on saleWearingeul I Am A Cat - Ink Sample

It's a lovely warm grey, the gold shimmer is pretty and intense. It's such an interesting combination, and it works! Of course, take care with your pen. I have it in a TWSBI Diamond with a broad nib and I've had no problems with the flow as long as I've stored my pen nib-up. I had it with a medium nib in the same pen before, and it got clogged enough that I switched out the nib size. I use it for headers, my weather doodles in my planner, decorative flourishes, and goal tracking. Writing with it is fine, you just have to write with slightly larger letters. It would be a great, dramatic ink for calligraphy.

My overall experience is that I'm a loyal Goulet pens fan. I bought this sample on a whim, loaded it into my brand new TWSBI 1.1 stub and have been so surprised at how well the ink behaves. The shimmer looks magical in the clear ink barrel! It flows easily, has a good amount of shading when used with this nib, and the shimmer is really only noticeable upon close inspection and comes as a whimsical surprise to the unsuspecting. To my amazement, it is essentially waterproof on copy paper! Not so much on Rhodia, but sometimes even Noodler's bulletproof black will smudge on that stuff.

This is a nice shade of gray, writes well, and has some color variation after it dries. But I'm not a fan of the glitter feature as it tends to get on everything. I've had other glittery and shimmer inks and they did not transfer anywhere near this degree. Pretty and fun ink, just beware.