Lisa Vanness, owner of Vanness Pens occasionally hands me some random inks to try. When I saw her last at the Pelikan Hub one ink she gave me was Organics Studio Frog Green Shimmer.

The color:

Frog Green is a bright, vibrant green with gold shimmer.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink turns almost black where it pooled heavily, and shows off a lot of gold shimmer. It doesn’t have any sheen though.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low-this ink feathered on Rhodia, mostly in the flex nib.

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low-there was some bleeding in the flex nib on Rhodia and a little bit on Leuchtturm.

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and gold shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in all nib sizes and bleeding in the flex nib.

Comparison Swabs:

Frog Green is a little bit darker than Diamine Golden Oasis, but has a similar vibe-bright green with gold shimmer. Click here to see the Organics Studio inks together, and click here to see the green inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco Transparent Green with a medium nib on a Lochby A5 blank Refill-Tomoe River 68gsm. The ink had a dry flow, I think due to the shimmer making it seem drier than it would without. The shimmer seemed to stick to the sides of the ink chamber rather than completely mixing in with the ink. The ink only clogged once as I wrote this page.

Overall, it’s not the best shimmer ink I’ve tried, but it’s not the worst. I like it better than the Organics Studio Amino Acid shimmer inks I’ve tried, but don’t like it as much as the Robert Oster or Diamine shimmer inks. Diamine Golden Oasis is similar enough that I don’t think I need both.

Disclaimer: A sample of this ink was provided by Vanness Pens for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored in any way.