Magic Ink? Let's Test Endless Alchemy Fountain Pen Inks

[@brianthefixerofthings6536]

Since Alchemy was based on the ultimate theory of turning Lead into Gold, I would love to see a nice medium grey ink with a subtle gold sheen. Call it Merlin's Quest...

[@davidjimenezlopez]

I'd buy that ink.

[@bestattitude]

Brilliant!

[@BugHwi]

yessss!!!!

[@dichotomousblue]

Yup

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

It should be named after Nicholas Flamel or some other famous alchemist, or even the Philosopher’s Stone.

[@davidjimenezlopez]

I am a college professor. Although I use also other colors for grading, my favorite grading color is pink. The next Endless Alchemy Color should be a nice pink with tons of sheen and shading, called "Tears of Students". Probably too specific to me.

[@Zaguzah]

LOLZ!

[@christineg8151]

TA here, and I also like to grade in hot pink. Currently it's Noodler's Shah's rose. Tears of Students would be a fun name for a grading ink, but I kind of prefer "READ ME." because that's what I wish they would do...

[@anneclark9508]

Yikes LOL

[@Jazzatic2011]

If it’s any interest to you, Ferris wheel press has numerous inks on final sale and reduced price. Eraser pink and sugar rush pink ( which is hot pink) are both $20 aprox.

[@gregcooper8466]

The next color Endless Alchemy should do is a purple with a green sheen, and call it something like "Dragon's Breath" or "Dragon's Blood".

[@thomask1424]

It exists already - Cross Violet, purple with green sheen.

[@danielroddy8146]

Troublemaker Inks Doña Victorina.

[@hed-empti2336]

Sounds like lamy's re-released dark lilac

[@ronmckickass5714]

Jacques Herbin makes some nice inks like this.

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

Dragon scale oil

[@AnInkGuy]

Just for the series "Full Metal Alchemist" they should make an ink called "Full Metal" and the color should be light blue with silver shimmer because the alchemist energy is shoen as a light blue lightning.

[@mwGoosman]

Great idea!

[@PinkWytchBytch]

And a bright shading red to serve as the philosophers stone

[@apocalypse_frau]

I’d like to see Endless make a black ink with a greenish sheen and bronze shading called Scrying Mirror. Thanks for the demos, Tom. Please say to Ben! Sometime you guys should do a father/son video on your favorite fountain pens…maybe for Father’s Day gift ideas?

[@rodrigogbarrazag]

I love the color of Candy Sea; maybe the next one should be an intense red or ruby color with black shine... perfect for "Philosopher's Stone".

[@annienigro4624]

Coming from a chemistry background, these are sooo tempting! Tiny 🎉 Erlenmeyer flasks! These I would keep on my desk even though I know all inks should be kept away from light. Thanks for sharing. They are already sold out at Canadian retailers.

[@acttinium]

Druid's Glade - a green ink with blue sheen and teal shimmer. like a sunlit clearing with a creek running through.

[@ApacheBee]

Orange color with purple/blue shimmer and call it Star Fire or Night of Flames 😍

[@JP10192]

I'd love to see a light blue ink with a pink sheen - my two favorite colors. It would look fantastic with the Benu Talisman Sakura Cherry Blossom pen I just bought! I'm super excited for it to arrive!

[@eddiecandelaria8691]

I love the safe saturation of these inks and would be excited to put them in my top tier precious fountain pens. With that being said and hopefully endless will still go with the alchemy theme/bottle etc. here are my suggestions... (1). Brujeria - a charcoal black (2). Ouija board - a dark brown (3). Incantation - an oxblood with a burgundy hue (4). Dia de los muertos - a marigold orange

[@nickklett]

I think a purple ink with green sheen and silver shimmer and call it "Midnight Violets" would be pretty cool! Thanks for the demos, Tom!

