What ink(s) are you waiting for in the mail?

[brokenclay]

Pen Realm shows stock: https://www.penrealm.com/product/akkerman-dutch-masters/

[mizgeorge]

29 minutes ago, brokenclay said:

Pen Realm shows stock: https://www.penrealm.com/product/akkerman-dutch-masters/

Those are in the big bottles though - they never went out of stock. It's the 60ml versions that have only just reappeared.

[Just J]

 

And 60s be perzackly what I yearn for, matey....yarrr! 
 

[[ AND HAPPY TALK-LIKE-A-PIRATE DAY, EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!! ]] 

 

[PithyProlix]

On 3/23/2021 at 9:11 PM, ENewton said:

 

I will be interested in your impressions of these inks!

 

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As for Barossa Grape, I was excited by early reviews and online swabs but got a sample and discovered the ink to be remarkably low in saturation, more a pale liver color than a purple.  After trying it in about a dozen pens, I gave up in despair, but quite recently, I was convinced to give it another try, and in a Sailor broad nib, the saturation is fine.  I am still getting used to the color, which leans quite far toward blue gray when it dries.  

 

I look forward to learning of your own experience.

 

On 3/23/2021 at 9:38 PM, PithyProlix said:

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I have a very wet Sailor with with a medium nib that writes like a broad and I've been trying to find a ink that works well with it - I'll try it with Barossa Grape. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

I gave Barossa Grape a try this evening, starting with the wet Sailor M I previously mentioned, and I was very disappointed - while still retaining its purple color it basically looked flat, over-saturated, dark, and uninteresting. Then I had a thought to change from the paper I most frequently use (Chinese-made Kokuyo - for taking notes - which, while cheap, works very well with most inks) to Maruman and it was totally different - a intriguing purple-grey, very pleasant and easy on the eyes, leaning towards taupe, almost a cousin to Herbin Cacao du Bresil. It doesn't look like the pictures online of it but it's a color I had in mind to try to find for a writing ink. 

 

Thanks for the suggestion to try it in a wet pen with a medium nib. I almost exclusively use fine nibs for my normal writing so I'm going to try some other pens with it.

[ENewton]

1 hour ago, PithyProlix said:

 

 

Then I had a thought to change from the paper I most frequently use (Chinese-made Kokuyo - for taking notes - which, while cheap, works very well with most inks) to Maruman and it was totally different - a intriguing purple-grey, very pleasant and easy on the eyes, leaning towards taupe, almost a cousin to Herbin Cacao du Bresil. It doesn't look like the pictures online of it but it's a color I had in mind to try to find for a writing ink. 

 

Thanks for the suggestion to try it in a wet pen with a medium nib. I almost exclusively use fine nibs for my normal writing so I'm going to try some other pens with it.

 

Thank you for sharing your observations!

 

Yes, paper makes a big difference, and I your comparison with Cacao du Bresil rings true for me.  I acquired Barossa Grape and Cacao du Bresil in the same order and, for a while, had pens inked with those two inks and TAG Kyoto Soft Snow of Ohara, another blue-leaning purple grey.  On some papers, Cacao looked more purple than Barossa Grape!

 

As for fine nibs, I haven't yet tried Barossa Grape in any of my vintage fine nibs.  Those pens tend to hold a lot of ink, and I when I first tried Barossa Grape a few years ago, I didn't relish the prospect of writing for weeks or even months with an ink of very low saturation.  But maybe those pens are wet enough to compensate...      

[PithyProlix]

On 3/23/2021 at 9:11 PM, ENewton said:

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As for the two Oster inks you mention, I own bottles of both, and each ink has required quite extensive experimentation to guarantee my satisfaction with it.  Purple Rock looks very nice indeed (to my eye) on various papers, but on some it develops an ugly green cast.  One year, I used it to write names on holiday gift tags, and in that case it produced a respectable forest green, but on some other papers, notably Tomoe River, I do not like it at all.  

