As winter is coming to a close, I figured a gloomy black ink would be a fitting ink choice as I anticipate the warmer and brighter weather. Van Dieman's Tassie Seasons series is a beautiful collection of inks that take their inspiration from the natural beauty of Tasmania, and Black Truffle is a dark brown that looks black in most light. I'm hoping that by the time I write all of this ink through my pen, spring will be here!
While I usually favor bright and cheery inks, there's definitely plenty of space for dark inks. It doesn't matter if you're required to use a dark ink in some situations, if a dark ink just works better in others, or if you just enjoy using it in any scenario — they should still be pretty and interesting. Black Truffle doesn't disappoint. When you first write with this ink, it looks a couple shades darker as a fairly mediocre black. But as the ink dries (which happens really quickly, by the way), the dark overtones give way to a dark brown hue that pops out in the thinner areas of the ink. It provides a perfect amount of color and shade variation to make it visually interesting on the page. If you're looking for a solid, rich black ink, this isn't the one for you. This black ink vacillates between brown-black and black depending on the thickness of the nib stroke, and that's why I've really been enjoying it.
