Octopus Fluids Inks Set 5

Let’s take a look at the last set of Octopus Fluids inks: Orchidee, Purpur, Flieder, Aubergine, Konigsblau. Thanks to Octopus Fluids for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Orchidee, Purpur, Flieder, Aubergine, Königsblau.

Ink drops:

Purpur, Flieder and Aubergine all have a little bit of sheen.

Dry Time:

All five inks dried in 10-50 seconds.

Water Resistance:

All have medium water resistance.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Feathering: Medium

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Medium

Other properties: low-medium shading, Purpur and Flieder have tiny sheen and Aubergine has low sheen and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Orchidee is closest to Graf von Faber-castell Electric Pink.

Purpur is closest to Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-budo.

Flieder is closest to Diamine Violet.

Aubergine is closest to Diamine Imperial Purple.

Konigsblau is closest to Cross Blue.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Enigma notebook. All of the inks had an average flow except Aubergine which had a wet flow.

Overall, out of the five Aubergine is my favorite, but all five colors look great. Unfortunately, like a lot of the other Octopus Fluids inks I’ve tried they all have more feathering and bleeding than I prefer.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Octopus Fluids for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.