Zerkon No. 76 — Crushed into Dust — Ink Review #270
Zerkon — n° 76 - Crushed into Dust - 碾作尘 Ink Review # 270 Ink: #76 Crushed into Dust - 碾作尘 Brand: Zerkon Country: China Availability: 5 ml sample vials, 50 ml bottles. Pens Used: Jinhao Centennial (EEF Mahjon flex, fude) Kaweco (EF/F/M/B/ stub 1.1) Description The ink’s name is inspired by Lu You’s (1125–1210) famous poem 卜算子 · 咏梅 — “Ode to the Plum Blossom.” Beside the broken bridge, beyond the relay station, Lonely she blooms. At dusk she grieves; then come wind and rain. Heedless of envious flowers, with no desire to compete, Her blooms ravaged and trampled in mud, ground to dust, only her fragrance lingers unchanged. After browsing through their ink catalogue, I chose this one which looked most promising as a chromo-shading ink. It came in a classic ink vial filled to the rim with no identification. The ink has a dry flow. When wet, it’s a green-grey and then it transforms into a dusky purple. The ink disliked the Majohn...