{"product_id":"ferris-wheel-press-shangri-la-hotels-land-of-shangri-la-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Ferris Wheel Press Shangri-La Hotels Land of Shangri-La - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ferris Wheel Press describe this as an ashy brown. On my swatches on Tomoe River it reads considerably darker and greener than that — a deep olive-tinged near-black in writing, with the brown only surfacing as a khaki-olive halo where the ink pools at the edges of a swab or drop. Buy it as a dark olive-brown rather than a mid-toned brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate. The dip-pen swab bar shifts between olive-brown and near-black, and pooled areas throw a distinctly khaki edge against the dark core. More tonal movement than the official \"low shading\" suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone clearly visible on my swatches. A low green sheen is reported in heavy pooling elsewhere; I can't confirm it on Tomoe River, where the shimmer is what catches the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — gold\/champagne shimmer, fairly dense. Against this dark a base it reads as a pale silvery-champagne sparkle rather than obvious gold, and it settles visibly in pooled areas. Shake before filling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e A 2022 collaboration between Ferris Wheel Press and Shangri-La Hotels Canada. The name comes from James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon, which invented Shangri-La as a hidden Himalayan paradise and gave the phrase to the English language. Ferris Wheel Press built the collection around the Vancouver and Toronto Shangri-La properties, and the packaging artwork works the two cities' landmarks — the CN Tower, Lions Gate Bridge, Science World, Prince's Gates — into a mythical dreamscape, complete with orcas leaping out of gold waves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ferris Wheel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57373876945222,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/FWPlandofshangrila1.jpg?v=1789503104","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/ferris-wheel-press-shangri-la-hotels-land-of-shangri-la-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}