I’ve been using this ink for a few weeks now in a few different pens and have decided it’s finally time to write up a review. To preface, I have inked up two Pilot Metropolitans, a Lamy 2000, and a Sheaffer Targa with this ink. What do I think about it? It’s absolutely amazing and its a great value for the price. Being a student, I was hesitant to use a red ink as red is the stereotypical grading color. This led to me to reach out to the outer edges of what I considered red so that it could still be acceptable. I now have this inked full time in a Lamy 2000 and have written multiple papers and done countless assignments with not a single complaint from any of my teachers unless I’m specifically asked to only use a certain color ink and don’t just because I love how this ink looks and writes so much. The ink flows well, but with that comes the slight problem that in a larger nib it might write very wet. I don’t like a wet writing nib, so I just put it in a pen with a fine nib, but it’s worth noting for others. On regular notebook paper there is little to no bleed through and very minor feathering given you’re using a fine/extra-fine nib. I don’t often use high quality paper so I can’t share how it behaves on that.As for the color, ‘Oxblood’ describes it almost perfectly. If i were to stray from that word, I might use ‘dried-blood’ to describe it almost as well. It takes on the brown red look that one might expect from dried blood. Also, after its been sitting on paper for a while it almost seems to get more brown as the time passes just as one would expect from drive blood. It actually looks so much like blood that I had a teacher freak out because she thought my hand was bleeding after seeing a but of it on my palm. The great price paired with the 80mL bottle, which is larger than most bottles from other manufactures, lead to this ink being an awesome value especially since it is so high-quality and behaves so well.I always recommend this ink to anyone who’s looking for a great ink at a great price and especially if their looking for an ink that is just as beautiful as it is unique.
