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Germany, Italy, Japan.... The Axis of Goodness http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/Axis%20Of%20Goodness%20DA%20Sitpula%20Sailor/AXISflagandlogo_zps155b963b.jpg Dear FPN friends, I am a great fan of brown inks and already had a De Atramentis Khaki. When I compared 3 Herbin Browns, fellow member Trom replied with..... I like the review but I do not like browns... you can have mine THANKS A LOT TROM These are some of the bottles he gave me http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/Axis%20Of%20Goodness%20DA%20Sitpula%20Sailor/thebottlesFPN_zpsf0b3615c.jpg Well and as they are sort of equal Ithought let's compare them.... Germany - Italy_ Japan....The Axis of Goodness,.... De Atramentis-Stipula-Sailor Jentle A bit of history for all the youngsters The Axis of goodness is an anaology to the axis of evil.... In WO II. Germany, Italy and Japan cooperated (in the early years) to sort of concquer and divide the world....This cooperation was also known as the Axis which was opposed by the Allied Forces (Check those Ink Comparisons too... In Short.... The Japanese made Sushi out of the Westerners In Asia, Hte Germans conquered Europe with a little elp fom their Chianti drinking Friends..... The Americans came to kick the S..t ( 4 letter word for faeces) out of them...The free Free French beat the Nazi's with their Baguetts... (The Nazis defended by smacking around wiht empty Riesling Bottles) The Brits and Americans spanked the Italians in Sicily so that these fed up with war concentrated on their pasta and Chianti again... Since the Yankees and the Limeys (no offence) sort of liked that they to an "active holiday in Germany" too... And let us not forget the brave people of Poland underr Gen.Mazcek where so kind to liberate my beautiful homecity Breda Well of course we may never for get..... but http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/Axis%20Of%20Goodness%20DA%20Sitpula%20Sailor/Screw_zps555db111.jpg all that Let's see what 70 years peace happiness and cultural exchange brought us After all the Foutain Pen is mightier than te Katana... De Atramentis Khaki - Stipula Calamo - Sailor Jentle Brown http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/Axis%20Of%20Goodness%20DA%20Sitpula%20Sailor/Axispage1FPN_zpsa8dfc61f.jpg Bottles 3 Different but nice looking bottles.... They all have a wide opening for easy filling your FP Chromatograhpy http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/Axis%20Of%20Goodness%20DA%20Sitpula%20Sailor/CHROMATOMETFPN_zps8784f39c.jpg http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/Axis%20Of%20Goodness%20DA%20Sitpula%20Sailor/CHROMATOZONDERFPN_zps5aa5b626.jpg Colours DE Atramentis Khaki... This is a beige soil brown... I explained the etymology of Khaki and reviewed this ink before (See link It was one of my first reviews) https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/263185-lovely-liquids-de-atramentis-khaki/ Stipula More of a green Hue in here a bit of brown and dried green tea.... Sailor Jentle Thisisin between a lovely beige brown a tad darker than De Atramentis I am fond of brown and love them all http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/Axis%20Of%20Goodness%20DA%20Sitpula%20Sailor/AXISPage2FPn_zps4d53243b.jpg Shading and Feathering.... None of hte inks Feather not even with the Italic nibs used but they all shade.... Especially the Sailor Al the inks behave very well. I have tested the DA and the Sailor in pens already. Lamy M nibs.... Very smooth Availability It might be a bit of a problem toobtain all these inks at One adress... Well some of you might know Iam a La Couronne du Comte Fan.... LCC already carries the De Atramentis and Sailor inks.... (check their vast array Sailor FP's too... Keen on helping their clients and friendly as always Dennis and Rik told me that is never a problem to satisfy their clients dreams.... So you might want to have a look Here>>>> http://www.lacouroneducomte.nl if you want them all Too Conclude This was an ebsolute Joy.... Lovely Colours, Lovely shading, Smooth and Well behaving.... What a nice trip around the world.... Well let's do Like Stefan Zweig and Romain Rolland and change written thoughts on good things... The Fountain Pen is mightier than the Katana.... So I will drink a glass of Sake, a glass of Weizen Beer and a Glass of Chianti... I am not just an Inkoholic and will probaly get pis.ed but before getting drunk (of joy) I can write some postcards with these AWESOME LOVELY inks.....Just P.M. your adress if you would like such a Postcard Regards Peter

Lovely Liquids "De-Atramentis Khaki" Dear FPN friends, Yet another ink review. This Time it is De Atramentis Khaki Off course I will insert a handwritten High Res Review so that hopefully you can see the beautiful colour and the lovely shading of the Ink. I think the colour is very pretty and the schading is lovely but I would like to hear your opinion on that. There is one disadvantage to this ink. It is not waterproof like the D-A Jane Austen is. This " water fear" appears ofter wiht other inks too. I Have several blue inks (also from other manufactures) and some are waterproof, some are not. For example Waterman (funny name in this Case) Serenity Blue is not waterproof, where J. Herbin's 1670 blue remains very legible after a .splash. I promised to do a review on De Atramentis Document Inks Blue and Dark Blue... They will follow soon. I will also write a handwritten lines for comparison of the blue inks I currently have too Enjoy the review Down here are the technical specs (as suggested by Ann Finley 2007) points 1-5 1 = 5= Fountain Pens: Lamy Joy 1,5 Italic nib Paper: Leonardo Ringbuch,average quality school note book made in Austria Drying time: Approx. Less than 4 seconds with a medium nib / 8-10 Seconds with the 1,5 Italic nib points 4 Flow: Like if the Hoover Dam breaks points: 5 Wetness: Like the weather in the southern part of mary old England last winter points 5 (and still dries very fast ) Lubrication: very smooth points: 5 Bleeding: little points: 4 Shading: explicit wiht both medium and 1,5 Italic nibs Lovely points: 5 Waterproof: NOT points 0 Package: Only in bottles,Wide opening for easy filling up points: 3-4 (bottle is quite nice but the not very special, although the label is beautiful) Availabilty: In Europe Good, D-A webshop, Amazon, La Couronne Du Comte (NL), USA Brian Goulet but not all 255 inks points: EU 4 USA??? Quality: Hand Made in Germany points: 5 The con of not being waterproof is blown away by the pros... I Love the lovey soil brown colour and hte explicit shading .It is wet and smooth and still dries pretty fast... Not always in one of my Fountain Pens (I only have 7 remember) but I use it quite frequently and will fill a pen pemantly with this lovel liquid when my Fountain Pen collection expands. Hope you enjoyed the review and that it was usuable for you. Next review D-A Document Blue and Dark Blue... Amazing stuff Bullet and Bombproof!!! Kindest Regards Peter Vlutters