Inks With A "sheen"

[amberleadavis]

Thanks Vis! I love Cardinal Red.

[HalloweenHJB]

Diamine Cult Pens' Deep Dark Purple has incredible sheen. Don't love the color (TOO dark), but it really makes an impression!

 

[HalloweenHJB]

Some of my favorite "sheeners":

 

[HalloweenHJB]

[sorry for the deluge of posts, but I just discovered this thread.]

 

Private Reserve's Burgundy Mist is a crazy sheen-monster:

 

[mhphoto]

I love your sheen monsters.

[Sinistral1]

If only all monsters were so pretty!

[alarickc]

Behold, KWZI IG Blue Black and it's amazing silver sheen!

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a549/alarickc1/Mobile%20Uploads/20150215_142228_zpsynrglplp.jpg

Sorry for the blur, my mobile phone wasn't going to do any better.

Edited February 16, 2015 by alarickc

[TeaHive]

Oooo, silver sheen! A rarity!

[swanjun]

Is there such a thing as a black ink with a red sheen?

[Sinistral1]

I've never seen that particular combination.

[Lou Erickson]

I now regret not getting all the KWZI inks.

[amberleadavis]

It's not too late.... SOON the 3rd group buy will be organized.

[HalloweenHJB]

It's not too late.... SOON the 3rd group buy will be organized.

 

Wonderful. Let me know if I can help...

[linearM]

I purchased the Sailor Jentle Ink yama dori specifically because of the red sheen. I received a letter from an English pen pal asked what ink produced the sheen and immediately purchased a bottle and have really enjoyed it.

[Goudy]

This is Iroshizuku Yama-budo that was sitting in a pen unused for about 3 months. The ink still looks red on the nib, but now writes brown and dries to a gold sheen. I haven't noticed this effect with this ink before.

 

http://i.imgur.com/EvHVest.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0NBTUz7.jpg

[Sinistral1]

Almost acts as if it were an iron gall ink. Interesting. Beautiful!

[Goudy]

I've been experimenting with Yama-budo. I put a small amount in a dish and left it exposed at room temperature before writing with it. There's some slight gold sheen in the ink even straight from the bottle, but this significantly increases if you leave the ink to "mature" for a couple of days. I guess that what's happening is that the water in the ink is evaporating, increasing the metallic content of the residue; so heating the ink gently would probably produce the same results.

 

The ink samples below were done with a dip pen on Rhodia paper.

 

Straight from the bottle:

 

http://i.imgur.com/P2dth3L.jpg

 

After ink had been in an uncovered dish for 24 hours:

 

http://i.imgur.com/oN9V2Bu.jpg

 

After ink had been in an uncovered dish for 48 hours:

 

http://i.imgur.com/rQEzvBV.jpg

 

Closeup of last sample:

 

http://i.imgur.com/1vn9oit.jpg

 

All samples:

 

http://i.imgur.com/4tTghkx.jpg

Edited March 22, 2015 by Goudy

[Manalto]

Is it too obvious and corny to say that this would be beautiful for the inscription inside a greeting card? (I tend to buy blank cards and write my own sentiment.) It's really striking.

[HalloweenHJB]

Is it too obvious and corny to say that this would be beautiful for the inscription inside a greeting card? (I tend to buy blank cards and write my own sentiment.) It's really striking.

 

Not corny at all! That's certainly the type of special use that these inks were meant for, it seems to me. [Great avatar, by the way!]

[Intellidepth]

I've been experimenting with Yama-budo... water in the ink is evaporating, increasing the metallic content of the residue...

Thanks for showing these side by side. I didn't realise 24-48 hour evaporation would make such a significant difference.