Caran D'ache Grand Canyon Brown

[dizzypen]

This review along with all my others can be found at The Dizzy Pen.

 

Here is the review card for Caran d'Ache Grand Canyon Brown:

 

(click to enlarge and sharpen the photos)

 

http://dizzypen.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cda-gc-card.jpg

 

This review is part of a large set of reviews about Iroshizuku and its alternatives. I think Caran d'Ache Grand Canyon Brown can be a wonderful alternative to Iroshizuku Yama-Guri. If you'd like to see the comparison please visit my full blog post: Iroshizuku Yama Guri vs. Caran d'Ache Grand Canyon?

 

No Affil.

Edited August 18, 2010 by dizzypen

[sygyzy]

Edit: Oops wrong reply. Too many reviews!

Edited August 18, 2010 by sygyzy

[777]

Another great review from dizzypen! Thanks for taking the time to do these detailed comparisons!

 

Regards,

777

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

I agree that Cd'A GC can be a good companion to Pilot y-g; but they are very dissimilar - other than being gorgeous Browns.

 

Somewhere I mentioned that I wanted a Brown that was an alternative to y-g, and I think that GC fit the bill as an alternate.

 

The trick now for me is finding the third: Saddle Brown or Noodler's #41? (Likely both, the way things are going lately.)

 

Bye,

S1

[dizzypen]

Hi,

 

I agree that Cd'A GC can be a good companion to Pilot y-g; but they are very dissimilar - other than being gorgeous Browns.

 

Somewhere I mentioned that I wanted a Brown that was an alternative to y-g, and I think that GC fit the bill as an alternate.

 

The trick now for me is finding the third: Saddle Brown or Noodler's #41? (Likely both, the way things are going lately.)

 

Bye,

S1

 

They are different, but for me Grand Canyon is better. I see it as an improvement over YG.

[tawanda]

I much prefer YG to CdA GC. Its more intense, deeper, earthier. And Iroshizuku inks are the best behaved of all brands in my (and many others) opinion.

[lapis]

As pointed out by S1 (I think) in a recent note, there is absolutely no way to see many of the great visible offerings of GC in a single ink.Still, it remains my favourite brown.

 

Mike

[dizzypen]

I much prefer YG to CdA GC. Its more intense, deeper, earthier. And Iroshizuku inks are the best behaved of all brands in my (and many others) opinion.

 

To each his or her own right? I think the biggest thing for me is that I like the color and shading of GCB better than YG. I really dislike that slightly green sheen thing it does when you use it with a wet writer. Yuck!