Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia Ink

Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia Ink Review & Giveaway

Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia Ink is one of 6 newly introduced ink colors by the Italian Pen Company. Relatively new to the industry, Leonardo Officina Italiana is taking the pen world by storm with Italian handcrafted pen creations like the Momento Zero and Furore Collections. And more recently, they announced the release of a new line of high-quality fountain pen inks.

Pen Chalet is a proud authorized retailer working directly with the Leonardo Officina Italiana owners to offer new and exciting products as they are released.

The Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink in today’s review and giveaway is one of six colors released in 2019. The Sepia ink is a lovely, soft, muted light brown shade with a hint of orange. It’s a lighter color, but it shows up well on paper and has some nice characteristics. Other colors available in the Leonardo Officina Italiana ink line include turquoise blue, black, blue, green and red passion.

Continue reading for a chance to win the bottle of Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink we used for this review.

Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia Ink Review

Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia Ink Review

During our review of Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink, we found the following characteristics that you may find helpful when picking your next ink color:

Testing Factors

For our review of Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink, we used a French-made J. Herbin glass dip pen on Rhodia dot pad paper. The dip pen has a writing tip that is similar to a fine-medium fountain pen nib. Please note that different pens, nibs, and paper may produce different results.

Bottle Size

Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink comes in a nice mid-sized 40 ml octagonal-shaped heavyweight glass bottle. The bottle and overall presentation is excellent and may be used as an ink well. Each bottle of Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink comes professionally packaged with easy to identify color labeling and arriving in an origami enclosed cardboard box. The ribbed lid also has a medium-sized opening for easy filling access.

Cost

Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink is a mid-range priced ink retailing for $19.99 in the USA. The price is reasonable based upon the high-quality ink, packaging and because each bottle is imported by Pen Chalet directly from Italy.

Dry Time

During our review of Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink, we found a very quick dry time of 5 seconds, which is quicker than most inks we have reviewed. Anything under 10 seconds may be considered as an everyday ink option for the home or office.

Bleed Through

We experienced no bleeding during our review of Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink, even during our cotton swab test.

Feathering

We found absolutely no feathering while testing Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia fountain pen ink during regular use. Even during our water test using Rhodia paper, we found only a very slight amount of feathering and line distortion.

Water Test

We conducted a water test during our review of Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink. This test resulted in some color smearing, although it was light due to the light color of the ink and some very slight feathering and line distortion. Although Leonardo Sepia ink is not waterproof ink, it held up pretty well during our review.

Shading

Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink has some subtle shading traits. Depending on your penmanship, nib and ink flow you may be able to produce a beautiful dark brown with a slight orange tint to various lighter shades of light brown/sepia.

Conclusions about Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink

Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink is an excellent and unexpected color edition. Sepia ink is an unusual ink color when the brand produces only a small selection of colors. However, Leonardo Officina Italiana Sepia ink is a lovely, light, soft brown/sepia color that shows up remarkably well on paper. It has a swift dry time, will shade nicely and holds up reasonably well to water. Leonardo Sepia ink is mid-range priced ink but comes in unique and interesting packaging. The fact that it is imported directly from Italy makes it a reasonable purchase. Happy Writing from Italy!

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Geoffrey Dunn
5 years ago

I like the fact that, for a lighter colour, it shows up well on paper.

Mark Junk
5 years ago

Thanks for the review. I love Sepia inks and need to try this one now

Ged Alangui
5 years ago

I’d love a sepia shade like this! My current favorite ink is Pelikan Turquoise.

Armando González
5 years ago

Nice color, need to have it.

Lea
5 years ago

I like this shade of brown. I also like that it’s a quick drying ink.

Conor Cook
5 years ago

I’m a big fan of the Monteverdi Black Ash. It comes out really nicely, dries quickly, and shades interestingly, even in my fine-nibbed Diplomat Magnum.

Gurinder Singh Gill
5 years ago

Great Review, It would be nice to match it up against J Herbin Le the Tea 🙂

Calvin
5 years ago

Awesome, any light activated inks?

Jeffrey B
5 years ago

Looks like a great color!

Julio Mazariegos
5 years ago

Any other diamine color would be great. Thank you for the giveaway

John Stein
5 years ago

My wife could use this as she is a leftie and needs quick-drying ink!

Joe
5 years ago

Nice looking ink

Tejashree Kulkarni
5 years ago

Never heard of this brand before. This one’s a nice brown ink with orange undertones. I like it! Thanks for the review and giveaway.

Adriana
5 years ago

I like the color they select. Waiting to try it.

Adriana
5 years ago

I like the color they select. Can’t waiting to try it.

Julie
5 years ago

I love sepia ink and the drying time is fabulous!

S. Park
5 years ago

Would love reviews of other Leonardo Officina ink colors!

FaithRobin Buchin
5 years ago

This is a very pretty light brown ink. I would not call it sepia though. If you look at a true sepia, it is darker in color more towards a deeper walnut tone.

Eric Linneman
5 years ago

It looks like a good, well behaved ink. I’m interested in their others as well. Will you have reviews of these in the near future

Ron Parish
5 years ago

As always, I’d like to see you focus on some of the old standby inks from Sheaffer, Waterman and Parker.

Roy C
5 years ago

Would like to see how it compares to Lie de The

Cheri
5 years ago

I’ve always loved Sepia tones and this ink looks as though it would be a perfect addition to my collection.

ronn
5 years ago

Lovely color

Michael Simon
5 years ago

I would like to learn about Stipula inks.

Neil Konitzer
5 years ago

I am always a fan of the limited edition Montblanc inks.

Sharon A.
5 years ago

I like Pilot Sepia. I wish it came in a bottle.