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Once Upon a Time | The Ribbiting Pond

Once Upon a Time | The Ribbiting Pond

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Description

Ink Tone: Light Blue with a Duochrome Green Shimmer
Characteristics: Duochrome, serene, calming, delicate

FerriTales™ 2023 Collection

In a kingdom veiled by lush forests and whispering streams, the mirror-smooth surface of a magical pond unveils the authentic self of a handsome prince, concealed behind a frog-faced facade. With a gentle touch, the prince's true reflection emerges, liberating him from the curse that once held him captive. As the pond's enchanting blue depths unfold, let its shimmering waters reflect the realm where inner beauty triumphs and love's transformative power reigns supreme.

Open the gilded cover of your favourite fairy book and dive deep into the FerriTales Collection. Re-imaging the tallest tales told through time, we inspire a new generation of writers and creatives with our most luxurious collection of fine fountain pen inks.

Captured in a 20ml glass globe with a widened neck to fit most fountain pens, this high quality, richly saturated pen ink is our most cherished collection yet. Explore a world of premium, dazzling shimmers, enchanting tonal combinations, and captivating sheens to add to your treasured chest of stationery.

Features

• 20ml ink reservoir
• Rich and saturated tones
• Green/ Pink Duochrome Shimmer
• Water-based and compatible with all fountain pens
• Signature brass cap

Once Upon a Design

Notable design details:

  • Interior bottle opening: 10mm wide to fit a variety of writing instruments
  • Enchanted weeping willows show their true nature, reflected in the shimmering waters of the pond.
  • A glass bottle frog with a secret sits on a lily pad, his true self visible just below the surface.
  • A young ugly duckling peers into the pond, dreaming about the day his curse will be broken and he will look like the other ducks. Little does he know, he’s not affected by a curse, puberty just hit swans much later.
  • Hidden under the soft waves, a clue to the next ink reflects amongst the weeds.

Customer Reviews

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Kate Neilan
Love!

A beautiful, sparkling light blue that reads out perfectly against white paper

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Charlotte Footman

This is the first shimmering ink I've tried, and the first ink from ferris wheel press, and it's only made me want to try more!

In fountain pens, the shimmer shows more with a medium nib but it's not entirely absent with a fine point, just harder to make out from a distance.
With dip pens, the shimmer is much more noticeable. With my pens it tends to concentrate in some spots of text more than others which adds some nice interest to blocks of text (I've not tried the ink to draw with yet).

Going back to using the ink with a medium fountain pen, the glitter is evenly distributed throughout a piece of writing, which gives everything a nice subtle shimmer. If you're looking for a more concentrated block of the colour shift effect, though, a bold fountain nib or a dip pen is probably your best bet.
The variation in blue shades as the ink dries is also very pretty, especially with that even sparkle my medium fountain pen gave me! It definitely shows the "ribbiting pond" magical water inspiration!

Overall a very nice writing experience and I look forward to trying more of these inks in the future!

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Marietta
Beutiful color BUT…

It is a very nice color, exactly as advertised. However, the glitter inside totally clogged up my fountain pen. In defense of the ink, I used a thin tip and I didn't realize until later that the ink is best used with a medium tip. Even though I have washed my fountain pen over 6 times, there is still some residual glitter that continues to clog my fountain pen. Definitely do not use with a fine tip!