Jim Pingle

Father, geek, serial hobbyist.

Here is Vanness Possum Pie (aka Possom Pie/Opossum Pie, etc.), their limited edition Thanksgiving 2025 ink.

It’s dark brown with some shading and a hint of greenish sheen if you can make it put down a lot of ink. It’s not a bad shade of brown/sienna. The sheen in the large swatches doesn’t show in the writing at all, which is good because it’s not exactly pleasant.

It is very dry! On Col-o-ring it was struggling to put down a line on the thin angle of the stub nib. Looks much nicer on Iroful. Midori was OK.

Photo of an Iroful swatch card taken at an angle. It has a writing sample and outline of a palette filled with ink. The ink inside the palette is dark brown with some lighter and darker areas. The darker areas are slightly reflective. The writing sample reads "Vanness Possom Pie" written with a stub nib followed by "XX" and two curlicues written in a stub nib and an F nib. The ink in the writing sample is more of a medium brown with some areas shaded darker.

(I’m also glad it is not scented!)

I copied the name exactly from the sample tube label thinking they misspelled it on purpose, but on their website it’s “Possum Pie” and I quote “we know it misspelled” (sic) 😆

Photo of 3 ink swatches & chromatography strip for Vanness Possum Pie which is a dark brown/sienna colored ink with some shading and a some sheen only in large swatches. Each swatch contains the ink name followed by "XX" 2 curlicues in both stub and EF widths. Swatch 1: Iroful swatch card with an outline of a paint palette and tube. The palette is mostly filled in with swirls of ink with one area in the lower left being lighter. There is an outline of a paint tube which is swabbed and looks similar. The writing is evenly brown with thin, but dark and legible lines. Swatch 2: Col-o-ring swatch card with a stamped outline of an ink bottle. The outlined area is mostly full of an ink blob which is dark overall with some even darker areas. Swab across "cap" is similar. The writing sample is very thin in some places, a little harder to read than Iroful. Swatch 3: Midori MD swatch card with a stamped outline of an ink bottle. The outlined area is mostly full of an ink blob which is dark with a darker area in the middle. Swab across "cap" is similar. Text is thin and legible, but still not as good as Iroful. Chromatography starts at a dark brown line which gradually fades out and doesn't change.
Photo under magnification of ink on Midori paper. The ink is mostly dark brown with some parts of thin strokes being much lighter. The edges of the lines are darker and slightly rough.
Photo under magnification of ink on Iroful paper. The ink is fairly even dark brown. The edges of the lines are very smooth.
Photo under magnification of ink on Col-o-ring paper. The ink is mostly dark brown with some thin strokes being much lighter. One long stroke is very thin, light, and rough. The edges of the other lines are extremely rough.

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