work in all pens. My EF experience was unreadable. However, I can always blame it on the pen. It’s a brown black. It’s not an easy ink to buy for people outside Europe. But not impossible. I recommend it only to iron gall aficionados, dry ink lovers, or those who like inks that reminds them of leathers, cigar and might as a well a drop of whisky (whiskey or bourbon) · Pens used: Unic wet Noodle vintage flex, Conway Stewart 330, Oblique, Pilot Metro Fine, Sheaffer Calligraphy medium wide, Generic Chinese EF and stub. · Shading: Yes · Ghosting: None · Bleed through: None. · Flow Rate: alright · Lubrication: Absent · Nib Dry-out: Nope. · Start-up: No problem. · Saturation: Unsaturated · Shading Potential: Yes. · Sheen: Unless you poor a drop. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: None. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: None · Staining (pen): Nope. Easy to clean… · Clogging: Nope · Water resistance: Waterproof · Availability: Only in bottle 30 ml and I believe 1100 ml. Only place worldwide soldan.de. However, buying is not straight forward. You buy one. They send you an invoice for bank transfer. You tell them it costs a lot. They send you to a different department. They give you a PayPal address. You send them money. And then they send. And you need a German translator. For Europeans it’s easiest. The US also have more options. However, their service is topnotch. My first bottle was corrupted. They replaced it immediately. Bottle: Written sample on TR 68 gr This is an earlier writing sample: Note EF is not legible. The stub, might been affected by salix. While I rinsed and clean the pen the trace inks seem to have affected the ink. Written samples on cheap Hilroy notebook Back: no ghosting on this paper Chroma (disclaimer) my first bottle had gone slightly off. This is the chroma of the first bottle... I didn't bother with the new bottle. High resolution scan of a drop on Hammermill paper I don't have anything in that range: Sketch done with a fine pilot metro: And a whimsical one...