Camlin permanent black ink review.

Ink Review: Camlin Royal Blue

This is the review of one one of my favorite inks, Camlin royal blue. This ink is the default student ink in my area. Its color is vibrant but not very 'popping out of page' sort of color. It may feel a bit uncomfortable if you have to read 50 or so pages written with this ink.

The ink is well lubricated,  it is well behaved but does stain pens. So I would not like to fill it in demonstrator pens. Its drying time is okay, I didn't need to use blotting paper while writing but if you are using high quality paper like Nightingale paper, the drying time is significantly more.

The ink is not very water resistant. It just leaves a mark that is enough to be read but not a lot. So, I would rate its water resistance to be 4 out of 10. This ink does fade, but not a lot. It does have shading but very minimum . I would say this ink is okay for normal use but if you want to have a ink with shading, then this ink is not for you. Here is a writing sample:

Writing sample and measurements.

So, here is the writing sample:
The pen measures:
 5 1/10 inches total capped
4 1/2 inches uncapped
7/16 inches diameter of the barrel.

Ratnamson No. 15.

One day I just bumped into a blog post by someone on Ratnamson pens. I researched about it and after reading, seeing and discussing about them, I finally called them and placed my order for two pens. Both of them were No. 15 but one with a gold nib in black ebonite and the other in brown rippled ebonite and steel nib. The black one was for my father as his birthday was just round the corner and since I was already ordering one pen for dad, I ordered one for myself too.

The pens took a month to reach me after payment. That one month was well very exciting and disappointing as I used to get excited each day for the pens to arrive but they would not. 

Anyways the pens came one day and I was absolutely stunned by the beauty of the pens. Although not perfect but they were handmade and they looked beautiful. I immediately cleaned the pens and inked them. I inked mine with Camlin royal blue and my dad's with Waterman intense black. Since I had ordered a gold nib pen, the pens came in a white and red box. 

The pens wrote wonderfully! they were smooth and wet. They were not so smooth that you don't feel like you are writing but smooth enough. The gold nib had 'The Famous Ratnam And Sons 14ct" The gold nibs are made by them by hand and the steel ones are outsourced. The steel one has 'Iridium Point' written on it. The steel one is gold colored and the gold one is obviously, solid gold.

One funny thing is that the steel nib has more flex than the gold nib. The gold nib is much thicker than the steel one so that is the reason I guess.

The pen uncapped.

The clip. You can see a cap jewel on the top. It is made of ebonite.

Detail of the rippling.

The nib is gold colored steel. The Iridium point is a bit off. 

The feed is made of ebonite.

You can see the box. The pen is resting on it.

 

The writing samples will be there in a separate blog post. 

Introduction.

Hi all, my name is Vardhan. In this blog I will share my small fountain pen collection (only pictures no real pens guys!) with the world. I have been into fountain pens since the time I have been writing with pens that is when I was in class fourth. The year was 2011 when we were introduced to pens. 
My first pen was a steel Parker Vector with a medium nib. It was a gift from my grandfather. I used to use that pen only. I fell in love with it and that was the time when my fountain pen collection started.
Since then I have collected a few fountain pens (and destroyed a few!). They are as follows:
2 Reynolds Grippy
2 Parker vector
1 Reynolds gold ladder 611
1 Ratnamson No. 15
1 Camlin Trinity
1 Hero 332.
I will do the reviews of these pens and more pens which I will add to my collection.