Ink Review #1333: TWSBI Red

TWSBI Red is available in 70ml glass bottles. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Pen Chalet (aff. link) and Vanness Pens.

The color:

Red is a medium red that leans pink.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has just a little bit of green sheen.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, tiny green sheen, and no shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

TWSBI Red is less orange than Robert Oster Direct Sun but more pink than Sailor Jentle Irori. Click here to see the TWSBI inks together, and click here to see the red inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Lamy Al-star Purple with a fine nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, I’m not a fan of this one. It’s a little too pink and definitely too strong smelling for me, I got a headache just from writing the full page shown above.

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