Colorverse Walk The Dog

Ink Reviews
Written By Julian

Ink Review #145

 

*Please note that the scan is the accurate representation of this color.

 

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Overview

The color/properties:

Colorverse Walk the Dog is a medium warm green with heavy yellow undertones (especially in large concentrations such as swatches and ink splats). The ink shades with a crisp cut, as well as a minor gradient outside, where the ink pools in both print and cursive writing. I find the color to be slightly pale on white paper, but much bolder on cream paper (although this also emphasizes the yellow undertones further).

This ink also seems to respond a lot to lighting, as brighter lighting will once again emphasize a lot of the yellows and even some brown tones. Less bright lighting brings out more green overall.

Ink Splat

Ink Droplets

 

Rhodia

Leuchtturm1917

 

Performance on paper:

Walk the Dog seems to be particularly prone to feathering issues. There was minor feathering and small spots of bleed-through on both Maruman and Tomoe River. There was also some feathering on the Leuchtturm and Kokyo papers, though surprisingly no bleed-through. This was mostly concentrated to the finer nib sizes (especially when writing the first few letters in print), as the medium and broad nibs were better behaved. There is also some micro feathering around the edges of the ink droplets and splats. I would stick to the less absorbent and more ink-resistant papers with this ink if the feathering is a problem (my results were the best on Midori MD paper).

The dry times were below average, often taking up to 25 seconds with the medium and larger nib sizes, and the finer nib sizes taking between 10 and 20 seconds to dry.

Water exposure quickly washes most of the green color away, but there’s a surprisingly bright yellow shadow left behind that’s easily legible.

Midori MD

Maruman

Tomoe River

Kokuyo

Water resistance

Chromatography

Performance in the pen:

Walk the Dog has a consistent medium-wet flow. There’s a slight drop off in flow during extended writing, but it’s not so much that the ink becomes less comfortable to write with. As far as comfort goes, it’s average. I expected more lubrication based on the wetter flow, but it feels more watery than slick. Still, it’s comfortable enough, and I didn’t experience any issues with hard starting or skipping during my tests.

The ink cleaned out of the test pen and nib units quickly in a single soak and flush, with no visible color or residue left behind in the pen.

 

Here’s a closer look at some of the feathering on 52 gsm Tomoe River (left) and Leuchtturm1917 (right) papers

Written a 52 gsm Tomoe River paper (white) with a broad nib.

Written on Midori MD paper (cream) with a broad nib.

  • Performance in a pen: 9/10

  • Performance on paper: 6/10

  • Color saturation: 5/10

  • Sheening: 0/10

  • Shading: 6/10

  • Dry time: 610

  • Water resistance: 3/10

  • Ease of cleaning: 10/10

  • Shimmer: None

My personal thoughts...

When I inked up Walk the Dog, my initial expectations were that it would be a lot like Iroshizuku’s Chiku-rin (and that’s hardly a bad thing!). Well, they’re both grassy greens, but that’s where the similarities end. As I’ve mentioned (a lot), there are a ton of yellow undertones in this ink. It really gives the ink a pleasant dry warmth. The color had me thinking a lot (and bear with me), and it makes me think of what I imagine the idealistic golden age mid-century American commercial interpretation of a grassy green would be. It’s a nice color, but that leaves the feathering issue. Personally, that’s a big strike against the ink, but in some applications it’s not so bad (and sometimes a complete non-issue). Unfortunately, it’s still difficult to recommend outright because of that.

Written in a 52 gsm Tomoe River notebook with a TWSBI ECO Matcha (Broad nib).

More images/info:

 

Featured in the photography and writing samples:

Current text: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Amazon)

 

Tools and materials used in the writing samples:

  • A TWSBI Diamond 580 AL with 7 nib units including a Needlepoint grind, EF, F, M, B, 1.1mm stub, and an Architect grind. All nibs are tuned to perform at the same medium wetness.

  • A Rhodia No16 A5 DotPad

  • A Leuchtturm1917 A5 Notebook

  • A Midori MD A5 Notebook

  • A 52gsm A5 Tomoe River Notebook

  • A Maruman Mnemosyne A5 Spiral Notebook

  • A Kokuyo Campus A5 Notebook

 
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