Dark Blue - De Atramentis

[visvamitra]

De Atramentis is german manufacturer of calligraphy and writing ink. The inks are hand made (the entire production process is done manually in their manufacturing center) by i's founder - Dr. Franz-Josef Jensen. I believe he uses high quality dyes from well established European companies like BASF and Bayer.

De Atramentis offers a variety of "traditional" fountain pen inks and a broad selection of special and scented inks. I believe they should get more attention as the quality od these fluids is very good and some colors are simply stunning.

Dark Blue is decent blue / black ink with good flow, moderate saturation and some waterproofness:

 

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Ink splash

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Drops of ink on kitchen towel

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Software ID

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Color range

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Poljet 80 g - Kaweco Sport Classic, B

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[bone215]

In a world of many blue inks, this is a very interesting color.

Thanks for the review.

sigh, another ink.....

[carlos.q]

Nice!

[jmccarty3]

I believe this is the same as the De Atramentis Sherlock Holmes, which says "Dark Blue" on the bottle. This is a very fine, professional color--I like it very much. No teal, like so many blue/blacks.

[da vinci]

Nice colour, thanks for the review.

 

Did you see any staining and was it easy to clean out?

[beagle81080]

This ink really bleeds even on Rhodia paper.