Toucan Bright Green Ink

[Jamerelbe]

This is the second in a sequence of reviews of a new line of inks produced by Tintext, Dye Manufacturers of Australia - and at present only available in Australia / New Zealand. Unfortunately the inks turn up a little 'darker' in the scans than in real life - hopefully the comparisons in this review will help - as will the Q-tip swab and the finger print in the upper right corner!

 

This is a lovely bright green ink that's not overly dark (compared to, say, Noodler's Marine Green and J. Herbine Lierre Sauvage), but very easy to read and very pleasant to play with.

 

Feel free to ask any questions - and I'll endeavour to answer them as best I can.

 

http://i.imgur.com/Gs8hvg7.jpg

 

EDIT: Added photo - resolution's not great, but the colour reproduction (I think) is just a little better!

 

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

Edited March 11, 2014 by Jamerelbe

[dmvara]

Very interesting color! I was at a Montblanc store and the sales representative handed me a FP to test it out and it was green. At first I was like no. But it is unique. I think black is boring and my current color of choice is royal blue. I will have to experiment. Nice illustrations btw! Thank you!

[Jamerelbe]

Thanks for your feedback - I'm a fan of green inks too, and though I tend to favour more 'conservative' (i.e. darker) inks as a general rule, this one makes a nice change. Black and blue (Noodler's inks) are my 'stock-in-trade' for work - but a splash of colour here and there tends to liven things up!

[amberleadavis]

This ink reminds me of the Akkerman ink ....

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Ink_Companies/Akkerman/slides/28-Akkerman.jpg

 

It's an awesome color for mixing.

[Jamerelbe]

This ink reminds me of the Akkerman ink ....

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Ink_Companies/Akkerman/slides/28-Akkerman.jpg

 

It's an awesome color for mixing.

Yep, based on your 'swatch' I'd say they're pretty similar. Depending on the pen and the wetness of the line, it can be somewhat darker and bolder, or more of a 'bright and light' kind of green. Thanks for putting this up!

 

The Toucan inks are designed to be freely 'mixable' with each other - which is an added bonus for those more inclined to experiment. I've not been game to mix and match between different brands of inks - though maybe that's just me being a scaredy-cat!

[amberleadavis]

This scan seems to me to be right on the color.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_204.jpg

[Jamerelbe]

This scan seems to me to be right on the color.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_204.jpg

 

I agree - it comes out a little lighter (like this) in the Jinhao x450 I've got inked up with Bright Green at present - compared to the 'bolder' green of the Noodler's pen... Really interested to get your impressions on the ink - I'm a comparative newbie, so don't have a lot of different inks to compare to (mostly Noodler's, Parker and Diamine... Oh, and one bottle of Waterman's, Serenity Blue).

[kjm]

Where/how can you purchase Toucan Inks in the USA or shipment into the USA?

[amberleadavis]

Where/how can you purchase Toucan Inks in the USA or shipment into the USA?

 

 

We may be doing a group buy. The shipping costs right now are equal to the price of the ink for a single order. If we combine the orders we can make the shipping prices reasonable.

[amberleadavis]

North American Group Buy Coordinated by Sinistral.

Closing date is 5/28/2014

Make your order here.