[@lindabourne8327]

Call it Footprints in the Sand. The new color choice is staring right at us from your screen. Make the ink color the same as the giant prop pen on your left (viewer’s right) with a gold-bronze sheen. Glad I found you!

[@LittleDogsHouseholdStaff]

I think a fun addition to the Alchemy line would be another red shade with orange shimmer and name it after the scribe (rumored alchemist) Nicolas Flamel.

[@onetruetroy]

This video is terrific and look forward to watching your other videos. I would like an ink that has components of different densities and will shade if you write on a slanted surface. Instead of the shading occurring on both sides of the stroke, it will shade more on the bottom of the stroke. A deep crimson with black onyx shading would be dramatic.

[@luigig6256]

Thanks once more - as always a thorough and clearly presented review. I like that it is no fuss and dependable. I only wish you had a store in Australia.

[@reenathomas4922]

Hi Tom, I think Endless should do a blue cromoshading ink called Scheherazade. So cool!!!

[@oldemajicks9428]

In this 25 minute video about 4 different inks, there are 3 minutes of footage of what the ink looks like when used.

[@lanesniderchannel]

I'd like to see an orange with some multi-colored shimmer in it. Maybe unicorn-themed with the name.

[@sethraz044]

Beautiful bottle design. I would like to see a violet color with golden tints, and I would call it "Scholar's soul". Great video!

[@sweets6806]

This has so much potential! They can either make more variations of bold, sheen inks. Or! They can make ink that can be mixed! Like magic!

[@dr.d723]

Great video. Thank you, Tom. Perhaps Endless could consider making a brilliant turquoise ink with soft blue, green and pink shading and a lovely purple sheen. It could be called "Elixer of Immortality".

[@claytonsanders508]

I already have far too many inks, but I’m really rooting for Endless. Their Regalia paper has surpassed Tomoe River to become my favorite paper to write on.

[@cynthiaalvarado8610]

Color suggestion is easy. A dark eggplant purple with green sheen and call it the Witch’s familiar. The bottle already looks like the Witch’s potion. Thanks!

[@adcary2008]

"Mage's Robe" deep shimmering purple 💜

[@lockedon8953]

Ohh, that's a good one

[@ritamcgregor9103]

Absolutely would love to see a turquoise! The depth they could get would probably be magical! Was impressed by the new bottle shape. :)

[@aesales9248]

I love these fantastic inks. I definitely want the Candy Sea one. Endless should make a medium blue ink with a yellow or gold sheen and call it Mercury's Gold. That would be an extraordinary color ink combination. Yeah, and I'd buy that too. 🙂

I love the bottle design, looks great and cool, I would love to see a strong different color sheen ink, something like purple with orange sheen, or olive green with orange sheen, this could be great mixes and very different sheen colors

[@LuisBorba]

Thanks for the great vid. It has an ASMR quality to it that is relaxing to watch. I'm wondering if at some point they will make a set of colours that you can mix to create your own unique colours.

[@BooksForever]

A dark blue-blk ink with orange sheen representing a candle at twilight could be popular for writers. Call it The Midnight Oil.

[@twisteddyekitchenmyfiberjo4577]

Love the design elements of the glass and cork saucer. Testing the water with these color inks is a great start❤The next color would be a lime green with purple sheen and call it Aurora!

[@ChooseToDo]

I was looking into how colours were made in medieval times and they would mix (cook) elements like sulphur and mercury to get bright reds. Not sure how possible it would be, but I’d love to see inks named as “basic” element inks that could be mixed together to create these prized colours.

[@CasperThe_Cat]

“Mermaid Scales” teal with shimmer of green.

[@stanloona000]

I would love a multishading ink. Or an ink that's pastel pink with a pastel blue shading. Just in general a line of inks that's all pastels with pastel shade. But still dark enough to be legible? I'm probably asking for too much there lol

[@hoosierulangler6965]

I have been searching for a graphite colored ink. I just ordered Wizards Pencil. As far as writing instruments, a close second to my fountain pens is Blackwing 602 pencils. I would love to see Endless partner with Blackwing and create a dark graphite with silver undertone (that mimics the shade and sheen of the 602 pencil) and call it Mythical 602. Co-brand and package with a Blackwing 602 pencil.

