Ivy Green - Papier Plume

[visvamitra]

Papier Plume is s stationery shop situated in the heart of the French Quarter in New Orleans. The company began its business in 2001 however the shop was opened in 2007. From what I see on google maps the shop looks quite nice.

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Some time ago the company started to offer fountain pen inks. They're supposed to be hand poured and bottled right in the shop. The inks are water based and described as french inks (imported? anyone knows french private label maker?). At the moment the inks are available in 15 colors and are sold in three bottles: small (15 ml), medium (30 ml), big (50 ml):

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I've received samples of fourteen colors and I'll review them soon. The full line consists of:

1. Black
2. Burgundy
3. Carmel
4. Denim
5. Forest Green
6. Forget-me-not Blue
7. Lover's Red
8. Ivy Green
9. Midnight Blue
10. Moss Green
11. Oyster Grey
12. Peacock Blue
13. Pecan
14. Red
15. Violet

Ivy Green is well behaverd ink (no feathering / bleedthrough / other misbehaviour). Personally I dislike this color.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

[T4TEXAS]

Not my cup of ink either.

[Cyber6]

Oh no.. this is NOT my green....

 

 

Great Review VIS !!!!

[Barkingpig]

Not "my" green either! And I have enjoyed the Caramel & Moss Green & even ordered a bottle of Pecan this morning after the review yesterday. This reminds me of a bottle of vintage Sheaffer Skrip (inkwell bottle) Emerald Green I found yesterday in an antique shop. I had never seen the color but @ least the bottle can be reused!

[lapis]

Maybe a nice green after all (or also maybe not at all) but by no means an "ivy" green. Any halfway real ivy-green has to be darker, have more depth to it as well as more than a touch of leather and/or gold. This one is made out of chalk!

 

Mike

[PaganArcher]

Looks a lot like Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Green to me. I happen to be the oddball, but I like the color.

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.

This is NOT the green for me. It's the sort of green that sets my teeth on edge (also most of my hair...). There was someone a couple of years ago for whom the "perfect" green was PR Spearmint, and that person would probably LOVE this ink.... But I'm not her....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[haruka337]

No. Too minty.

[DrDebG]

Again, a nice review! I would agree with the others. This isn't my "cup of tea".