 

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On 3/23/2021 at 9:38 PM, PithyProlix said:

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I suppose the green from Purple Rock is sheen? Green sheen in purple inks is not too uncommon and it would make sense if the green is coming out most on Tomoe River paper. (I have one ink meant for sheening - Diamine Winter Miracle, a purple ink with a green sheen - and it's fun for calligraphy but I don't think I will be getting more.) 

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On 3/24/2021 at 9:23 AM, ENewton said:

 

I don't know.  I don't think it is sheen.  The effect is apparent even when the ink is laid on thinly.  Scroll down in this review to see how Purple Rock looks on Moleskine:

 

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And I've just tried Purple Rock on Chinese Kokuyo, Maruman, and Tomoe River. It has a very consistent look on all three papers and I think you might be right about what 'Rock' refers to - the mineral rather than the music genre - since it has a very slate-like appearance - much more grey and less purple than the pictures I see online. And more blurply than purple. Notably, it did not have a green cast, even on Tomoe River, so I'm wondering if the formulation has been changed (?).

I like it quite a bit - it's subtle, vintage & conservative-looking. Not quite sure right now if I would want to buy it but if someone gave me a bottle I would certainly use it.
 

[PithyProlix]

14 minutes ago, ENewton said:

 

Thank you for sharing your observations!

 

Yes, paper makes a big difference, and I your comparison with Cacao du Bresil rings true for me.  I acquired Barossa Grape and Cacao du Bresil in the same order and, for a while, had pens inked with those two inks and TAG Kyoto Soft Snow of Ohara, another blue-leaning purple grey.  On some papers, Cacao looked more purple than Barossa Grape!

 

As for fine nibs, I haven't yet tried Barossa Grape in any of my vintage fine nibs.  Those pens tend to hold a lot of ink, and I when I first tried Barossa Grape a few years ago, I didn't relish the prospect of writing for weeks or even months with an ink of very low saturation.  But maybe those pens are wet enough to compensate...      

 

I tend to prefer lower saturation inks, as long as they are easily legible (my purple yams quest being an exception ...), and with the wet pen I used the color came out great for my tastes.

[ENewton]

1 minute ago, PithyProlix said:

 

 

 

And I've just tried Purple Rock on Chinese Kokuyo, Maruman, and Tomoe River. It has a very consistent look on all three papers and I think you might be right about what 'Rock' refers to - the mineral rather than the music genre - since it has a very slate-like appearance - much more grey and less purple than the pictures I see online. And more blurply than purple. Notably, it did not have a green cast, even on Tomoe River, so I'm wondering if the formulation has been changed (?).

I like it quite a bit - it's subtle, vintage & conservative-looking. Not quite sure right now if I would want to buy it but if someone gave me a bottle I would certainly use it.
 

 

Again, thank you.  Maybe the formulation has changed.  The green did seem to me to be a  mistake, rather than in intended effect.  I will not be testing the hypothesis myself, because I still have about 3/4 bottle of the original formulation and am content to use it on papers on which it is a purple grey.

[ENewton]

1 minute ago, PithyProlix said:

 

I tend to prefer lower saturation inks, as long as they are easily legible (my purple yams quest being an exception ...), and with the wet pen I used the color came out great for my tastes.

 

Same here.

[mizgeorge]

Well right now I'm waiting for NO inks! I just thought I'd mention it because it's unlikely to be the case by the end of the day...

 

It's a slightly unusual feeling

[djm1121]

 A bottle of Herbin Bleu de Minuit. Scheduled to be delivered Monday.

[Loke]

Just received a bottle of Diamine Writer's blood 🙂

 

[The Mustard]

I ordered a bottle of Diamine Writer’s blood yesterday, together with green-black, Oxford Blue and Ancient Copper. The problem with buying at the start of a holiday weekend is that I’ve got even longer to wait! 

