Colorverse Methuselah Grove — Ink Review #168

 Colorverse Methuselah Grove

 

Ink Review #: 168

 

Originally posted on FPN: Jan 22, 2025

Ink: Methuselah Grove

Brand: Colorverse

Country: South Korea

Availability: 5 ml bottles, or 15 ml bottles bundled with a 65 ml bottle of Colorverse Methuselah Tree.

Pens Used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Lamy Safari (EF / F / M / B / Stub 1.1), Kanwrite with an Ahab nib.

 

Description

 This bundle belongs to the Earth Edition. Methuselah Grove and her big sister Methuselah tree, celebrate the oldest living beings on the planet. 


I got this  5ml bottle on a whim.  It's a dark brown, with gorgeous chroma, short dry times on Rhodia and curiously eternal long dry on many Japanese papers (Midori/ Life/Iroful, slightly better on Tomoe River 68gsm. It has impractical/ cute bottles 😃 :  You can either buy a 15 ml bottle with a 65 ml bottle of Methuselah tree, or a 5 ml separate bottle, with an impossibly narrow opening that’ll need a syringe/ ink miser to fill your pen. :)  Cleaning was pain, I'm not looking forward to my other pens 


Bottle compared to a 10 ml Herbin bottle, on my messy desk ;)  


Chroma

Gorgeous brown chroma.

Writing Samples (scan)

On the Rhodia sample, the 1.1 / B nib lines are reversed. If you see smudge, it is because it took a long time to dry.

Rhodia

Iroful

Midori

Tomoe River 68 gsm

Hammermill 20 lb

Photo

Artificial light.

Rhodia

Iroful

Midori

Comparison

Water Test

Left side: 10 seconds under running water, after a minimum 24 hours to dry. Note how the chroma separates.

Artwork

A New Year

Manga style sketch.

Kala Nostalgia Gemstone Scapolite (grey green), Kala Nostalgia Gemstone Sillimanite (background), and Colorverse Methuselah Grove (brown).


Lion cub

I tried watching The Lion King: Pride of the Simba. The only merit of the film was trying to draw a lion cub. Paper is a very bad Hilroy sketching paper.


Hickory Dickory Dock (Tick Tock): Inktober yearlong challenge 2025 with my cat and mouse theme, fountain pen ink on Talens notebook.

Colorverse Methuselah Grove, De Atramentis Document Cyan, and Noodler's Lexington Gray.

 


Ink Characteristics

What I Liked: Colour, drawing, bottle.

What I Did Not Like: Eternal dry times on Japanese paper, bottle size, spelling the name.

What Some Might Not Like: Long dry times, small bottle size (5 ml), or bundle.

Shading: I did not see any.

Ghosting: Yes, a bit on cheap paper.

Bleed Through: Yes, sporadically on cheap paper.

Flow Rate: Wet.

Lubrication: Excellent.

Nib Dry-out: Did not notice.

Start-up: After a week aside, both pens needed the feed primed.

Saturation: Saturated brown.

Shading Potential: Dismal.

Sheen: No.

Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice.

Nib Creep / Crud: Did not notice.

Staining (Pen): No.

Clogging: Did not notice.

Cleaning: Not so easy.

Water Resistance: Decent.

Closing

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples, or any other comments. The more the merrier. 😊

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