Colorverse - Egg Cockle

Colorverse - Egg Cockle - Ink drop

Colorverse is widely known for inks themed around astrophysics and space exploration. However, they’ve been inspired by aspects of the culture and history of their home country, Korea. One example is the Korea Special series which now includes twenty inks, all available in beautifully packaged, 15 ml bottles.

Colorverse Egg Cockle fountain pen ink color

This is Egg Cockle (세조게). It’s named for a variety of cockle, a small clam. In Korean, the name translates to “bird clam”, as the sweet, nutty meat is shaped like a bird’s beak. It’s a dark ink, and with your first few wet strokes, you may think it’s simply a black. That quickly changes, though. The more you write, the more you see the page fill with a deep, brownish plum. As you can see in the swatches, it is more purple on some papers, and more of a dusty, greyish, black cherry on others. It isn’t the strongest shader, but in areas of light shading, the yellow influences seen in the chromatography bring out almost a sepia-like quality. It has a timeless, classic visual feel.

Ink Swatches on Cosmo Air Light and Tomoe River

In writing, it’s rich and smooth in flow, but not watery. I love the feel of inks with this consistency. I didn’t have any problems with feathering. There’s a bit of show-through on uncoated papers, and the very occasional spot of minor bleed, but it’s less than I expected. I used a very wet, Jowo medium to test. In a finer, drier pen, this probably wouldn’t occur at all. I wouldn’t call it a problem. Drying was around average, so that’s good, too.

Writing sample on Cosmo Air Snow paper

Egg Cockle is a nice alternative to black or blue black for office uses. However, for creative uses, I think it would really be wonderful. There are a lot of nice surprises waiting for a water brush bring to life. You can find Egg Cockle at most Colorverse retailers. Enjoy!

Colorverse Egg Cockle ink writing samples

Thanks to Colorverse for sending this and a few others over as a gift. It is much appreciated!

And as always, whether I buy an ink or pen or receive it as a gift, my reviews aren’t influenced in any way. I love finding new favorites, but if there’s a problem, I mention it.

Colorverse Egg Cockle - Swatch Card

Colorverse Egg Cockle - Swatch Comparisons

Colorverse Egg Cockle - 15 ml Ink Bottle and Box