Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue Ink: Organics Studio, handmade inks from Maryland, has hit a home run with their Walden Pond Blue ink. Many people who have not heard of Organics Studio ink just a few months ago, have probably heard of it by now, especially if you love sheening ink. Tyler, Organics Studio’s owner and creator, has been overwhelmed with his ink’s success, but no more than with his two most popular colors, Nitrogen Royal Blue ink and his Walden Pond Blue ink.
Walden Pond Blue ink, part of Organics Studio’s Masters of Writing Series of inks is named after Henry David Thoreau. A man of many professions including an American author, Henry David Thoreau lived between 1817 and 1862. His most famous book is Walden, where he wrote about his simple minimalistic living experiences in Walden Pond, Massachusetts.
Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink is a dark teal blue color ink, with a fantastic amount of purple and dark pink sheen. Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink is the #1 sheening ink we have reviewed and it will sheen on almost every type of paper used. It will even sheen during normal everyday writing using any type of nib. For this review we used Rhodia paper which normally does not show much sheen. Even so we still experienced a tremendous amount in our review. On the other hand, if used with Tomoe River paper you will experience even more sheen and less of the dark teal color coming through. This ink is a medium to high-saturated ink and goes on very wet.
Continuing reading for a chance to win the bottle of Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink we used for this review.

Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue Ink
We found the following traits while testing Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink that you may find helpful:
Testing Factors
We used Rhodia dot pad paper with a J. Herbin glass dip pen for this review. The dip pen has a tip that is equivalent to a fine fountain pen nib.
Bottle Sizes
Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink comes in a simple clear plastic 55 ml. bottle. The bottle and box are also very simple and typical for Organics Studio inks. The bottle’s labeling is so simple only one word is on the white label, “Walden”. The rest of the inks name, Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink and interesting information about Henry David Thoreau is on the box labeling, which has small lettering and can be tough to read.
Cost
Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink retails for $16.00, but is available at Pen Chalet for $12.80. This makes Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink a mid ranged priced ink. The characteristics of this ink make it an exceptional value at this price. The challenge, however, is finding anywhere that can keep this ink in stock as it sells out very fast.
Dry Time
Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink is a wet ink, with medium to high saturation. Being such, we experienced a fairly quick dry time of about 6 second using the J. Herbin glass dip pen on Rhodia paper.
Bleed Through
Amazingly, there was absolutely zero bleeding, even during the cotton swab test performed during this review.
Feathering
We noticed no feathering during normal use with Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink. However, during the water test, when the cotton swab was at its wettest, the sample ink lines did feather and dissipate.
Water Test
We conducted a water test with Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink, where we ran a wet cotton swab over an ink sample that dried for approximately 3 minutes. The wettest part of the water test, produced quite a bit of line distortion and feathering. Additionally, the entire ink sample during the water test produced a significant amount of color smearing. Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink is not a water proof ink.
Shading
If Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink produced any shading, its sheening characteristics significantly outweighs it to the point of being non-existent.
Conclusion about the Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue Ink
If you can find Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink, buy 1, 2 or even more bottles. You will not be disappointed. The sheening is easy to use and will show up during normal every day use and on most every paper available. The dry time is reasonably quick. There is no bleeding and the color is ultra unique and interesting. This ink would be perfect for any type of home use, letter writing, journals and even the office, as it writes dark. Be careful around water, as it does have a significant amount of light teal color smear when wet.
Pen Chalet is one of the select few retailers that offers Organics Studio inks and we hope you are able to pick up a bottle of Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue soon. If not, please be patient as we are ordering as much as we can from Tyler at Organics Studio.
Enter to Win
Enter to win the actual bottle of Organics Studio Walden Pond Blue ink that we used in this ink review:
I would very much like the opportunity to use this ink, I have read very well about it but it is not easy to buy. I currently use Edelstein Aquamarine.
I haven’t tried Organics Studio ink but I’d love to do so, especially this beautiful deep teal ink that offers so much great sheen!
Beatutiful Ink. Thanks Penchalet for the awesome GAW.
