INK REVIEW: Private Reserve Buttercup

Hello, Buttercup!

Yellow inks are tough. This one is so pretty in person - Private Reserve Buttercup.

The problem with yellow inks, of course, is - how do you use them? They aren't very practical other than for highlighting (and, frankly, I just use a highlighter for that).

I used this color for about a week in my work notebooks, but it was just too hard on my eyes when I went back to look at the notes later. Too bad, really.

So..I don't know...but, still, I am rather fond of this ink.  Look at the shading . . .

It's nice, right?

Buttercup writes well enough - perhaps a little slow-flowing even in my Lamy Safari with a broad nib. It almost GLOWS with color.

What is your bottom line on yellow inks? Love them, hate them, would never even bother with them? If you're using yellow inks for something other than highlighting - let me know - I'd love to discover a new use for this pretty Buttercup.

REVIEW: Staedtler Yellow Highlighter

It's Another Wordless Wednesday!

My very most favorite. Staedtler Yellow Highlighter.  

INK REVIEW: De Atramentis Gold

De Atramentis Gold is an interesting ink.

It's not really gold, is it?

More of a brown-yellow.

Even green looking?

Something.

And there's the trouble, hm?

We all know by now what I love.

Big bold colors. Lots of saturation.

So I don't love this and I don't think the name matches the color.

It wrote fine . . . 

I just didn't love it.

Didn't like it either.

I will say this, though, if one is seeking this exact color, it is well-behaved in the pen. It does just fine with the water test, there's some of that wonderful shading we fountain pen users adore. 

This isn't my (even close to) perfect ink - but maybe it strikes a chord with you?