[@jannahlyon]

I love the alchemical wizardly aesthetic of this collection, it really adds to the magic and mystery of writing with fountain pens on different papers. I would love to see a sepia toned ink with a lot of shading - maybe called something like 'Lost Tome" or "Grimoire"

[@adistractedplanner]

Deep crimson with a gold sheen called Dragon Fire.

[@Dosbomber]

Noodler's already has a Dragon's Fire (formerly Dragon's Napalm but someone got offended by a word).

[@cwardinger]

Perhaps, in line with "Drops of Mars", "Dust of Jupiter" with dark grey with with orange shimmer?

[@regina9085]

I love the bottle design a lot! I think an orange would be awesome with a lot of red and even some yellow shading :)

[@marjoriemarlowe8978]

Just curious as to why you expelled a couple of drops of ink on the piston fillers. I would like a dusty pink color and call it Blushing Princess. Thanks

[@GoldspotPens]

I usually do this to make sure I actually got enough ink into the pen. For piston-fill pens that don't have an ink window, it's harder to know if the ink successfully drew up in your pen.

[@EyeKahnography]

I would love to see a metallic grey shimmer. Really loving the options and making me excited to find things to write with these

[@moondoggie1987]

Candy Sea looks amazing with the purple tones it has in the shading or sheen, also very nice pen choices for the colors.

[@liamflorentine902]

I would like to see an orange non shimmer. I will always love an orange ink and with their other offerings you can do slight mixes to create a wonderful array of writing colors. Thanks for the video.

[@FountPenGuy]

I feel like a mandrake green color would be super cool or maybe a phoenix red color that have hints of orange in it

[@scubabeegl]

Great review. I’ve been seeing this ink come up on many of my feeds. Interesting stuff. Would like to see a permanent black ink for office use.

[@AlliListArt]

Aurora Dance - A light Greenish Grey with a shading of light but bright Pink, with a little white gold shimmer for the Dancing. x Lovely review, thank u. love Allison XXX

[@Wunderkammerdandy]

Nice! Good review. Thanks! Immediately bought a bottle Mystic Forest 😊

[@FriedPi-mc5yt]

A deep yellow with silver shimmer would make a nice “Elvin Armor”. Especially if it sheens an orange.

[@mebpratt859]

I would love a medium dark pink with an orange sheen and call it ‘Sunset over the Mountain’. They could do a whole series of ‘mountain’ themed colors. Eg: blue for the sky, greens for trees & mosses, grey &/or black for rocks, etc.

[@janinebognuda3264]

Thank you the informative video. Cool bottles! I would love to see a rich magenta with purple sheening and gold shimmer, “Transformed!”

[@alicereed5368]

Where is FWP made.??....i know it's "designed" in Canada...but id like to know the country of manufacturing for FWP. Ty

[@samanthanicholson9015]

I have tried karkos so far it's working well, I bought 1 oz for 1.90. no information like your bottles came with, I wish I did.

[@edwardrutledge2765]

I love some of the FWP colors, not shimmer however, and the 20ml bottle I truly hate. I’m curious about the Endless offerings, the grey looking mist interesting. You guys have leverage with ink manufacturers, let them know this buyer loves SHADING inks with wide mouth bottles…like Wearingeul packages their inks.

[@Ross1950art]

What about an opaque white for fountain pens? I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing, but then I don't know that much about inks. I should think it might be a fairly challenging challenge.

[@micheletrentini3187]

Nice selection of inks, but I would never use shimmer/glitter inks in pens I cannot fully disassemble. Too afraid of clogging the feed.

