Co-Razy-Views - Vintage Skrip Peacock Blue

[amberleadavis]

So, as ya'll know, I spend way too much time thinking about ink.

 

One thing I've found is that some inks have fared well over the years and some inks have not. I did recent experiment with bottled inks in the direct sun (they didn't fade). The Skrip ink in my caboose (yes, it is a real train), is still very usable. Alas, I wondered if after all these years, the color had changed.

 

So, my pen pal, Mr. Charlie recently acquired a new to him bottle of Peacock Blue. I wrote him a letter and asked him to write back to me with Peacock Blue.

 

Expect to see more Co-Razy-Views as I post them up from other pen pals. Alas, they may be in the Comparison section or the Review section. We'll see what the moderators say.

 

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[Scrawler]

Skrip Peacock Blue was my favourite ink when I was at school. It was about as far as any of us varied from the school conventions of blue. blue/black, or black. I was given an old, mostly full, bottle of it at a pen club meeting a while back, and it is still the same colour that I remember. I use it in a P51 Vac. Your pen-pal's sample is very close to the colour I see. What I like about it, other than the colour, is that it is mostly harmless and benign. Easy to wash away and clean the pen. In a P51 Vac you don't want an ink that will take repeated and constant flushing to get out and clean the pen.

[amberleadavis]

I went looking for other samples.... Here was the one in my fade test in 2012

 

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[amberleadavis]

Yep, my color was off even in 2012.

 

Keep in mind that not only did I leave this ink sitting in a desk drawer for 20+ years, but I would have thought nothing of combining bottles of ink back in the day.

 

Here is a sample from another FPNer.

 

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[amberleadavis]

Do you think I have green hiding in the Peacock Blue bottle?

[dragonaura]

The writing on the right definitely looks most like the colour from my peacock blue bottle. Maybe you put some green in yours years ago. I brought mine Nos last year from an estate sale so I imagine that would be why the colours are similar

[Scrawler]

I am not an expert, but I suspect contamination rather than degradation over time. My bottle is at least 40 years old.

[amberleadavis]

I think you are right. Nothing looks wrong with the bottle.

[amberleadavis]

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[amberleadavis]

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