Rohrer & Klingner Bottled(50ml) Fountain Pen Ink Reviews

I ordered the R&K Fernambuk color based on the digital color swatches because I was looking for a solid pink ink to use while waiting for my Iroshizuku Kosumusu to arrive from a friend in Japan. Much to my surprise, this R&K Fernambuk appears as a very pretty red with a bent towards the orange side! It's lovely and cheerful, so I'm not disappointed at all. It's my first experience with R&K inks, so I'll consider it an adventure when I order my next R&K color. The quality of ink is enjoyable to write with and dries rather quickly on paper. I've written with it on everyday 24 lb. copy paper with a fine point, steel nibbed economy fountain pen with strong ghosting and some bleedthrough when concentrated in one spot - the ultimate unfair test for any ink. I have yet to test it in one of my better pens, e.g. Pilot Vanishing Point with 14K nib, on fountain pen-friendly paper, e.g. Rhodia or the like. Bottom line, I like the color, which is not pink (unless I'm suddenly color blind), and R&K ink seems to have a good reputation among fountain pen enthusiasts. So I'll be sure to try more colors over time. Pen Chalet shipped promptly and my ink arrived without incident. Thank you, Pen Chalet!

It’s OK, not the deep blue-black ink with which Grandma used to write her shopping list for the A & P. Like most current inks, it seems a tad watery, not like the India Inks they used to sell back in the day. That said, this ink does serve its purpose welll in the modern day; doesn’t seem to bleed badly and dries reasonably quickly.

Helianthus. What a lovely color! It's a bright/dark enough yellow to be used, in my opinion, but it may be too light for some, I'm which case I suspect it would make a nice highlighter fluid. This is my first R&K ink.

I had been looking forward to trying this ink, after watching some online reviews, and I haven't been disappointed. "Old Golden Green" is a good description. I think it leans a bit more toward green, but it definitely has that extra golden punch that makes it truly unique. I enjoy trying inks that seem to be in a category by themselves, and I think Alt-Goldgrun is definitely one of those.

R and K inks are understated and don't get the attention they deserve. Verdigris is a saturated color that is velvety. Fermanbuk is a very bright color that appears red with some nib/paper combos or a bright pink. Beautiful ink!

This is the second time that I've gotten inks from them and they each change colors which I really like they're not dry but they're not wet they're right in between more to the dry side

Can't say enough good things about the Alt Goldgrun - truly the standout in the RK offerings, and the gold standard when t comes to olive green inks

This is an ink color that though has been years around, its always welcome and re-stocked in my shelve. Shades like angels! Lovely greens, wet, nice flow, for all nibs and pens. A must have. The bottle hold a huge ml and perfect design to ink pens. Fast, secure, well packed delivery even during pandemic 2019-2020 only from Pen Chalet!

Scabiosa is a good iron gall ink in a pleasant color.

Good general use ink. The colors are pretty standard, the Alt Goldgrun being the exception. Stunning shading and a really interesting olive color. All around these are nice every day workhorse type inks. I have not tried the iron gall colors.