KWZ Iron Gall Blue #3

[silverlifter]

I'm surprised this has not been reviewed yet. This is my favourite of KWZ's iron gall inks. Still close enough to a more traditional iron gall in terms of water fastness, colour change, dry time and performance, but with enough blue remaining to make it not just another blue-black.

 

 

Dry time for normal handwriting is closer to 5 seconds, but a broader, wetter pen will be longer, hence the heavy swatch test. Dry swab was after 20 minutes, wet after 2-3. Paper is Rhodia dot.

[inkstainedruth]

Wow.  What synchronicity.  I had just mentioned in another thread one of the pens I had with me today; while in a different thread (which contained a bit of discussion about various IG inks, including IG Blue #3). And that pen is currently inked up with it (in fact, I ended up having to refill the pen this morning while using it to write checks because the converter was almost empty).

I'll admit though, that it's sort of a tossup between whether I like this better, or KWZI IG Blue-black (good thing I have bottles of both ).

Thanks for the review.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

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[yazeh]

Nice one. I have to say, I haven't got much luck with KWZ inks. My first samples got lost in the post. And I think I prefer drier inks...

But thanks for the review... Lovely handwriting

[LizEF]

Thanks for the review, silverlifter!  Nice color. 

[inkstainedruth]

11 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Nice one. I have to say, I haven't got much luck with KWZ inks. My first samples got lost in the post.

Bummer!  I wasn't a fan of IG Red, but I've liked most of the other ones I've tried, both IG and regular.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth