Ink Institute Premium Sheen Ink - Shadowsnow

Love this ink color, the sheen is amazing, what a vibrant blue-purple and pink-magenta, I adore it. I can even see it with a fine nib dip pen, it comes through beautifully on Tomoe River (Sanzen) paper.

This is a beautiful and well behaved ink. It has a saturated blue base color with red sheen. The sheen stays on the paper, unlike some other heavy sheening inks. The ink feels well lubricated and hasn’t clogged my pen (Sailor Lecoule with MF nib).

This ink falls in my “heavy sheener” catagory. You wont see much of the ink color unless you add a little water to dilute it, at least I didnt. The ink dries quickly to reveal a strong red sheen on Midori MD paper. It sheens on most papers to some extent. The blue is super dark so with a fine or extra fine nib it might as well be black. Flow is good, average to dry but in my C5!I never got a hard start even after a week capped. The ink leaves a residue so extra cleaning is necessary with demonstrators. Dry times are good, it doesnt smear or smudge on Midori MD paper after drying.

I like this ink but there are many dark blue inks with heavy red sheen on the market so it isnt that unique of an ink.

I find shadowsnow to be close to a few other inks but it seems to have a sheen that varies with the wetness of the nib/feed and the writing speed. That character sets it apart from the others.

Oh so glad to find you still had it in stock! I’ve discovered some of my paper that was just ok for writing on is a bit too cheap and very absorbent for this ink. It needs to stay on the surface to really shine. It is stunning when it does.