[@moonlover1313]

Alchemy is based around research and studying notes to finally turn other items like lead into gold. It may be simple, but a deep, dark brown like a worn leather notebook cover with a hint of gold shimmer would catch my eye for sure!

[@robertcherry7404]

The next color should be a deep purple called Camelot. Enjoyed your presentation.

[@user-xt4jy6qq6e]

How about 'mysterious mountain' to go with the forest? Brown with a hint of red sheen and a blue and silver shimmer for the mountain sighted through sparkling mist?

[@reddiewip]

I would love to see a brownish grey shade from Endless Alchemy. Maybe give it a golden sheen. I think that antique-ish magic color would be such an interesting shade. If I had an idea for the name, I’d share but I think a name that has something to do with the cel animation format.

[@lindabourne8327]

Footprints in the Sand. Use the giant pen prop as a color/sheen guide. Sandy bronze ink with a rose gold sheen. Glad I found you!

[@amoriventer2728]

Hi, I'm new to the fountain pen community, I have a kaweco fountain pen and loving it! I would love to see a deep ochre ink with a holographic shimmer and call it Summer Solcetice. Is that even possible?

[@GoldspotPens]

Hey, anything's possible!

[@bestattitude]

Welcome to Endless and their Alchemy lineup! I guess a black ink with green sheen (and maybe some silvery shimmer) could be quite interesting. I suggest the name "Witch's Brew". Also, a nice brown / sepia with tons of shading would be nice. It could be called "Ancient mirror" or "Hourglass".

[@nommh]

I always give shimmer inks a wide berth, because I prefer to have inks that I can put into any ink. The absurdly small bottles (propbably calibrated for the slim ferris wheel brush?) and the price are further deterrents.

[@acynicalgirl]

I loved the blue ink, but my favorite inks are always blue. Personally the idea that appeals to me most off the top of my head is an ink that looks bright red but dries an ashy brown and is named after Abbé Faria.

[@anjejg777]

I would like to see a mirrored silver...name it..."Magic Mirror" of course. A whole line of mirrored colors would be great!

[@robbiemer8178]

I'd like to see a very dark blue with some red sheening. Lovely looking inks and definitely much better bottles than FWP is offering!

[@EvanTemchin]

"From the forest to see" would be my hope and dream for a new color - mixing a nice green with a blue sheen.

[@nixternal]

I really like the colors they did and the bottle on the desk would be cool and like you fun to mess with & not get any work done. Without a doubt, a Gold or Silver, or Gold with Silver sheen or Silver with a Gold sheen and it has to be called "Philosopher's Stone" (Dangit, I see someone already posted the name, nerds! :) oh well, I'm keeping it!)

[@davidgray9816]

The next color should be of a blueish ice, called Frozen Great job Tom. Do these inks require a special nib size?

[@GoldspotPens]

No special nib sizes needed. Although, you see more of the ink characteristics on the page when you use thicker nibs (medium and broader)

[@aolster3198]

Contest is likely completed, but my suggestion would have been a bronzey brown - Antique Amber - to suggest aged ink.

[@petersaunderson2710]

Great video. I've just ordered samples of these from a retailer here in Australia so I'm keen to see them 'in person'. A rich purple would be nice, and I'd call it FPPE. That's for Flying Purple People Eater. :)

[@chanco03]

I’ve yet to buy a bottle but really want the Candy Sea. I think the next color should be a dark purple and call it Midnight Swim.

[@matty6244]

I was doing some book-keeping so... I imagine something like a permanent black ink (or any other color) called "Chronos' Blessing" to symbolize that what you have written will stay for the future

[@def1ghi]

They could make a high-gloss black and call it raven's wing.

[@debbier7376]

That was a fun video! I'd like to see a dark orange with a gold sheen, called "Phoenix Rising".

[@kevinstaddon2767]

I love the Candy Sea and have used it in various pens. I would like to see a nice rich purple with a silver sheen called Elixir.

[@johnamoroso271]

We have the red and it's a good red for our use. The next color could be black with a strong silver sheen.

