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Loden - Franklin-Christoph


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Please,allow me to start by saying thank you mmg112 for sending me samples of all new Franklin-Christoph's writing fluids (and much more!). I appreciate it a lot and I hope the reviews I've prepared are enough to repay you :)



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Franklin-Christoph is one of fairly new pen makers. I had three of their pens and they were all good writers. The company is headed by Scott Franklin and operates from North Carolina. I like company's approach to clients (sales directly to us) and they're designs.



Franklin-Christoph offers not only pens but also notebooks, pen cases, wallets and inks. I was huge fan of Olde Emerald from first generation of their inks. It used to be my favourite ink for a while. At the moment however the bottle's long gone and I keep fond memories of this exceptional writing fluid.



I was surprised to hear they've stopped producing first generation of their inks, especially after I took a look at new colors. First generation colors were rather unique, second generation colors are rather generic. And that's not an advantage to my eyes. Being boring in ink market may be safe when you're Pelikan or Sheaffer, but for smaller player it's risky. Just my opinion.



If you happen to know who makes they're ink, I'm eager to know.



The second generation of FC inks counts eight inks with uninteresting names (Black Magic, Dark Denim, Olde Emerald - those were cool names; Blue 72, Emerald 357 are NOT cool names)



But then there are four new colors with cool names. Woo-hoo!



Loden ins't bad but it's nowhere near Olde Emerald.



Ink Splash



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Drops of ink on kitchen towel



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Software ID



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Color Range



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Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, B



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Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, B



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Oxford, Kaweco Classic Sport, B



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Water resistance



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Thanks for the review. I like this green.

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I do like this kind of green.. But it has a strong resemblance to KWZI Foggy Green.

 

 

I am willing to say that KWZI's Foggy Green is more saturated and interesting... but the resemblance is definitely there. ;)

 

 

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I love those heartless, stony greens. Gotta get me a bottle of Loden.

 

I agree that the current Franklin-Christoph inks are not thrilling, but the line isn't banal either. What really won me over was the line's performance. Works well in most pens I've employed it in and tames problem nibs I've long thought too far gone to use.

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Thanks for the great review! I am full of greens right now, but this might be my next green.

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Great review. Thank you.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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I love this ink and one other FC ink which I received for Christmas. I put it first into a Conklin Durograph and later, into a Platinum 3776. Exceedingly well behaved. Wet. I like the green-black tone. Seems to write slightly darker in my Platinum. Would recommend it to anyone, so long as they like the color. It's performance is excellent.

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