KWZ Orange

[yazeh]

KWZ Orange

This is review #175.

Part of the mystery ink blind testing on another website.  

This is a very, very joyous, wet, reddish/ coral orange (depending nib size, pen) with faint shading (M/ B dry Lamy Safari nib), zero water resistance and very long dry times on Rhodia. You need to have blow dryer nearby or live in the desert or a blotter like the good old times   

 

The colour is so bright that seeing the shading is a bit difficult. I doubt with a wet pen, much shading is seen. 

 

The ink has the typical vanilla scent of KWZ. Though I admit, despite my sensitivity to scent, I did not smell it.  

 

It couldn’t handle the Kanwrite Desire with the FPR Ultra flex nib. Either it poured ink or was ink starved. I wouldn’t put in a wet pen/ B nib combo. 

 

Will I buy it? no, did it make me happy, yes  

 

Chroma:

 

 

 

Writing Samples:

Mystery ink 65 refers to KWZ orange. 

 

 

Photo:

 

 

Comparison:

Water test:

Left side (10 seconds under running water. After 24 hours)

 

Art Work:

Sphinx & the Snek

Inspired by @LizEF fabulous fantasy story.

It is said in the Scroll of Sphinx and the scroll of Snek, beware, when the Snek & Sphinx are bound by the Magus.. the Dragon will rise again...

This crude sketch was done by one of the scribes and recoloured by modern day techniques

KWZ Orange

J Herbin Vert Réséda

and Kala Moonlight Tide

Makhabesh by Essri the Snek

Essri's attempt and drawing his buddy  

and finally a work from this world: 

Balance

KWZ orange

Endless Alchemy Mystic Forest 

and Kala Moonlight Tide

 

 

 

·      Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.1), Kanwrite Desire with FPR Ultraflex

·      What I liked: Colour. It's happy colour. 

·      What I did not like: No water resistance, very long dry times. 

·       What some might not like: Long dry times, no shading, Vanilla KWZ scent   

·      Shading: Non-existent. 

·      Ghosting: Yes, on cheap paper. 

·      Bleed through: Yes, on cheap paper.

·      Flow Rate: Very wet

·      Lubrication: Excellent

·      Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. 

·      Start-up:  Good

·      Saturation:  Reddish orange. 

·      Shading Potential: Dismal

·      Sheen: No. 

·      Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: With a primed flex nib, zowie! 

·      Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.

·      Staining (pen): No. 

·      Clogging: Did not notice.

·      Cleaning: Very easy

·      Water resistance: Non-existent. 

·      Availability:  60 ml bottles

 

 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier  

[lapis]

Nice review, as always. Tempting, at least for those of us into oranges  However, I'm not one of those... although for me it's more of a "coral", which in fact then does make it more appetizing -- no, I'm not sure corals are something to be eaten, and I've seen thousands of them under the surface of the Red Sea... 🍊

[yazeh]

10 minutes ago, lapis said:

Nice review, as always. Tempting, at least for those of us into oranges  However, I'm not one of those...

 

10 minutes ago, lapis said:

 

although for me it's more of a "coral", which in fact then does make it more appetizing --

I didn't know corals were reddish orange.

10 minutes ago, lapis said:

 

no, I'm not sure corals are something to be eaten, and I've seen thousands of them under the surface of the Red Sea... 🍊

That must have been spectacular

[lapis]

41 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I didn't know corals were reddish orange.

 

There once was a LE cartridge of Lamy named "Coral". A 5-pack labelled T10. As usual, Lamy never got around to labeling the actual colour of the insides, just like their 50-ml T52 bottles. I still have a few of the cartridge packs.

[LizEF]

You probably lost me at "zero shading", but there are a few inks that have managed to overcome that lack and appeal to me anyway...

 

And ink that makes you happy is a good sign, even if one doesn't buy more.

 

Ah, bold quotes for a bold color.  Not an ink for copy paper...  That flex on the Midori looks totally different - almost hot pink!

 

Not sure what's happening on that swatch card, but it looks fun.   Mousey standing on an orange while kitty is saying, "Get that toxic fruit away from me!" ?   Bunny and monkey are fun, too.

 

Wow, look at that ink let go of the paper like it was never there!

 

Oooh, yeah!  Now the good stuff.   Sphinx and snek, lookin' downright regal!   That turquoise-ish blue is a perfect complement to the orange.   Wow, Essri's really learned to control writing / drawing tools!   And serious balance - great job with all three of these, @yazeh - above and beyond this time!

 

Thanks for such a fun review!

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, lapis said:

There once was a LE cartridge of Lamy named "Coral". A 5-pack labelled T10. As usual, Lamy never got around to labeling the actual colour of the insides, just like their 50-ml T52 bottles. I still have a few of the cartridge packs.

I didn't know that. I'm not very familiar with Lamy inks   I have J Herbin's Corail des Tropiques on the back burner and a slew of the new waves of chromoshading inks to review  

[yazeh]

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

You probably lost me at "zero shading", but there are a few inks that have managed to overcome that lack and appeal to me anyway...

Actually, I have to re-correct myself, there's some shading with M & B nibs. The thing is that the colour is so bright, that the shading is lost to my eyes

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

And ink that makes you happy is a good sign, even if one doesn't buy more.

Yes. Apparently orange is the colour of creativity

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

Ah, bold quotes for a bold color.  Not an ink for copy paper...  That flex on the Midori looks totally different - almost hot pink!

It's actually pure red, no sign of orange 

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

Not sure what's happening on that swatch card, but it looks fun.  

It's funny. I just realized that I did a variation of the same drawing as the swatch card  

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

Wow, look at that ink let go of the paper like it was never there!

Not for copy paper  

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

Oooh, yeah!  Now the good stuff.   Sphinx and snek, lookin' downright regal!   That turquoise-ish blue is a perfect complement to the orange.   Wow, Essri's really learned to control writing / drawing tools!

I sort of did the dog ate my homework thingy!  The ink is actually a minty green but maybe it got  mixed up with the grey ink. 

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

 And serious balance - great job with all three of these, @yazeh - above and beyond this time!

Thanks! 

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

Thanks for such a fun review!

A pleasure! Sorry my response got cut in two. The browser was acting up again