“Brad, if you start with one ink from Birmingham Pen Co., make it Eroded Bronze.”
This was the advice I was given when I was shopping for my first batch of Birmingham Inks. I heeded that advice, right up until I gave my first bottle of Eroded Bronze away. If you have ever joined me on Twitch, that’s how I roll. Get a bunch of new stuff in to test, give some of it away to viewers. I’m glad to do it!
I had plenty of other Birmingham Inks to choose from anyway, like another classic BPC ink, Antique Sepia. But I was anxious to get Eroded Bronze back in hand, which I did on a recent order. And this time, when all of the inks came in, I held that one back for myself!
Eroded Bronze is a blue grey - I think. That’s what I like about it. That’s what I like about a lot of Birmingham inks, in fact. The colors have some complexity to them. Ink swabs of Eroded Bronze not only show blues and greys, but purple, pink, and green. It’s wild and strange, in the best way possible.
What ink swabs show don’t always translate to the line from the nib, and that was my expectation with this ink. It is a fantastic writing blue ink with character, even coming from this extra fine steel nib in my Diplomat Aero. The wider and wetter the nib choice, the more difference in color you will see on the page.
Eroded Bronze is part of the Crisp formula group, meaning this ink is designed to be a good all-around writing ink, which works well on a wide variety of paper types. I’ve tried it on three or four types of paper so far, and it writes wonderfully, with no featuring or bleeding. If anything, it leans to the drier side of the spectrum, which is in line with the formulation, and hence the performance.
I’m enjoying what I’m using from Birmingham Pen Co. so far. I’m two-for-two on keeper Crisp formula shades, so next time, I’ll branch out into one of the other ink formulations to see if the quality continues.
(Birmingham Pen Co. provided this product at no charge to The Pen Addict for review purposes.)
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