EFNIR: De Atramentis Document Urban Grey

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: De Atramentis Document Urban Grey

This is review #105 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: I really liked this grey.  The warmish color really doesn't show well in the images, and they make it seem darker than it seems to my eyes.  The zoom seems to have a greenish tint, but not the ink.  The smudge in the dry time has the slightest hint of brown (in real life), but the ink isn't muddy or dirty-looking.  Hard to describe.  Get some and try it out! Cleaning was surprisingly easy with only plain water.  Took a little longer than usual, but not much.  No staining, but the sample vial for this looks to be stained, so I would expect a longer stay to lead to staining or more difficult cleaning.

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:

Scan of Completed Review:

Zoomed in photo:

Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):

Images also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

Previous Review: Robert Oster Lemon Grass.

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Hope you enjoy.  Comments appreciated!

[yazeh]

Great Job!

 

This one seems really nice Liz and I don't like greys . But the lines seem crisper than that $%X& Lemon grass. (Sorry I used a bit Sphinxy language). Despite the hairy feathery line on absorbent paper  

 

[Tas]

😊

[LizEF]

18 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Great Job!

Thanks!

 

18 minutes ago, yazeh said:

This one seems really nice Liz and I don't like greys .

Yeah, I was really surprised by this one.  I've only ever liked cool greys before, but I really like this one, despite the long dry time.  It's one of those je ne sais quoi scenarios.

 

19 minutes ago, yazeh said:

But the lines seem crisper than that $%X& Lemon grass.

Definitely.

 

21 minutes ago, yazeh said:

(Sorry I used a bit Sphinxy language).

  (For the record, I've already recorded the video where I mention the language of the sphinxes.)

 

22 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Despite the hairy feathery line on absorbent paper  

Yeah, it's pretty rare for anything to do well on that absorbent paper.  I think the color variation (splotchiness) makes it look worse than it is on copy paper, and without magnification, I imagine most folk would think it behaves perfectly on copy paper.

[LizEF]

16 minutes ago, Tas said:

😊

[mizgeorge]

Thanks as always Liz

 

Fab review of an ink I like a lot. In fact, I like most of the de Atramentis document inks - with the grey green just edging this one out for first place.

 

It's one of my go-to inks for filling out forms and anything that might be exposed to the weather, and seems to be accepted as a 'black ink' for official documents too (certainly in the UK).

[LizEF]

3 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Thanks as always Liz

You're very welcome!

 

3 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Fab review of an ink I like a lot. In fact, I like most of the de Atramentis document inks - with the grey green just edging this one out for first place.

 

It's one of my go-to inks for filling out forms and anything that might be exposed to the weather, and seems to be accepted as a 'black ink' for official documents too (certainly in the UK).

Thanks!  I love pushing the boundaries of (now) senseless rules!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Very very appealing gray!  It goes down so beautifully, too.  But with that egregiously long dry time...well, you right-handers enjoy it.  🙂

 

Thanks for the review!  

[LizEF]

50 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Very very appealing gray!  It goes down so beautifully, too.  But with that egregiously long dry time...well, you right-handers enjoy it.  🙂

Sorry to torment you.

 

51 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks for the review!  

You're very welcome!

[Misfit]

How cool, a document ink that isn’t black, but an interesting grey.  This might be the document ink I’ll eventually get. Many thanks for all your reviews Liz. 

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

How cool, a document ink that isn’t black, but an interesting grey.  This might be the document ink I’ll eventually get. Many thanks for all your reviews Liz. 

This performed much better than DAD Black did!  You're very welcome!

[LizEF]

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 330µm.