Avacado - Avocado - Private Reserve

[visvamitra]

Private Reserve Ink was founded by Terry W. Johnson and Susan Schube in the workroom of Avalon Jewelers/Gallery in Zionsville, IN, as an addition to the fountain pen department. Terry's vision was simple... "Why not have fountain pen ink in a rainbow of colors to expand the bounds of writing beyond standard black, blue, red and green."

That's what's written on their internet site. My experience with their inks is ambigous: I like most colors, but the inks I've tried weren't best behaved (Orange Crush, Shoreline Gold caused nib crud; Hor Bubble Gum is PINK and it stains everything).

Avocado is nice and well behaved green ink. The color can be described as a rich, leafy green, It feels smooth and lubricates the nib well. While I'm not biggest Private Reserve fan I believe Avocado is their best ink (from the ones I've tried so far. It's highly subjective statement though).

Bottle

Ink Splash

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Lyreco Budget, TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

Poljet, TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

Leuchtturm1917, TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

Oxford, TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

Water resistance

[lapis]

Thanks for the nice review. I really like this green... full of lots of different tones.

And I'll definitely have to go along with your elucidation about PR's colour culmination vs behaviour. I don't always put these inks in my best pens....

 

Mike

[lgsoltek]

It's a nice colour. I wish there weren't slimy goos in mine.

[da vinci]

Nice dark green! Thanks for the review

[rafapa]

Do you know if the Avacado (with a) in the label is a typo?

[lgsoltek]

Do you know if the Avacado (with a) in the label is a typo?

I believe so, because they've corrected it in later productions.

[visvamitra]

I believe so as well

[Manalto]

'Avocado' (FKA 'Avacado') is, as you say, a truly botanical color, which I find more pleasing and credible than many of the cooler greens that are named after leaf colors. I have it in the line-up to use; your review has made me eager to try it out ASAP. Thanks!

[Azuniga]

Thank you for the review... as usual your ink reviews are great, more for me this time since it is one of my favorites...

 

Best. Ariel

[Ghost Plane]

An old favorite. Well-behaved green in a shade I love.

[Jamerelbe]

I read somewhere that the spelling us deliberate - a reference to the Fender Stratocaster Avacado (guitar).

[amberleadavis]

Do you know if the Avacado (with a) in the label is a typo?

 

I believe so, because they've corrected it in later productions.

 

 

I believe so as well

 

 

I read somewhere that the spelling us deliberate - a reference to the Fender Stratocaster Avacado (guitar).

 

I've adjusted the name in the title. The correct spelling of the ink is with an A and yes it was an homage to the guitar.

[Manalto]

...it was an homage to the guitar.

 

Yet the color conjures an association with Persea americana that cannot be denied.

[Jamerelbe]

 

Yet the color conjures an association with Persea americana that cannot be denied.

I think that's deliberate - designed to resemble an avocado but deliberately misspelled as a homage to the guitar. Unless the guitar was green??!

[Manalto]

Since the association with guitars and ink is tenuous at best, I suspect most people merely assume the company doesn't know how to spell the name of its own product.

 

Love the ink though.

[amberleadavis]

I think that's deliberate - designed to resemble an avocado but deliberately misspelled as a homage to the guitar. Unless the guitar was green??!

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/8woAAOSwl9BWM-iQ/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F

[amberleadavis]

Since the association with guitars and ink is tenuous at best, I suspect most people merely assume the company doesn't know how to spell the name of its own product.

 

Love the ink though.

 

 

The ink maker has since passed away, but I understand that he explained this in an interview (I think with Brian Goulet).

[J85909266]

I've never bought a PR ink due to complaints of being too highly saturated and crude/slime, however, this color is absolutely beautiful. The best, most natural looking shade of green I've yet seen. Vis' amazing photography and review skills have, no doubt, helped.

[amberleadavis]

Vis' skills help every ink, but this ink is very much a color that I love for my real tree doodles.

[FayeV]

I have a bottle of this and love this unique color. I just need to make sure I have it is a wet pen and use it frequently to keep it flowing. It is hard to start up when it sits unused for too long.