Review - Camlin Scarlet Red fountain pen ink

Overview 

Presenting the Indian made ink: Camlin Scarlet Red. This ink looks like a cross between red and pink inks.  The ink is water and dye based and is very thin, so it shows some degree of shading with medium and broad nibs. The flow of the ink is good but the colour of the ink varies with different nib widths and so does the flow. This ink works best with a Medium nib or broad nib pen. The multiple passes on the ink give a nice dark reddish pink color.

The drying time of the ink is a bit longer; it takes around 30 seconds to dry completely on a normal 75 gsm copy paper. Ink feathers on both 75 and 100gsm papers, but the bleed through is not prominent on 100gsm paper(almost nill). The ink is non waterproof and withers easily with water. Other costlier inks are definitely better but it would be unfair to compare this ink with any of those. Being cheapest this ink does its work very well.

The price of the ink is Rs 15 or (around 25 cents ) for 60ml bottle.

Likes

• Nice color
• Nice flow
• Very very cheap
• Produces shading(to some extent)
• Good flow

 Dislikes

• Feathering
• Very thin
• No sheen, kind of dull ink
•  Longer drying time(but it all depends on the conditions the ink is being used.)

Conclusion 
All in all I would say that this ink is solely for academic purpose. It can be used for some minor work and not long writings on normal paper, I would say it will bleed through and feather. I would suggest this ink be used with a high gsm paper only and preferably with camlin fountain pens.

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