Organics Studios has some incredible ink. I love Nitrogen Royal Blue. I hope I can win a bottle of Walden Pond Blue!
This looks fab! Would love to try : )
Always impressed with the colors, and I’m a fellow Maryland-er!
Would love to try this beautiful ink!
This is one fabulous ink! I find it’s different each time I use it and with different nibs and papers. One of my favorite inks!
I own several bottles of Organics Studio ink, Walden definitely being one of my favorites. I’m looking forward to what Tyler develops next.
After seing this ink emerald of chivoir is not that amazing
I haven’t had the opportunity to try Organics Studio ink, but this ink looks absolutely stunning both in colour and sheen. My favourite ink to use so far is R&K Alt-Goldgrun.
I’ve never tried Organics Studio but I’m dying to. That wicked sheen looks incredible.
I haven’t tried organic studios, but this one looks nice. Right now I use Diamine oxford blue for my blue.
I love Kobe Nagasawa’s Sourakuen Green. Feels like im writing with green tea, a very peaceful looking colour. Only discovered this ink and brand today, I can always do with more greens.
Nitrogen Royal Blue is definitely my favorite. The sheen is beyond amazing.
We will have to review that color as well soon! It has also been very popular.
Aw man this looks great! Thanks for the chance!
i love organics studios since they returned! nitrogen royal blue is my go to ink right now and i would love to give walden a try. thank u!
Love the edge colors of this ink and the promise of the bleeding (or lack of).
Teals are my favorite inks. This one looks fantastic!
Love inks from Organics Studio. Amazing shading and sheen.
This is a very lovely teal shade. Reminiscent of a deep pond. Thank you for the giveaway!
I have never tried an Organic Studios ink, I keep seeing Nitrogen in my IG and this color looks fabulous as well. Thanks for the chance to win.
That sheen looks stunning!
i like organics studio’s oscar’s copper. the warmth of the red in the brown ink is nice.
This is such a gorgeous ink. I recently received a letter written on tomoe paper with the nitrogen blue and now I must have ALL the inks. I wish it was easier for Canadians to get our hands on it though.
Wow! I was just googling this ink and found this giveaway! I love sheening inks and was just disappointed by a Japanese ink that seems to be reformulated. Now I know what my next ink is for sure!
Tried sheening inks before, never had much success. Can’t wait to try this one!
Walden looks glorious! I have a few OS inks already and they’re great, there’s so many excellent colors I still need to get!
My most favorite ink, ever, though, is Rohrer & Klingner’s Cassia, such a vibrant rich purple, I just adore it.
I just tried a sample of this on Staples Arc paper, and I was so surprised at how much sheen I could see! Very cool ink!
Well, I desperately want this ink now. This is almost better than Emerald of Chivor!
What an absolutely stunning color!! This may very well need to join my collection!!
Awesome ink and awesome giveaway. Thanks!
I’ve been curious about their ink, and this is just about my favorite color, plus a literary reference, so I’ll have to give it a try!
Looks a bit like Lamy Petrol. How does it compare?
This is a gorgeous ink. Thanks for the chance to win it.
A very thorough review and drool-worthy ink! Love sheening inks!
Love this color! Thanks for the opportunity.
I would love to try this color!
I have five OS inks. My favorites of these are Neon and Boron. There are a lot of interesting new colors recently.
What an amazing ink!!
What a beautiful teal color!
I enjoy using Organic Studio ink. I have Emily Dickinson now
I love Organics Studio Inks. The fact you offer them at discounted price is such a bonus for me. Thank you, Pen Chalet.
The shading on this ink is amazing. Organics Studios has done a great job at matching Emerald of Chivor.
Can’t wait to get my hands on this ink. Nitrogen is already my favorite but something tells me it may be surpassed by this ink. Thank you for the great review.
What a beautiful Rich blue color! Thank you for another great giveaway!
recently sampled, lots of sheen.
Beautiful ink
Everybody is talking about this ink! I love inks with pretty sheen qualities and I need to try this! Please, re-stock Nitrogen too!
Beautiful Ink … Thanks for the review and giveaway!