Yazeh Ink Reviews

  Kaweco Smokey Grey   Ink Review #195   Originally posted on FPN: Jul 25, 2025 --- 🧾  Description Ink:  Smokey Grey Brand:  Kaweco Country:  Germany Available:  50 ml bottles or cartridges. Pens Used:  Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/ BB), Karas Vertex FPNibs ultra-flex with ebonite feed.   I got a pack of cartridges of Smokey Grey. Boy, I was in for a surprise; it refused to write in both pens, even after priming (Kaweco Sport and the Vertex), until I forgot it for a few days. Moral of the story, if you can’t get a sample, pop in the cartridge and let it be.    Or syringe it., which worked fine in the Lamy Safari.  If you want to see what the Japanese EF looks like, check @LizEF’s excellent review.    Ink has low lubrication, and the flow is dry. However, with a Medium Kaweco Sport, when the pen finally wrote it was very pleasant, and it’s like an HB pencil, However, with a Lamy Safari Ef, it was yucky and pale, m...

  Kaweco Paradise Blue (cartridge)   Ink Review #  129   Originally posted on FPN:  Jun 3, 2024   Ink:  Paradise Blue (cartridge) Brand:  Kaweco Country:  Germany Availability:  50 ml bottles, 30 ml (discontinued), cartridges. Pens Used:  Kaweco (Reverse  EF, EF, F, M, B, BB), Kanwrite Desire with an Ahab semi-flex nib. Description This is a happy turquoise or light teal. It doesn’t like copy paper. Dry times are on the longer side, and the ink is water resistant. I enjoyed it most with  European  F nibs upwards. Chroma Writing Samples I used the reverse side of an EF nib to emulate a UEF line and show the finest line it could produce. The Kaweco nib-and-ink combination wasn’t suitable for reverse writing. It's difficult to scan Rhodia Midori Tomoe River 68 gsm Hammermill 20 lb Photo This is closest to the colour I see. Tomoe River 68 gsm Midori Comparison Water Test Quite good, (after 10s under running water) Artwork...