Swatch Book Info

Each swatch is made on a Col-o-ring Ink Testing Book from the Well Appointed Desk, which uses ink-friendly 160gm² 2”x4” size paper.

Book 1 was made with a TWSBI Eco White & Rose Gold with a broad nib, a soft cotton bud, and an Iroshizuku bottle stamp from Inky Converters.

Books 2 onward were made using a Sailor Hocoro dip pen with the fude nib & feed instead of the Eco. The Hocoro is much easier to clean between inks, you can get both wide & fine lines from the fude nib, & the feed makes it act more like a fountain pen, giving you a better representation of how the ink will look in use than other dip pens.

Please ignore the typos on some cards, like the entirety of the Inkvent '23 swatches that I labelled as Inkvent '22 for some reason. I only noticed most of them during the scanning process 🤦 I’ll be re-doing them at some point in the future, probably late December to early January.

Photo of 3 Col-o-ring swatch books with a Sailor Hocoro dip pen with fude nib