As most of you know, this past weekend was the DC Pen Show, the largest pen show held in the USA.
Private Reserve Ink has a history of doing special inks for the DC show. Several are now a permanent part of the PR ink line: DC Supershow Blue, DC Supershow Green, and Electric DC Blue. This year, they have released DC Super Violet. This ink, however, is a limited edition ink. There are only 500 bottles available. The bottles are large at 110ml and the cost is quite affordable at $10 a bottle (MSRP). Even if you did not attend the show, you can still get the ink. I purchased my bottle from isellpens.com . Pendemonium also had some for sale, but theirs is priced above MSRP at $13.
Now, I usually don’t go for limited edition inks because I hate the feeling of getting attached to something that may not be available later on, but I just could not pass this one up. I love everything purple, and this ink falls squarely within the portion of the color range that I love most. The bottle is huge at, and I have a lot of inks anyway. I probably won’t run out any time soon, so the fact that the ink is limited shouldn’t be a problem (at least that’s what I’m telling myself).
DC Super Violet is a medium-dark purple. Just like I like it. It is a very true sort of purple. It straddles the line between blue and red. It is similar to Diamine Majestic Purple, but DCSV has a brightness that MP lacks. It is also similar to Rohrer & Klingner Cassia, but DCSV is a little more saturated and brighter than Cassia. To my eye, DCSV is the perfect purple counterpart to DC Supershow Blue: Rich, bright, and a true representation of the color.
The Details:
- Generally, there is no feathering or bleeding though you can get a minimal amount of the two depending on how wet your nib is and the quality of your paper. The Jinhao nib is super wet. I get slight feathering on everything except Rhodia et al.
- The flow is superb and the lubrication is quite good as well.
- This ink dries pretty quickly depending on the paper. I’d say it’s about 3 seconds on absorbent paper to about 20 on Rhodia (with a wet writer).
- The shading is wonderful even on regular paper, and it is outstanding on a coated paper like Rhodia.
- Unfortunately, this ink is not waterproof. It displays very little water resistance as well.
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All in all, I love this ink! It’s just such a shame that this is a limited edition color. Hopefully, they will make a version DCSV that is a permanent offering like they did with DC Supershow Blue. In the meantime. I will just cherish this bottle!
If you want a bottle I suggest you move fast. This one won’t be around for long.
No Affil.
It’s SUPER violet! It’s almost radioactive! I kind of love it as well. 🙂 It does look a bit like it would smear pretty easily to me, though. Since I won’t get a bottle – Enjoy it a lot for me too!! 🙂
This looks awesome. Thanks so much for posting a review and a writing sample. I’ve been using Iroshizuku Yama Budo and love it, but it’s not really a deep, “real” purple. It’s more of a burgandy/red wine type color. Gorgeous, but until I saw this I didn’t realize how much more purple it could be.
This is the purple ink I’ve been looking for. I just picked up a bottle from Goulet Pens. At least it should last a while. 😀