Ink Institute - Cat at Noon

[yazeh]

Ink Institute – Cat at Noon

 

I got this ink on a whim.  I have nothing to compare it with. It's very pale, almost transparent. The bright colour was a drop of ink that never got absorbed by the paper.  

 

This ink had flow issues. Lamy did not like it. I had to prime it often. For Ahab after a couple of days, it was acceptable.

The writing experience was akin writing with water. I use quite a bit of iron gall inks. Essri/Scabiosa are Doyou compared to this one

 

The intense coral colour you see, is done with extreme flex, on a thick absorbent paper. 

The nib scratched out the paper, for lack of lubrication.  Pity the colour is really nice, almost a golden, orange, salmon. 

The line below is without any pressure, with a Lamy Safari broad.

The colour is really nice in absorbent paper, this is on Field Notes:

 

 

Ink had difficulty to dry even fast even on copy paper. Normally ink drops splatter, this one curls into a ball.  

The one good experience I had was sketching, when there was ink flow. This colour would probably be very nice in a room but not for writing or on very absorbent paper. 

 

Here is a photo:

Ironically this ink has some water resistance:

I am sure, there are many creative members who can make this ink work.  If you had a different experience please  let me know. 

 

·  Pen used: Noodler’s Ahab / Lamy Safari Broad

·  Ghosting: None

·  Bleed through: None

·  Flow Rate: It took a day to work in Ahab… Needed constant priming in Safari

·  Lubrication: Non existent

·  Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.

·  Start-up: Difficult to say. As the ink is so pale that at time I wasn't sure if I was writing at all

·  Saturation:  n/a

·  Shading Yes.

·  Sheen: No 

·  Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: See for yourself

·  Nib Creep: Nope. 

·  Staining (pen):  One of the easiest inks to clean.

·  Clogging: None.

·  Water resistance: Ironically it has some water resistant. 

·  Availability: Only in 30 ml bottles

 

 

 

 

 

 

[langere]

Interesting ink! Thanks for the review.

 

I guess just for those of you (I do not include myself) who are talented with drawing.

 

Erick

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

The writing experience was akin writing with water.

Hmm.  Looks like you were writing with water - or pre-bleached red ink...

 

Thanks for the review!  I'm guessing this would look like Emperor New from my EF nib.

 

Love your little kitty sketch!

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, langere said:

Interesting ink! Thanks for the review.

 

I guess just for those of you (I do not include myself) who are talented with drawing.

 

Thanks. For what is worth, I'm a novice sketcher

34 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Hmm.  Looks like you were writing with water - or pre-bleached red ink...

Haha!

34 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Thanks for the review!  I'm guessing this would look like Emperor New from my EF nib.

Imagine an EF with no lubrication.... You will have one heck of soundtrack

 

34 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Love your little kitty sketch!

Thx! Maybe I should've given it a couple of wings...and called it Makhabesh on fire

[lapis]

Thanks again for yet another eye-opening ink. And thanks also for your nice drawing of the pet after which the ink itself was named. "Salmon" sounds good, and how about "coral"? Or, in the long run, watered-down blood. BTW do you have any information on hand about the institute which makes/delivers this stuff? (All I know is that they originated in Taiwan and that, e.g. in the States, Vanness has them.

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

You will have one heck of soundtrack

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

Thx! Maybe I should've given it a couple of wings...and called it Makhabesh on fire

[amberleadavis]

Oh wow, thank you for the review and saving me from this underwhelming ink.

[inkstainedruth]

I've seen this brand for sale at Vanness, and had wondered what the inks were actually like.  I can definitely pass on this one, so thanks for the review, hazel (my wallet also thanks you, BTW).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[yazeh]

45 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

I've seen this brand for sale at Vanness, and had wondered what the inks were actually like.  I can definitely pass on this one, so thanks for the review, hazel (my wallet also thanks you, BTW).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Most welcome....

2 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

Oh wow, thank you for the review and saving me from this underwhelming ink.

🙏

3 hours ago, lapis said:

Thanks again for yet another eye-opening ink. And thanks also for your nice drawing of the pet after which the ink itself was named. "Salmon" sounds good, and how about "coral"? Or, in the long run, watered-down blood. BTW do you have any information on hand about the institute which makes/delivers this stuff? (All I know is that they originated in Taiwan and that, e.g. in the States, Vanness has them.

Coral is perfect. I could not find anything about them. 

I believe they made several inks for Yoseka in New York which were quite good. 

They have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/inkinstitute000/

 

[Ergative]

There's a definite trend for undersaturated inks going around. 

[Dione]

It looks quite coral on some other reviews: The Well-Appointed Desk,  Fountain Pen Pharmacist

[yazeh]

46 minutes ago, Dione said:

It looks quite coral on some other reviews: The Well-Appointed Desk,  Fountain Pen Pharmacist

It is possible that something went  wrong with my sample. 

 

[mizgeorge]

I just want to know who Hazel is...

[yazeh]

14 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

I just want to know who Hazel is...

Ask the spellchecker

 

[PithyProlix]

Thanks for the review!

 

Add a little surfactant and I'd bet this ink would come alive. I think it has possibilities!

 

1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

I just want to know who Hazel is...

 

Ohhhh ... a multi-hued ink with the colors in hazel eyes ... hmmmm ...

[Muncle]

3 hours ago, yazeh said:

It is possible that something went  wrong with my sample. 

 

In the Fountain Pen Pharmacist post, that their ink pollutes easily, and turns dusty.

[namrehsnoom]

I normally like muted & non-saturated inks, but Cat at Noon seems to take pale-ness to the next level. Too much for me 😉 

I cannot imagine using this ink for writing. Drawing maybe. But I like my inks to be multipurpose, so this one is a no-no.

Thanks for showing it… I always like to discover new inky stuff (even if I don’t like the ink)

[mizgeorge]

9 minutes ago, namrehsnoom said:

I normally like muted & non-saturated inks, but Cat at Noon seems to take pale-ness to the next level. Too much for me 😉 

I cannot imagine using this ink for writing. Drawing maybe. But I like my inks to be multipurpose, so this one is a no-no.

Thanks for showing it… I always like to discover new inky stuff (even if I don’t like the ink)

Completely agree - though I'd probably try it if it were easy to get here!