Akkerman's Passage Blauw

[spiv]

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akkerman ink passage005 by itspiv, on Flickr

 

This blue was the first P.W.Akkerman ink that I didn't like right away... the scan seems to understate the "turquoise" tone. I did not expect that from the swab off of the Akkerman site, it looked to be a pale blue. My first surprise was how good it looked while writing with my fine nib. As soon as it dried it lost a bit of that magic, but I did enjoy using it. Once I inked up the Lamy 2000, I signed a card that had nothing but purple ink (Russian purple, thanks Scrawler) that Mrs. Spiv had been using. WOW. It looked really special combined with that.

 

Passage Blauw dries fast enough. Feathers a bit with wet writers, will soak through if the nib stays in one spot but is easy enough to clean out of a pen and I really am getting to like how it looks in my Esterbrook. It will likely stay there until I want to review something else.

 

This is a picture of the shading:

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akkerman ink passage003 by itspiv, on Flickr

 

Here is the water test (25 min in hot water)

 

Before:

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akkerman ink rb zoom009 by itspiv, on Flickr

 

After:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6151812812_cba956298d_z.jpg

akkerman ink water zoom011 by itspiv, on Flickr

 

...another Akkerman ink that impresses me.

[spiv]

I was surprised to see these different inks separate into very similar colours

 

Edited October 2, 2011 by spiv

[Mafia Geek]

Thanks for the great review, I'm trying to make up my mind on which colour of Akkerman ink to get and this is definitely a top contender.

 

How does this compare to Sailor Sky High or Souten? It looks like it might be fairly similar but maybe s bit more turquoise.

[thoppen]

Thank you. I'm a great fan of Akkerman inks! I was in their shop just this friday (lucky me)!

[amberleadavis]

Thanks for the great review, I'm trying to make up my mind on which colour of Akkerman ink to get and this is definitely a top contender.

 

How does this compare to Sailor Sky High or Souten? It looks like it might be fairly similar but maybe s bit more turquoise.

 

 

APB is less Turquoise than Sky High or Souten.

[amberleadavis]

Thank you. I'm a great fan of Akkerman inks! I was in their shop just this friday (lucky me)!

 

 

Lucky you!