[@joeledman3853]

I like the bottle design. Would like to see a deep purple and a deep brown with a bronze sheen.

[@cc_likesknives]

I feel like they should make a beautiful lavender color....still saturated but not super dark. It would definitely be a good shading ink too :)

[@Dcolbey]

I would love to see a Frosty ink. Maybe it could have some light gray with a light blue hence hints. Called it Snow Queen. Btw this has been my favorite video so far. Thank you for doing it.

[@christopheradcock4626]

Well, it's late - but I would like to see an in from them that slowly oxidizes to a much different color while not being hard on the pen.

[@mortisd28]

I would like to see a color changing ink that goes from gray to gold called Philosopher's Stone. Perhaps using 2 separate inks that when combined produce the effect.

[@62223]

Do they have a black with a dark green sheen ?

[@GoldspotPens]

The four colors you see in the video are the only four.

[@ErinMcMahon-fm7zx]

I love the bottle and cork base. Such a unique idea for display!

[@huimeisan]

I was thinking they need a hold shimmer when you said it, Tom! Rumpelstiltskin would be there perfect name. You've obviously thought about ink colors a lot. I would say, they need to have a purple base with a hot pink sheen. They should call it Witches Brew.

[@raskul4]

I love the bottle design. Candy Sea is such a magical color.

[@eddiecandelaria8691]

I have more!!! (5). Dante's inferno - a red orange like Apache sunset (6). La llorona - a light blue (7). The bottomless pit - a deep black like aurora or platinum (8). Baba yaga - sea moss green. (9). Santeria - an antique yellow (10). Cucuy - a blue/ black (11). Necronomicon - sepia

[@Fleur_de_lyx]

Rate of this ink?

[@ferprieto7250]

The next Alchemy color would be an intense clear Orange with yellow shimmer and I should call "Dragon´s Tears"

[@EricWeaver1]

I would totally buy a deep black with gold shimmer. It can be called "Texas Tea". But until then I think I'm going to get the Candy Sea!

[@NeverEndingKarla]

Oh, I love the question this week! I think their next ink should be a brown ink that dries with an intense gold shimmer. I’d call it “Midas Touch” 💰⚜️

[@mikaelalundberg6207]

I love this video! thank you so much for posting it, I would’ve never heard of the brand otherwise. I think a really good idea for an ink Endless could produce would be a periwinkle color with a blue and or silver sheen. They could call it something like “Frosty Morning“, “Fairy’s Tea”, or “Evening Stroll”. Thank you again for posting this video, I cannot wait for them to release another collection! ❤❤❤❤

[@GoldspotPens]

Glad it was helpful!

[@m7550s]

Beautiful inks. Maybe we could have a amethyst color with glitter or silver sheen "moonlight dragon." A second option would be a dark purple with blue sheen "midnight dragon."

[@dpaint6268]

I love purplish blue inks the most. I do use burgundy and Forrest green inks also. It is difficult to choose a favorite.

[@bobbyv3]

Do y'all carry fountain pen ink by Octopus Fluids? It's been about ~2mths since I last searched, but I couldn't find them anywhere except on their website. They're a German-based company. Inks look freakin' sweet.

[@amandaluker9268]

I’m South Australian and I’d love to see you look at the Robert Oster’s inks being unique to my home town

[@jacobllaneras7708]

Orange/pink with yellow gold sheening (if possible), maybe called "sunrise formula"

[@jpanthony]

I know it’s been done, but space themed names with a blue color and red highlights always catches my eye. Or maybe a blue base with a golden/ bronze shimmer would be cool too.

[@garrettvogelepersonal]

I think doing some different black colors that each have a unique colored sheen would be interesting

[@stanloona000]

May I ask how well does this inks flow?

[@GoldspotPens]

They all had average flow. I'd say the Candy Sea was a little bit drier than the other three due to the intense sheen.