Akkerman's Akkerman Blauw

September 26, 2011

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akkerman ink akk007 by itspiv, on Flickr

This blue did nothing for me until today, I finally inked up my Lamy 2000 with it. What a match. The one thing I always liked about this ink was that I DIDN'T SEE ANY PURPLE in it. As soon as I scan it - voila, violet. Somehow the hint of purple I see in BSB shows up here - in the darker parts of this ink. It's a medium blue, and not a terribly attractive one at that except in my L2K, a wet writing broad nibbed pen, which shows it darker.

What I was seeing with this ink was that it went down an almost dark blue that paled a bit drying into a medium blue with green undertones. yuck. With the wet writing "B" it says very blue, not noticeably green nor in any way PURPLE.

I need more time with this ink to see if I warm up to it in any other pen/nib combo, or if it will only feed mt L2K.

Water test (hot water soak, 25 minutes)

Before:

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akkerman ink rb zoom009 by itspiv, on Flickr

After:

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akkerman ink water zoom011 by itspiv, on Flickr

When with drier nibs - this would fade with a hint of green to it - it quite resembled Diamine WES Kensington Blue... not so from the L2K. Out of the Lamy, this ink reminds me of Private Reserve American Blue only a tic or two lighter. Quite nice.

October 2, 2011

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

October 3, 2011

Great review! This ink will be in my next order!

October 3, 2011

Glad I could help, fabrimedeiros. The more I use this ink, the more I like it... but so far, only out of a Broad nib. I hope you enjoy yours.

March 8, 2016

Is this a safe ink? (non IG, etc)

Does it bleed through, etc?

March 8, 2016

Wow -- what a nice color. Thanks for the review. When they did the Akkerman group buy a couple of years ago, I tried to pick inks that filled color gaps in the stash, so I didn't get any of the blues or purples.

I should consider rectifying that...