[PithyProlix]

On 4/2/2021 at 6:44 PM, PithyProlix said:

 

 

I gave Barossa Grape a try this evening, starting with the wet Sailor M I previously mentioned, and I was very disappointed - while still retaining its purple color it basically looked flat, over-saturated, dark, and uninteresting. Then I had a thought to change from the paper I most frequently use (Chinese-made Kokuyo - for taking notes - which, while cheap, works very well with most inks) to Maruman and it was totally different - a intriguing purple-grey, very pleasant and easy on the eyes, leaning towards taupe, almost a cousin to Herbin Cacao du Bresil. It doesn't look like the pictures online of it but it's a color I had in mind to try to find for a writing ink. 

 

Thanks for the suggestion to try it in a wet pen with a medium nib. I almost exclusively use fine nibs for my normal writing so I'm going to try some other pens with it.

 

On 4/2/2021 at 8:24 PM, ENewton said:

 

Thank you for sharing your observations!

 

Yes, paper makes a big difference, and I your comparison with Cacao du Bresil rings true for me.  I acquired Barossa Grape and Cacao du Bresil in the same order and, for a while, had pens inked with those two inks and TAG Kyoto Soft Snow of Ohara, another blue-leaning purple grey.  On some papers, Cacao looked more purple than Barossa Grape!

 

As for fine nibs, I haven't yet tried Barossa Grape in any of my vintage fine nibs.  Those pens tend to hold a lot of ink, and I when I first tried Barossa Grape a few years ago, I didn't relish the prospect of writing for weeks or even months with an ink of very low saturation.  But maybe those pens are wet enough to compensate...      

 

FYI - I've just tried Barossa Grape in a vintage Pilot Elite with a SF nib. Again, it didn't look good on the Chinese Kokuyo nor a Thai paper I've just acquired - SCG Super Quality - but looked really wonderful on Maruman. On Maruman it is an unsaturated lighter grey purple that is just what I was hoping for, very much unlike the dark purple I see in most pictures online. It seems to be much more sensitive to the paper than to nib width & wetness - that said, my experimentation is limited.

[Detman101]

Bah...I hate waiting on the stupid snail mail.
Won a sample of Montblanc - Irish Green about 2 weeks ago...still waiting on it to arrive, showing that it's still in CA 2 weeks after it shipped 🙄
So...I figured I'd buy some of the Montblanc - Irish Green cartridges on Amazon.
Those are due to arrive on the 14th...I'm betting they will get here long before the sample I won, simply because USPS isn't delivering it.
❤️ GOD BLESS AMAZON!! ❤️ 
They are the only way to get anything on time.

[Rainbowpizza]

Bottle of 54th Massachusetts coming in the mail tomorrow.

[mizgeorge]

I've been very restrained this week. Just a few little bottles of the Herbin Encres Essentielles on their way. 

 

Oh, and a marble from Akkerman for the bottle that arrived without one, but I don't think that counts!

[Rainbowpizza]

Ok, now it tells me it’s coming by 22:00 (10:00 pm). By then I’ll be asleep!

[Loke]

I have too much inks already but eh...

 

Just placed at LCdC an order for:

- Jacques Herbin 350th Anniversary Vert Atlantide

- Krishna Inks Super Rich Series - Sailor Blue

- Montblanc Ink Bottle Great Characters The Beatles - hesitated for a very long time for this one...

 

Edit:

 

And ordered this at Stilo&Stile:

- Sailor Manyo Konagi Ink

- Robert Oster Fire and Ice

- Diamine Flower Pansy

- Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku Ink

 

 

[Detman101]

Spent the last of my fun money on samples last night.

- Robert Oster - Caffe Crema (4x)
- Sailor - Manyo Nekoyanagi (4x)
- Vanness White Lightning (1x)

YAY!! My 3-part sampler of Montblanc inks has arrived today!
I can finally see what the Toffee Brown looks and writes like!