Wearingeul - Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote

[yazeh]

Wearingeul - Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote

I had the chance to do a blind test of this ink on another fountain pen site. 
On Tomoe River Paper:

This is my first Wearingeul ink. 

Ink is extremely dry and flow rate is questionable. This ink is for anyone who loves pale inks, uses wet pens with soft nib (ideally broad), uses thick absorbent paper, or admires Don Quixote, fighting windmills, or enjoys writing letters to people you want to annoy with the finest nib possible 

However, check the beautiful chroma

Writing samples Note, as this was a mystery ink, the quotes are not necessarily from Don Quixote

Tomoe River 68gr

Rhodia

 

Midori

As you can see on very cheap/thin absorbent paper, it ghosts and bleeds, (though pencils do to :D)

Comparison (mystery 48 is our ink)

Water test:( decent after 10 seconds under running water)

To show case the colour, this is how it looks as a colouring ink on the wings of this angel drawing I did...

• Pens used: Pilot Kakuno (Ef [very dry]/M/stub) Lamy Safari (F/ /M /B) / Kanwrite Ultraflex / Jinhao 450 fude
• What I liked: Colouring with a wide fude nib and wiring with a broad nib. Good for thick absorbent paper. Easy to clean.
• What I didn’t like: It needs a wet pen and a smooth nib. Not very legible with most nibs. 
• Shading: Yes, depending on your nib. 
• Ghosting: Yes, on cheap thin paper.    
• Bleed through: Yes, with thin absorbent papers. 
• Flow Rate: Meh.
• Lubrication: Non unless you write with a wet pen.  
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed. 
• Start-up: From time to time. Though I can blame the pen.  
• Saturation: Nope 
• Shading Potential: With wide nibs. 
• Sheen: Nope.
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not noticed.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: No 
• Staining (pen): No
• Clogging: No. 
• Cleaning: Easy. 
• Water resistance: Acceptable.
• Availability: 30ml Bottle.

 

[LizEF]

Thank you, @yazeh, for your review! The drawings are my favorite parts - that and your miracle chroma paper towels.

[Uncial]

Pinks do seem to be more inclined to be dry inks for some reason. I have two Wearingul inks and really, really like them. One is a teal blue (books series, I think), can't quite recall the name  right now.  The other is a deep blood red with the rather unfortunate name of Human Issue. Both are very wet and well lubricated.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Thank you, @yazeh, for your review! The drawings are my favorite parts - that and your miracle chroma paper towels.

You're too kind  . I need to up my game then

 

1 hour ago, Uncial said:

Pinks do seem to be more inclined to be dry inks for some reason. I have two Wearingul inks and really, really like them. One is a teal blue (books series, I think), can't quite recall the name  right now.  The other is a deep blood red with the rather unfortunate name of Human Issue. Both are very wet and well lubricated.

Yes Pinks are often drier. This one was especially dry and bad lubrication. You can't win them all

 

[LizEF]

45 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I need to up my game then

Nope.  Your reviews are fun!  Keep doing what you're doing.

[InesF]

Thank you @yazeh for this comprehensive ink review. This is, indeed, a colour to my taste! My preference for Teal and Violet inks is not new, but recently I developed a more fine adjusted pleasure with grey_ish-violet_ish inks.

After reading your review, I discovered an European shop where these inks are available. Unfortunately for me, a bit late for the Monthly Literature Challenge, as there are many inks named after literature or literature characters. But then, these inks will make the riddles far to simple ... 🤔

 

And, I love your (smirking) Fallen Angel!

[yazeh]

10 hours ago, LizEF said:

Nope.  Your reviews are fun!  Keep doing what you're doing.

🙏

[yazeh]

14 minutes ago, InesF said:

Thank you @yazeh for this comprehensive ink review. This is, indeed, a colour to my taste! My preference for Teal and Violet inks is not new, but recently I developed a more fine adjusted pleasure with grey_ish-violet_ish inks.

After reading your review, I discovered an European shop where these inks are available. Unfortunately for me, a bit late for the Monthly Literature Challenge, as there are many inks named after literature or literature characters. But then, these inks will make the riddles far to simple ... 🤔

Indeed these colours are much more smoothing and different. And for the creative mind the association with literature adds another aspect!

14 minutes ago, InesF said:

 

And, I love your (smirking) Fallen Angel!

Thank you!

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting color.  Reminds me of my batch of Noodler's 1984 (listed on the label as "v. 3") and also Van Dieman's Wilderness Series Black Tongue Spider Orchid, both of which I picked up last fall at the Ohio Pen Show.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

Interesting color.  Reminds me of my batch of Noodler's 1984 (listed on the label as "v. 3") and also Van Dieman's Wilderness Series Black Tongue Spider Orchid, both of which I picked up last fall at the Ohio Pen Show.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

It is interesting and intriguing. I find these colours more fulfilling