Category: Birmingham Pen Company
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Birmingham Mountain Laurel on Leuchtturm1917
Ink Mountain Laurel is a very pale dusky pink when wet and dries to a slightly darker shade. I believed the colour was inspired by the mountain laurel flowers which ranges from white to pink. In wet nibs, you might notice a halo, a dark green thin outline around the strokes. The ink has an…
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Birmingham Independence Grey on Tsubame
Ink Independence Grey is a dark grey ink, so dark that it looks almost black. The ink has a very wet flow. Due to the flow, I think the ink will be more suitable in the finer or drier nibs. On Tsubame’s Fools paper, Writing Sample This was written with a TWSBI ECO-T medium nib.…
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Birmingham Catamaran on Muji Planting Tree
Ink Catamaran is a turquoise blue with an average flow. On Muji paper, Writing Sample This is written with a TWSBI ECO-T medium nib. Below are a couple of photos of how it looks when it is written on both sides of the paper. Disclaimer: This ink was purchased by me and all opinions/photos are…
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Birmingham Glassmith on Muji Planting Tree
Ink Glassmith is a medium teal with an average flow. On Muji paper, Writing Sample This was written with a TWSBI ECO-T medium nib. Below are a couple of photos of how it looks when it was written on both sides of the paper. Disclaimer: This ink was purchased by me and all opinions/photos are…
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Birmingham Boysenberry on Life Schöpfer
Ink Boysenberry is formerly from the Swift Formula collection where the inks were designed to be wetter than average and performs well in a wide variety of fountain pens. The company had since changed their ink collections and this ink is now found under the Keystone Formula collection. This ink is a medium purple with…
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Birmingham Chrysan Themum on Kokuyo Perpanep Sara Sara
Ink Chrysam Themum is a dusty violet with a dry flow. Sometimes a slight green-grey halo can be seen on some papers. It took me a while before I realised that the ink name could be a reference to the chrysanthemum flower. In my defence, the chrysamthemum flowers where I live are usually yellow and…
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Birmingham Salt Water Taffy on Leuchtturm1917
Ink Salt Water Taffy used to under the Swift Formula collection of inks designed to be wetter than average and performs well in a wide variety of fountain pen. Birmingham had since changed groupings of the inks. This ink is a bright, neon pink that has a slight orange undertone. The pink is very saturated…
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Birmingham Mountain Laurel on Rhodia
Ink Mountain Laurel is part of the Crisp Formula collection where the inks were designed to work well on a variety of papers. This ink is a very pale dusky pink when wet and dries to a slightly darker shade. I believed the colour was inspired by the mountain laurel flowers which ranges from white…
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Birmingham Independence Grey on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink Independence Grey is a dark grey ink, so dark that it looks almost black. The ink has a very wet flow. Due to the flow, I think the ink will be more suitable in the finer or drier nibs. On Maruman Mnemosyne paper, Shading: Little Sheen: Nil Feathering: Little Bleedthrough: Nil Writing Sample This…
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Birmingham Sweetheart on Clairefontaine Triomphe
Ink Sweetheart used to be part of the Crisp Formula collection where the inks were designed to work well on a variety of papers. Birmingham has since recategorized their inks and now this can be found under the Keystone Formula collection. This ink is a bright pink, almost fluorescent, with a tinge of orange that…