Ink Review #1923: Scribo Nero Nero

Scribo Nero Nero is from Scribo’s Standard collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Nero Nero is a medium black.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some black sheen.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

Other properties: no shading, medium black sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering.

Comparison Swabs:

Nero Nero is similar to Sailor Black. Click here to see the black inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M805 Stresemann with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a wet flow.

Overall, this ink is pretty well behaved, but it does have just a little bit of bleeding.

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