Fountain pen inks from The Wet Pen have been on my radar thanks to readers of this site, and I finally got my order in a few weeks ago. Hello fresh ink!
I bought six inks, and Matthew, the maker behind the brand, threw in two more of his favorites, bringing my total to eight. I tested them all with a couple of dip nibs, trying to find the one I wanted to ink up first.
Kokuyo paper.
That, of course, proved to be impossible. To solve that issue, I grabbed the pen I wanted to ink up, my LAMY 2000 Stainless Steel with an Extra Fine nib, and made a decision from there. Western Trillium was the winner, given that 1. the color is lovely, and 2. it doesn’t appear to need a wide, wet nib to display its characteristics, like some of the other inks I purchased.
Col-o-ring paper.
Even though any color would match the plain steel color of the LAMY, I made the right choice. Western Trillium is a flower found primarily in the Western United States that starts out White when it initially blooms, and then changes into a beautiful Magenta/Pink as it matures. That’s the shade that The Wet Pen matched here, and it turned out great.
It doesn’t take much to get me to enjoy a color in this spectrum. Magentas are some of my favorites, and Western Trillium lands a little bit on the darker, or Purpler, side. According to the product description, Blue will show up in the shading on certain papers, so that makes sense that it is Purple-leaning.
Life Noble paper.
The performance from this Extra Fine nib has been perfect. Flow is fantastic, with some shading and a moderate to quick dry time. Again, this is an EF nib, so it’s not going to pop in all the categories, but you can see more of the character in the swatches, or with the glass dip nib pen.
Yoseka Notebook paper.
Overall, it is so far, so good with Western Trillium. It has been a good, consistent writing ink so far, and I love the color. At $16 for 50 ml, or $12 for 20 ml, it’s also a good value. I look forward testing out more inks from The Wet Pen soon.
(I paid full price for the ink used in this review.)
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