Sheaffer Skrip Blue

[Grwilliams86]

Here's a little writing sample of Sheaffer Skrip blue. I used a pipette to move it from a Sheaffer cart to my Lamy c/cv. Enjoy!

 

 

[RayMan]

Looks like a very nice, well-behaved ink. I really should give this ink a try. Thanks for the review.

[Gran]

I have one of these cartridges in a Sheaffer cartridge pen, with a fine nib. The color is a bit stronger than what appears on my computer monitor in this review. The blue in the cartridge is very pretty. I like it for an every-day blue.

[Judybug]

I have Sheaffer Blue in my Parker Sonnet and actually get some shading. That's probably due to the Sonnet's soft nib. ------ I have to share a bit of inky good news - last week I found a bottle of Sheaffer Skrip Blue, in the old style bottle with the ink well, at a local store for $4.50! It was the only old style bottle they had so I didn't waste any time grabbing it.

 

Judybug

[Ondina]

Has anybody tried the UV and water resistance? Thanks for the review.

[Gran]

I have Sheaffer Blue in my Parker Sonnet and actually get some shading. That's probably due to the Sonnet's soft nib. ------ I have to share a bit of inky good news - last week I found a bottle of Sheaffer Skrip Blue, in the old style bottle with the ink well, at a local store for $4.50! It was the only old style bottle they had so I didn't waste any time grabbing it.

 

Judybug

 

 

What a lovely find! Congratulations!

[Goodwhiskers]

Has anybody tried the UV and water resistance? Thanks for the review.

It's not very water-resistant. It's a "washable" blue, easy to remove from fingers and fabrics. It's probably not very UV-resistant. It can be "eradicated" by eradicator markers from Pelikan (Super-Pirat, Super-Sherriff), convenient for students. It's a world champion performer on bad paper. I recommend it. Just don't use it to address envelopes.

[Grwilliams86]

It is very well behaved in most pens, just better performance in wet pens!

 

I haven't tested the resilience of this ink, but I'd like to!

 

P.S. I recently checked out Sheaffer Green and I'm in love.

[Gran]

Finally got a bottle of this. It's a pretty blue, not quite the same as the old, but very nice.

[bwnewton]

I have Sheaffer Blue in my Parker Sonnet and actually get some shading. That's probably due to the Sonnet's soft nib. ------ I have to share a bit of inky good news - last week I found a bottle of Sheaffer Skrip Blue, in the old style bottle with the ink well, at a local store for $4.50! It was the only old style bottle they had so I didn't waste any time grabbing it.

 

Judybug

 

My folks recently gave me a bottle of this ink that was purchased, I think, in 1956, to go with the Sheaffer Snorkel FP & pencil set my dad gave to my mom for high graduation. (They recently gave me the FP and pencil as well.) Anyway, the ink is still good and isn't the ink well inside the bottle nifty?

[RLTodd]

The ink well bottle is desireable.

 

The bottle alone is worth $5 up, depending on the market.

 

 

[Garageboy]

Is it just me or does it look like every other blue? (Lamy, Pelikan, Quink)

[Akumar]

Is it just me or does it look like every other blue? (Lamy, Pelikan, Quink)

 

I got it free with an expensive Sheaffer pen. I did not like it at all neither the shade but more so its behaviour. it did not flow smoothly. I was quite irritated with it and gifted it away quickly. However I hear that old Sheaffer skrips are quite good but the one I got was in a conical wide bottom bottle.

[Tweel]

I have one of these cartridges in a Sheaffer cartridge pen, with a fine nib. The color is a bit stronger than what appears on my computer monitor in this review. The blue in the cartridge is very pretty. I like it for an every-day blue.

I have it, poured from a bottle, in an Esterbrook Dip-Less Fountain Well on the dining room table, which is what passes for an "every-day" desk at our house. It's a pleasant blue that works well on the every-day paper that passes across our old oak table, and reminds me of the Dame's Rocket growing outside of the picture window.

 

-- Brian