In Indian Fountain Pen industry or Circles, Dr. Sreekumar is quite known for his hand-turned fountain pens and almost 20 types of nib tuning. However recently he has shelved in to making fountain pen inks under the brand name of KRISHNA.

These inks are sold for Rs. 100 (1.5 USD) each for 30 ml ink bottle plus shipping.

The inks that are being produced are currently limited to 28 nos. :

GOLD RUSH MEADOW GREEN BLUE MAGIC AFTER DARK SAPPHIRE BLUE LAKE BLUE BRONZE LEAF ORANGE CRUSH AUTUMN SINDHOOR GLORY VINE DARK ROSE NJAVAL WILD CHERRY PURPLE PEACOCK YELLOW VALLEY MELLOW BLUE VIVID VIOLET ORCHARD LILY DARK CHOCOLATE COOL BREEZE SILENT NIGHT SKY FORGET ME NOT SKY BLUE GHAT GREEN PUMPKIN GIRL PINK Renamed as BARBIE PINK

Krishna Inks – Color Chart 1

Krishna Inks – Color Chart 2

I would like to thank Dr. Sreekumar for sending me the samples and also for the effort that he has put in. I will be reviewing all one by one.

This review is about DARK ROSE ink from KRISHNA. And this is absolutely one of the top in my favourite ink category of Krishna Inks.

Krishna Dark Rose

Krishna Ink comes in plastic bottles in 30 ml quantity and procurement for better quality plastic bottles or probably glass bottles is already under way. Currently this is available in India only.

INK SPLASH

Krishna Dark Rose – Ink Splash on JK Cedar 100 gsm

There is no sheen on the ink even if there is any ink pooling.

DROP ON PAPER NAPKIN

Krishna Dark Rose – Ink Drop on Paper Towel

COLOUR MATCH

Krishna Dark Rose – Colour Range

WRITING SAMPLES

Krishna Dark Rose – Writing Sample on JK Cedar 100 gsm

Krishna Dark Rose – Writing Sample on JK Cedar 100 gsm – Angled View

The ink has slight shading and that too on stub nibs and has no sheen.

INK SWABS

Krishna Dark Rose – Ink Passes on JK Cedar – 100 gsm

Krishna Dark Rose – Ink Swab on JK Cedar

WATERPROOF TEST

Krishna Dark Rose – Waterproof Test

The ink is bit resistant to water and even after the rubbing with water vigorously there were still line visible.

INK DRYING TIMES

Krishna Dark Rose – Ink Drying Times

Ink drying times are just below 25 seconds. Which is good, compared to Bronze Leaf ink.

BLOW-UP WRITING SAMPLES

Krishna Dark Rose – Blow up Writing Sample on JK Cedar 100 gsm

CONCLUSION:

I like the colour, however I would have loved it more if it has more shading properties.

Following are the summation of ink properties:

Feathering : No

No Sheen : No

: No Shading : Low

: Low Lubrication : Medium

: Medium Flow : High

: High Water Resistance : Good

: Good Drying Times : Medium

: Medium Nib Creep : None

: None Clogging : None

: None Odor : None

Ink can be bought from : LINK (Ebay India Store)