Yazeh Ink Reviews

  Tintenlabor Granat (formerly Rothorn)   Ink Review # 224   Originally posted on FPN: Jan 26, 2026   ---   🧾   Description Ink:  Tintenlabor Granat (formerly Rothorn) Availability note:  Available in 30/50 ml bottles. This ink is now sold in Tintenlabor’s own range as Tintenlabor Granat. According to the ink maker, the formulation is unchanged. https://tintenlabor.mycommerce.shop/products/granat Note: This review was written before the name change, so the writing samples, artwork captions, and review text use the original name, Rothorn. The current Tintenlabor name is Granat. Pens Used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.9), Osmiroid Copperplate nib.    Tintenlabor is a Swiss ink company specializing in iron gall inks. What differentiates these inks from other brands is that the iron content is clearly stated. The highest iron content in the range is 6 g/L, and the lowest is 1 g/L. The samples were sent to me by the Ink-Mei...

Tintenlabor – Echinacea   Ink Review # 208   Originally posted on FPN:  Oct 20, 2025    ---   🧾  Description   Ink:  Tintenlabor – Echinacea Available:  30/50 ml bottles, directly from Tintenlabor. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.9) , Ahab with FPR Super-flex.   Tintenlabor is a Swiss ink company specializing in Iron Gall inks. What differentiates this brand is that it discloses the iron content. The samples were sent to me by the Ink-Meister, David.    The inks have been streamlined and now comprise a few new colours.  Echinacea has a 4 g/L iron content. The highest iron content is 6 g/L (Goldrausch) and lowest is 1 g/L (alpstein).    Ink writes as a hot pink and oxidizes to dark burgundy or black (ebonite feed/flex). In the latter combo it’ll bleed through copy paper. However, for those of us who doodle, the same combo is fantastic for creating black lines. :)   You c...