Orange isn’t a color I am typically in love with, but its definitely a color that I want to love. It is a bright, happy color that really gives a little something extra to the pages of my notebook whenever I use it, but perhaps its my aversion to pumpkins? In any case, I felt like trying a new orange and had a small bottle of Monteverde Fire Opal on hand ^_^
For this review I decide to be matchy and use my Sailor Carrot.
InkJournal Entry:
Line going down on 52GSM TR:
Ink Blob:
Time-Lapse: Wait for it….
Notice anything intersting about the blob? Its alive! I have never seen an ink behave like that. It left behind raised clumps, so I reviewed the time-lapse and wow, it looks like the ink caught fire. Perhaps that is how it earned its name? Fire Opal! This only happened in super wet pools, but I am not sure if it only happens when its drying or if having it sit in a pen would produce such results as well? I didn’t really want to chance it with my precious carrot, so the ink has already been flushed from this pen. Have you ever experienced this? I am relatively new to the FP world and have not.
The color itself was fantastic, it has nice shading and a ghostly white sheen. It is not an overly bright orange and did not hurt my eyes at all. I did two separate blobs just to make sure it was not a fluke. Too bad about the clumps 😦
SquishyInk 
March 22, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Let me ignore the ink for a moment to say… OMG you have a Sailor Carrot!!! I saw one on FPN the other day and it amused me to no end. (Or maybe the one on FPN is yours?) Do you have any of the other vegetables?
Back on topic, I’ve been looking for a signature orange ink, and this one may be worth a sample. Thanks for the review.
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March 22, 2017 at 11:20 pm
While I too thought the ink to be a pretty colour of orange after seeing what it did while drying I would be afraid to leave it one of my good pens also. I wonder what would cause it to act that way in drying? Hopefully, someone has seen this before & knows the cause. Please give Bones a BIG HUG from Nugget & I!! God Bless You Always!!
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March 23, 2017 at 7:18 am
The drying of the ink was cool. Funny, I wouldn’t have been worried about the ink in my pen, but I don’t necessarily understand ink properties. I’ll have to go read FPN to see if anyone indicates why it would be a problem. Nice color!
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March 23, 2017 at 8:45 am
Woah.
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