Inks With A "sheen"

[amberleadavis]

I think it really depends on the paper and the coating. I've noticed that some inks will sheen when I write over top of another ink. Some papers will never sheen and will not display the inks under UV light that are supposed to show up.

[joshsrn]

I've tried a number of the inks in this thread, but I don't see any sheen on any of them. Any special way I should be going about this? Does it work better on a particular paper? Nib type?

 

Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough

[inkstainedruth]

I've tried a number of the inks in this thread, but I don't see any sheen on any of them. Any special way I should be going about this? Does it work better on a particular paper? Nib type?

 

Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough

I think that in some cases it helps to be using wetter (and sometimes also broader) nibs, and to be using better paper. You'll be more likely to get sheen with stuff like Rhodia, when you don't get it on cheap copy paper.

Of course, some inks, like DCSS Blue, sheen if you look at them crosswise (but the downside of that ink is that it takes gosh darn forever to dry...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[cybaea]

I've tried a number of the inks in this thread, but I don't see any sheen on any of them. Any special way I should be going about this? Does it work better on a particular paper? Nib type?

 

Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough

 

Wet broad (flexible is good) nib on low-absorbent paper. It is all in how the ink dries; you want it to dry in the air like a good salami or delicious ham. Somebody suggested letting a couple of drops dry on glass; I have had good sheen with ink spilled on (faux, I assume) leather on my writing slope, but otherwise my go-to “paper” for sheen is Gateway translucent paper.

[joshsrn]

I use Clairfontaine and Rhodia paper, both very ink resistant. I use very wet nibs, medium, broad, flex, stub. I've looked at many of the inks mentioned in this thread from multiple angles but I'm still not seeing it.

 

Perhaps I need to make sure some ink dries above the paper by laying down some extra ink, like cybaea mentioned.

[Jadie]

I use Clairfontaine and Rhodia paper, both very ink resistant. I use very wet nibs, medium, broad, flex, stub. I've looked at many of the inks mentioned in this thread from multiple angles but I'm still not seeing it.

 

Perhaps I need to make sure some ink dries above the paper by laying down some extra ink, like cybaea mentioned.

If all else fails, go for the dip nibs! They're great at coaxing out sheen because they lay down ink so thickly.

[joshsrn]

If all else fails, go for the dip nibs! They're great at coaxing out sheen because they lay down ink so thickly.

Good idea, I'll try it out

[althanis]

Too many inks, not even writing to be done!

[amberleadavis]

If all else fails, use paper with a sheen.

[terminal]

Tinfoil I think

[amberleadavis]

Tinfoil I think

 

Yep.

 

I found one that isn't quite that shiny, but it's different when the whole page is "sheeny" compared to the sheen that's like shading.

[mboschm]

http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o565/mboschm/DSC_0567_zps1cd7d174.jpg

 

 

Sailor Nano black. I was taking notes from a book when I suddenly noticed how much the "1950" number sheened under the right light.

[terminal]

What is that, like silvery?

[amberleadavis]

http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o565/mboschm/DSC_0567_zps1cd7d174.jpg

 

 

Sailor Nano black. I was taking notes from a book when I suddenly noticed how much the "1950" number sheened under the right light.

 

Wow, I never would have expected that from Nano black.

[mhphoto]

My experience with Sailor Nano Black wasn't so much sheeny as is was… well, oily slicky. It's sheen is very similar to Noodler's Black, in that when it dries its surface is reflective, rather than having the crystalized quality of sheen as we know it.

[mboschm]

What is that, like silvery?

 

That's right.

[LCA]

I just used mhphoto's "page o'sheen" as my desktop wallpaper. Great thread.

 

I discovered sheen myself with a sample of Diamine Majestic Blue. I was amazed by the red gold saturated bits and got online to see if anyone else had noticed this. Apparently, there's a whole sheen sub-culture. Just ordered some of the inks suggested here.

[notbob]

Brilliant sheen pics, mhphoto. What are you using for the light source?

[Fabienne]

I have tried to get Waterman Black to sheen silver. No dice. Too bad, I love that black. It's luby, easy to get out of a pen, and somehow, very friendly. Sheen would be a big bonus!

[bleair]

This thread is great... except that I've tried quite a few papers and no sheen, nadda.

Would people mind posting the paper that they've gotten sheen with?

 

Earlier in the thread the Sigel Paper was mentioned (though that is harder to get here in the states).

 

Some of the posts make me think that the sheen affect is coming when you're leaving a significant pool of ink on the paper... when you are writing and you get this sheen effect is your pen leaving a substantial pool of ink behind? As in, if you tired to lift and tilt the paper the ink would run down the sheet vs. just wet-writing (where I think of wet-writing as if you touched the page you'd get ink on your paws.

 

Some of these photos are almost art in of themselves

Edited January 13, 2014 by bleair