I've cobbled together several different swatching sessions of some Birmingham Pen Co inks.
I want to send my warmest thanks to the Dormouse 🐭 🐁 @TheDormousesDesk for generously sending me a sample of Eroded Bronze from her desk. I won't say whether or not that generosity facilitated yet another purchase of Birmingham Pen Co inks; you be the judge. 😉
To my eye, Pennsylvania Slate and Ohio River are remarkably similar, so much so that I wonder if they are the same ink and that maybe one jar was mislabeled. Maybe the Pennsylvania Slate has a tad bit more green than the Ohio River in larger swatches.
Burlywood, Pennsylvania Fieldstone, and Stormwater Runoff are the best shaders in this group, and Ambered Adobe has a very lovely black halo if you are using a broad nibbed pen. Additionally, Burlywood is a beautiful, deep golden honey once it has dried for a few hours.
Kentucky Bluegrass is a very pretty, fresh, spring green, one of those greens that always brings a smile to my face.
Thank you very much for sharing some of your time with me! Have a great day!
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*TIMESTAMPS:*
0:00 ~ Intro
1:08 ~ Ambered Adobe (Col-o-Ring)
4:03 ~ Burlywood (Col-o-Ring)
7:13 ~ Tailings Pond (Col-o-Ring)
10:50 ~ Stormwater Runoff (Col-o-Ring)
14:27 ~ Eroded Bronze (Col-o-Ring)
17:46 ~ Pennsylvania Fieldstone (Col-o-Ring)
21:56 ~ Pennsylvania Slate (Col-o-Ring)
25:27 ~ Ohio River (Col-o-Ring)
29:10 ~ Kentucky Bluegrass (Col-o-Ring)
32:43 ~ Hobonichi A5 Notebook
34:34 ~ Yu-Sari A5 Grid Notebook
37:01 ~ Rhodia Notebook
39:55 ~ Midori A6 Notebook & Chromatography
40:15 ~ Midori: Ohio River
41:03 ~ Midori: Kentucky Bluegrass
41:57 ~ Midori: Pennsylvania Fieldstone
42:59 ~ Midori: Pennsylvania Slate
43:56 ~ Midori: Ambered Adobe
44:57 ~ Midori: Burlywood
46:24 ~ Midori: Eroded Bronze
47:35 ~ Midori: Stormwater Runoff
48:46 ~ Midori: Tailings Pond
49:57 ~ Ohio River & Pennsylvania Slate Side-by-Side
51:35 ~ Nine Swatch Col-o-Ring Swatch Cards
51:59 ~ Rhodia Color Squares (seven of the nine)
*INKS:* Nine Birmingham Pen Co Inks
*PEN:* Pensive Pens AU Serendipity Hybrid Dip (B)
*SWATCH PENS:* Pensive Pens AU Serendipity Hybrid Dip (B) pen hand-turned and nib expertly tuned by James Finniss; Kakimori Brass Nib, Kakimori Sakura Wood Pen Holder (I got mine here: kakimori.com/en/pages/kakimori)
*PAPERS:*
📓 Hobonichi Plain Notebook A5 Tomoe River Paper Grid (Stilo&Stile, 52gsm, ivory);
📓 Nakabayashi Yu-Sari A5 5mm-Grid (Stilo&Stile, 96 sheets, 95gsm, eggshell) NYN-A501-SB;
📓 Rhodia Classic Spiral Bound dotBook Notebook A4+ (Stilo&Stile, 80gsm, superfine Clairefontaine white vellum paper, dot grid);
📓 Midori MD A6 Notebook Graph Ruled (5mm grid, 80gsm, cream paper color);
📜 Col-O-Ring Ink Testing Book, Standard Size (according to Ana from The Well-Appointed Desk it's pronounced _coloring_ like what we do with crayons; Skylab Letterpress, 160gsm, white);
📜 BartOvation Grade 1 Chromatography Paper Strips (0.16mm thick, 22s filtration speed, 6 x 0.75 inches);
📓 Wearingeul Impressions Color Swatch Book: 9 Ink Bottles (Stilo&Stile, 40 pp, 200gsm, white, 2022)
*HOBONICHI COVERS:* Hobonichi Techo Night Flamingo 2023 ~ A5 Size (fits Hobonichi Techo Cousin); Hobonichi Techo Accessories Yuka Hiiragi: Cover on Cover for A5 Size (Light in the Distance); Hobonichi Techo minä perhonen: anone-anone (Black) A5 Size; Hobonichi Techo 2022 Hobonichi Katsushika Hokusai - Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (2022) A6 Size (fits Planner and Original); Hobonichi Techo 2022 Tokyo National Museum: Shibata Zeshin - Small White Butterfly A6 Size (fits Planner and Original) (All Covers from the Hobonichi Store)
*ELF & INK BOTTLE RUBBER STAMP:* Paper Game Co on Etsy ~ Ink Bottle Rubber Stamp, Fountain Pen Ink Swatch, Empty Glass Bottle and Elf
*Dormouse’s Desk Ink Sample Vial Labels available on Etsy:* www.etsy.com/listing/1281707203/ink-vial-labels
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