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Private Reserve Vampire Red According to the Private Reserve website it’s a “deep, intense brown with red tone”. To me it’s the gorgeous colour of a 50 year old rusted water-pipe, with high shading and a hint of gold sheen on Iroful paper. The sheen disappears with time. It is not a colour I would associate with vampires, unless they’re into ultra-processed oxidized blood. 🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️ This ink is a snob and thoroughly dislikes cheap paper and loves water to excess. (It disintegrates with a drop of water). If you have Diamine’s Ancient Copper or J Herbin Café des Îles, you probably won’t need this one. I was afraid that the ink covered the Lamy convertor with a fine film of stain, but a few flushes, and the convertor was clean. However, the ink turned out a pain to clean. I have to admit, I so much enjoyed using this ink that I did not want it to leave my pens. It’s a complex ink both for writing and drawing. Chroma: Writing Samples: Photo: Comparison: Water test: Left side 10 seconds under running water. Sample was written with glass nib. So amount of nib is more than a normal nib. Art Work: I really had fun playing with this ink. First peace is part of the yearlong Inktober challenge 2024, prompt was Fang Is it the vampire costume or the mouse that frightened the elephant? Fountain pen inks used: Noodler's Lexington Gray (diluted) /Polar Brown/Baltimore Blue Paper is Canson Mixed Media Bal des Vampires (Vampire Ball) Here I was a bit more adventurous, mixing a lot of inks on Fabriano sketchbook paper (very absorbent) Private Reserve Vampire Red was brushed directly from the convertor. Sailor Kiwa-guro, Lexington Gray and Monteverde Malibu Blue were used together. Wherever the "black is grey" is the diluted Lex Gray. Noodler's Lexington Gray Monteverde Malibu Blue The Les-Kats , fangs and collar is a mixture of J Herbin Rouge Opera and Sailor Storia mix red, however Mouie (i.e. Mousie) back collar is Sailor Storia Red. The V on the pocket is Vampire Red. · Pens used: Lamy (Reverse Ef/ EF/F/M/B, BB), Noodler’s Nib creaper. · What I liked: Colour, shading, doing artwork. · What I did not like: It’s not waterproof · What some might not like: It hates copy paper; the name is misleading. · Shading: High · Ghosting: Yes, on cheap paper. · Bleed through: Yes, on cheap paper. · Flow Rate: Wet · Lubrication: Very nice. · Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. · Start-up: Ok · Saturation: Dark · Shading Potential: Massive · Sheen: Yes, on Iroful but disappers. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Faint on copy paper. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice. · Staining (pen): No. · Clogging: Did not notice. · Cleaning: I would say, a pain. It's medium difficult to clean · Water resistance: The lines get obliterated with a water brush. · Availability: 60 ml bottles. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

On FPN you can find some reviews of topic ink: one, two, three. Generally, the ink... is awful, in addition, it's dangerous and I will show you why. But first let's have some fun: http://d.radikal.ru/d16/1905/c0/5443a21e8710t.jpg full size I tried to use some pens to write with blood, but no pen wrote. So I taken Nikko G nib (notches on tines is great thing). So, in terms of shading blood is a winner! Also, blood looks like kind of glaze and as opposed to ink, that looks like a watercolor. Lets have a look on details: http://d.radikal.ru/d23/1905/e6/bcde87e632bbt.jpg ink, sunlight. Full size http://b.radikal.ru/b27/1905/04/e5410acbf9c8t.jpg blood, sunlight. Full size http://d.radikal.ru/d03/1905/b1/5984bf85f24ct.jpg ink, led light. Full size http://a.radikal.ru/a23/1905/2d/7d025277bd18t.jpg blood, additional led light. Full size In LED light the blood looks strange, right? Next I will show you some victims of Vampire Red ink. http://b.radikal.ru/b12/1905/3f/48204f7f7aect.jpg Just cartridges http://c.radikal.ru/c00/1905/d2/90992d76c2f0t.jpg As you can see, this yellow color passed through the entire thickness of the plastic. Full size http://b.radikal.ru/b00/1905/b7/19c66a3bbb8ft.jpg The ink was in this container for two weeks and it's clear boundary. Next photos will show that the ink is dangerous even for your notes: http://b.radikal.ru/b11/1905/f8/b94e24019276t.jpg This sheet was in contact with drawing (I used two inks: Vampire Red and Pilot Black, but there is no sings of black ink ). http://a.radikal.ru/a30/1905/88/b207cfe321b2t.jpg After four sheets... It takes 12 sheets of regular notebook paper to eliminate this effect. The end. P.S. I'll be glad if you show me my mistakes.