Jinchen Purple Forest / Zi-lin — Ink Review #239
Jinchen Purple Forest (Zi-lin) Ink Review # 239 Originally posted on FPN: Apr 16, 2026 --- 🧾 Description Ink: Purple Forest Brand: Jinchen Country: China Available: 18 ml bottles from AliExpress or Taobao if you understand Chinese. Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Japanese EF nib, Lamy Safari (EF,F,M,B, stub 1.1), Hongdian Forrest with a Long Blade nib, Karas Kustoms Vertex with a FPnib flex nib and an extra-wet ebonite feed (three ink channels!). When perusing the Jinchen inks, this was the first ink that hooked me. In my excitement, I ordered another ink by mistake. :D So, I reordered the correct one. The moment I swatched the ink, the pink chromo-shading effect appeared through the blue-grey layers. When I dipped my glass pen to make my water-test sketch, the same effect was visible on Mnemosyne paper. Had I hit the jackpot? We’ll see. ;) To make the chromo-shading work, one needs specific conditions: th...