Visconti - Blue

[79spitfire]

so now I had to order some, Thanks....

:ltcapd:

[Sandy1]

so now I had to order some, Thanks....

:ltcapd:

Hi,

 

Youre welcome!

 

It's a good thing.

A very good thing.

But please - don't take to stalking your post(wo)man.

 

Bye,

S1

[breaker]

nice review

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

The Visconti Blue is the fifth ink to be reviewed in the 'One of the Ten' (OOTT) group of Blue inks.

 

When complete, the intention is to have the OOTT inks reviewed in the same manner, and compared in the same manner to the maximum practical extent.

 

Hopefully the OOTT reviews and comparisons will assist practitioners in choosing their lynch-pin Blue/s, and avoid unintentional purchase of visually equivalent ink/s.

 

Also, the OOTT results should give common ground for claims, rumour and scuttlebutt to be discussed. Or be considered irrelevant, and so be ignored.

 

Bye,

Sandy1

 

COMPARISON : To Pilot asa-gao My link

COMPARISON : To Sheaffer Skrip Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Herbin Eclat de Saphir My link

COMPARISON : To Pelikan Royal Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Pilot kon-peki SWABS ONLY

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

The Visconti Blue is the fifth ink to be reviewed in the 'One of the Ten' (OOTT) group of Blue inks.

 

When complete, the intention is to have the OOTT inks reviewed in the same manner, and compared in the same manner to the maximum practical extent.

 

Hopefully the OOTT reviews and comparisons will assist practitioners in choosing their lynch-pin Blue/s, and avoid unintentional purchase of visually equivalent ink/s.

 

Also, the OOTT results should give common ground for claims, rumour and scuttlebutt to be discussed. Or be considered irrelevant, and so be ignored.

 

Bye,

Sandy1

 

COMPARISON : To Pilot asa-gao My link

COMPARISON : To Sheaffer Skrip Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Herbin Eclat de Saphir My link

COMPARISON : To Pilot kon-peki SWABS ONLY

COMPARISON : To Montblanc Royal Blue My link

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

The Visconti Blue is the fifth ink to be reviewed in the 'One of the Ten' (OOTT) group of Blue inks.

 

When complete, the intention is to have the OOTT inks reviewed in the same manner, and compared in the same manner to the maximum practical extent.

 

Hopefully the OOTT reviews and comparisons will assist practitioners in choosing their lynch-pin Blue/s, and avoid unintentional purchase of visually equivalent ink/s.

 

Also, the OOTT results should give common ground for claims, rumour and scuttlebutt to be discussed. Or be considered irrelevant, and so be ignored.

 

Bye,

Sandy1

 

COMPARISON : To Pilot asa-gao My link

COMPARISON : To Sheaffer Skrip Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Herbin Eclat de Saphir My link

COMPARISON : To Pilot kon-peki SWABS ONLY

COMPARISON : To Montblanc Royal Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Private Reserve American Blue My link

[freewheelingvagabond]

Yes, this is a favourite blue of mine.

[dnb]

Fantastic review, Sandy1. Thank you. This is the only ink I have ever stock piled, having bottles both here and at the office. The only other color at the office is red.

Sandy1, I don't understand what this means. Can you enlighten me, please?

"Some practitioners may wish to add the dew from a rose petal to 'open' VB ever so slightly."

Oh, and this is such a great color, I never even thought of the shading not being there until you mentioned it.

Edited November 28, 2010 by dnb

[Sandy1]

Fantastic review, Sandy1. Thank you. This is the only ink I have ever stock piled, having bottles both here and at the office. The only other color at the office is red.

Sandy1, I don't understand what this means. Can you enlighten me, please?

"Some practitioners may wish to add the dew from a rose petal to 'open' VB ever so slightly."

Oh, and this is such a great color, I never even thought of the shading not being there until you mentioned it.

Hi,

 

I certainly understand stockpiling of some inks. I think there was an unexpected rapid depletion of Visconti inks when the glass bottles were discontinued. I think that created an imbalance in the inventory of certain colours. i.e. Ink was bought for the bottle - not the colour.

 

If one uses a large amount of a certain ink, then it is just common sense to order / purchase perhaps a year's supply at one go.

 

Ah, to explain: Adding 'the dew from a rose petal' indicates a very small amount of sweet pure water.

So, for those without roses and dew, and the more realistically-inclined, distilled water may be used.

The amount added is enough to 'open' the ink: With such a fine ink, the subtle nuances that make it a fine ink can easily be lost when switching papers / pens - especially with writers of heavier flow, and more absorbent papers. The dilution reduces the effect of the surfactant in ink, hence slowing the flow-rate; and also reduces the amount of dye-stuff per unit of volume. Those two factors combined can have worthwhile benefits, and due to the strong performance profile of VB, penalties from dilution (e.g. water resistance) are likely to be taken in stride. YMMV of course.

