Inks

Five inks, each made to show one thing well. All of them are safe for every pen we make. Every bottle is 50 ml.

Drying, paper by paper

How long a line of ink stays wet, from the nib leaving the page to the shine going off. The same Ferrule M stroke on each paper.

Paper	Dry to the touch	Spread	Show-through
Rag	about 4 s	The line spreads about 15% past the nib	None
Glaze	about 10 s	Crisp — the line stays at nib width	None
Washi	about 2 s	The line spreads about 6% past the nib	Shows on the back

Wider nibs and wetter inks take longer everywhere. Gall Black keeps darkening long after it is dry.

Ink	Rag	Glaze	Washi
Gall Black	Bites into the cotton and stays put. The line spreads a little and darkens evenly.	Sits on the coating, so the grey-blue lasts longer before it turns. Slow to dry.	Soaks straight through. The back of the sheet darkens with the front.
Harbour Blue	A clean, dark blue. The cotton drinks most of the sheen.	Red sheen on every pooled edge. Slow to dry; give it a moment before you close the pad.	Soft edges and a blue shadow on the back of the sheet.
Ember	A soft orange line. Most of the gold sinks into the fibres.	Gold sits on top of the coating and glints along every stroke.	Warm and translucent. The gold stays on the front.
Moss	Quiet and even. The cotton evens out the shading.	Strong shading: pale where the stroke was fast, almost black where it pooled.	Soft shading, and a green shadow on the back of the sheet.
Sepia	Settles into the cotton. Soft edges, archival look.	Crisp and slightly glossy. Slow to dry.	Light and warm, with a brown shadow on the back.