Krishna RC Fountain Pen Ink

I'm really enjoying Jungle Volcano. The base color is a really bright orange with red/pink tones, and the heavy green sheen is amazing. It's very smooth, and between the smoothness, vivid color, and sheen, makes me think of Sailor inks, which I consider to be high praise. It's generating a small amount of nib crud, but that's an affliction many orange inks suffer.

Sakthy was a pretty color, but I must've gotten a bad bottle. It got super-crusty all over my nib, even on a TWSBI with a cap that keeps even the driest of inks usable. I've noticed that a lot about this brand - very hit or miss. The Anokhi that I bought doesn't sheen much at all, though I've seen reviews around that say it's full of sheen. They're nice colors, but they have some work to do on formulation.

FYI - Sea at Night is BLUE with pink sheen, a lot like Organics Studio Santiago Sea Blue. This is not black with red sheen (which would have been amazing).

Perhaps I need a broad nib? Maybe a stub? Yes there is a slight color shift and sheen with my M nib Pilot, but darn it.. I'm not getting the shifts like what I have seen other people get with these inks. Don't get me wrong, they are decent inks, well behaved in every pen I have tried them in, but dang it..

I'm crazy about Krishna inks. They are free flowing so they shade and/or sheen very well. And the colors are slight deviations from the standard hues. I own seven now, and I wish I'd ordered them all from Pen Chalet since they have the best prices even w/o the discount or the free ink program. I recommend Jungle Volcano, Sakthy, and Vaikhari sheening properties. But yellow valley (yellow black) and Thulsi are great shading inks as well. They're hand made in small batches, really worth the $ in writing fun. The bottles are cute, but you may want to get a syringe for the easiest loading once you get toward the bottom.