Red (231) - Hero Ink

[visvamitra]

SHANGHAI HERO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IMP. & EXP. CO., LTD is the owner of “HERO” and “DOCTOR” brands of fountain pens in China. The brand is well known in China and around the world. You may find it interesting to know that in Poland in seventies and eighties of the last century Hero fountain pens were ones of very few available on the market. Therefore a lot of people in Poland, especially senior ones, share sentiment for this company and it’s products.

 

Apart from pens and other products company offers also inks. It seems the colors available at the moment are Red, Blue, Blue/Black and Black but I may be wrong. Maybe they offer more inks? I wasn't able to confirm it but in the other hand my research wasn't really thorough.

 

Anyway Hero Red isn’t really red. it contains quite a bit of pink. In my limited experience (sample) the ink felt rather dry and didn’t impress me. It’s not bad but it has no panache.

Ink splash

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software D

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

Clairefontaine, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

 

[mehandiratta]

its coral ...

like lamy one...

[lgsoltek]

Yes, it's the pinky red I sometimes saw in my homework when I was a kid.

[lapis]

I'd also call it "chalky", but "coral" sounds good, too.

[Seele]

visvamitra,

 

A small point. Hero-branded inks are made by two different companies, by Hero themselves, and by the firm Shanghai Fine Stationary, also known as the Shanghai Ink Factory. The 231 is one of those made by the latter, as one of the series in dome-shape bottles which also includes 232 blue-black, 233 blue, and 234 carbon black. I often wonder how they compare against the less expensive 201 though; like most red inks they should stain sacs quite noticeably.

[wastelanded]

It burns!