Troublemaker Foxglove

I spoke about purchasing a number of Troublemaker inks a little while ago (see my review of Abalone here). The next ink I have for you to review is Foxglove.

Foxglove is a beautiful purple ink with a slight blue tinge to it. It’s a beautiful ink and reminds me of Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi, which was my first experience with multichromatic inks. Foxglove is a bit darker and has a stronger pink tinge to the ink, which is apparent in writing samples, compared with Nekoyanagi. Out of the inks that I own, I think its closest to Sailor Ink Studio #150, although the pink looks similar to that found in Kobe #57 Hime Ajisai.

Compared to a real Foxglove (which I had to google), the pink and purple seemed to be quite reminiscent of the real flower, but I couldn’t find any that had the blue tinge shown in the ink. Not that I mind, I think the ink is prettier with it than without.

The multichromatic features can only fully be seen in wider nibs – its apparent in the 1.1mm stub and some letters of the broad nib. I find that the pink can more easily be seen in wider nibs, while the blue is more apparent in finer nibs.

All up, I’m quite find of this ink – it seems to behave more consistently than Abalone, from my limited experience, I haven’t had any issues with flow for this ink. To be completely fair to Abalone, I only had problems with flow in a Franklin Christoph 45.

I’m really enjoying these Troublemaker inks at the moment. They’re very beautiful and much more cost effective than some of the Sailor range that has similar qualities.