Magenta - Rohrer & Klingner

[visvamitra]

Rohrer & Klingner operates since 1892. At the moment it's the fifth generation of the family that manages the company. I guess that after 122 years they know what they are doing.

R&K inks offer amazing quality for amazing price. In my country a bnottle of R&K ink costs 5-6 $. I know it's a bit more expensive in America, yet I believe the price is still reasonable.

I find it interesting that Rohrer & Klingner seems to focus mainly on the content and not on the bottles. Inks come in industrial looking bottle taht is quite handy but there's just nothing fancy about it. It's surprising.

http://www.rohrer-klingner.de/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/schreibtinte_top_03.jpg

Anyway they offer eighteen colors, some stunning, some boring but all have good qualities and are easy to clean.

1. Alt-bordeaux
2. Alt-Goldgrun
3. Blu Mare
4. Blue Permanent
5. Cassia
6. Fernambuc
7. Helianthus
8. Leipziger-Schwarz
9. Magenta
10. Morinda
11. Royal Blue
12. Salix
13. Scabiosa
14. Sepia
15. Smaragdgrun
16. Solferino
17. Verdigris
18. Verdura

 

It's time to re-review these inks.

Rohrer and Klingner Magenta is quite vibrant color. The flow is very nice as in most R&K inks. The dry time is pretty fast, around 15 seconds on Oxford Optic paper. The water resistance is low, but the advantage of that is it cleans easily from the pen. The shading isn't potent, but it's present.

Personally I prefer Solferino but Magenta may appeal to those of us who enjoy punch-me-in-the-eyes colors.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Color range

Maruman, Lamy 2000, broad nib

Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco Skyline Sport, double broad

Oxford Optic, Kaweco Skyline Sport, broad

[athenian]

Great review, as always. How does this ink compare to Pelikan Amethyst?

[MsRedpen]

vis, thanks again - this one is definitively going on my wish list!

Did you have any chance to try with M or F nib?

[inkstainedruth]

I had this one on my "maybe" list to try. But in your pix it looks like one of those inks that does what some people refer to as "haloing" (i.e., having that crisp dark edge on the line strokes) and that pushed me over the edge.

Thanks for the review. And not (and my husband will not thank you at ALL...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[julia239]

I also prefer Solferino...it's very punchy.

[amberleadavis]

As always, I love your reviews.

[Ada]

This is a good review of a good ink. Like you, I prefer Solferino, but I also really like Magenta.