 

I'm working on a series of samples to show some of the effects of dilution on an ink with some shortcomings. Unfortunately, this is an attempt to salvage the ink - not to tune an already exceptional ink like VB to keep its Look with different writers and papers.

 

And the thing about shading is odd - when writing I always imagine it has shading. But when reading, there is no shading.

 

Bye,

Sandy1

[dnb]

Thank you Sandy1, for your answer and, again, for your always exceptional ink reviews! Two thumbs up. Way up!

[dnb]

Another thing I just remembered about this color - it looks good with any nib.

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

The Visconti Blue is the fifth ink to be reviewed in the 'One of the Ten' (OOTT) group of Blue inks.

 

When complete, the intention is to have the OOTT inks reviewed in the same manner, and compared in the same manner to the maximum practical extent.

 

Hopefully the OOTT reviews and comparisons will assist practitioners in choosing their lynch-pin Blue/s, and avoid unintentional purchase of visually equivalent ink/s.

 

Also, the OOTT results should give common ground for claims, rumour and scuttlebutt to be discussed. Or be considered irrelevant, and so be ignored.

 

Bye,

Sandy1

 

COMPARISON : To Pilot asa-gao My link

COMPARISON : To Sheaffer Skrip Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Herbin Eclat de Saphir My link

COMPARISON : To Pilot kon-peki SWABS ONLY

COMPARISON : To Montblanc Royal Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Private Reserve American Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Diamine Imperial Blue https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/179439-comparison-visconti-blue-diamine-imperial-blue/page__gopid__1805023#entry1805023

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

The Visconti Blue is the fifth ink to be reviewed in the 'One of the Ten' (OOTT) group of Blue inks.

 

When complete, the intention is to have the OOTT inks reviewed in the same manner, and compared in the same manner to the maximum practical extent.

 

Hopefully the OOTT reviews and comparisons will assist practitioners in choosing their lynch-pin Blue/s, and avoid unintentional purchase of visually equivalent ink/s.

 

Also, the OOTT results should give common ground for claims, rumour and scuttlebutt to be discussed. Or be considered irrelevant, and so be ignored.

 

Bye,

Sandy1

 

COMPARISON : To Pilot asa-gao My link

COMPARISON : To Sheaffer Skrip Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Herbin Eclat de Saphir My link

COMPARISON : To Pilot kon-peki SWABS ONLY

COMPARISON : To Montblanc Royal Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Private Reserve American Blue My link

COMPARISON : To Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...23#entry1805023

COMPARISON : To Noodler's Ottoman Azure https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/179598-comparison-visconti-blue-noodlers-ottoman-azure/page__pid__1806509#entry1806509

[Sandy1]

OOTT Comparison to Waterman Florida Blue: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/187493-comparison-visconti-blue-waterman-florida-blue/page__view__findpost__p__1893139

[FlatCactus]

Can this ink be eradicated by an eradicator such as the Pelikan super pirat? I can seem to find much concrete information anywhere.

[Phormula]

I've seen that the Visconti plastic bottle has not received enthusiast opinions.

Here is my experience.

 

- The bottle and the cover aree of the same plastic used for the water bottles, can be recycled with them

- The bottle allows the use of ink up to the end, some pens can not be filled when the ink bottle is half empty.

- Being plastic softer than glass, any accidental contact between nib and bottle is unlikely to damage the nib.

- The filling operation is much cleaner, the key is to take the plastic cover, turn it upside down, put the bottle INSIDE and then fill the pen. The whole ensemble is very stable and any accidental drop will fall into the cover and not on the table.

 

My compliments to Visconti for such a wonderful design.

[Sandy1]

I've seen that the Visconti plastic bottle has not received enthusiast opinions.

Here is my experience.

 

- The bottle and the cover aree of the same plastic used for the water bottles, can be recycled with them

- The bottle allows the use of ink up to the end, some pens can not be filled when the ink bottle is half empty.

- Being plastic softer than glass, any accidental contact between nib and bottle is unlikely to damage the nib.

- The filling operation is much cleaner, the key is to take the plastic cover, turn it upside down, put the bottle INSIDE and then fill the pen. The whole ensemble is very stable and any accidental drop will fall into the cover and not on the table.

 

My compliments to Visconti for such a wonderful design.

Hi,

 

Many thanks for describing the upside to the Visconti plastic packaging - even though some Members prefer the previous ensemble of glass bottle + pasteboard box.

 

When filling a pen the upside down plastic cover should be placed on top of the Black plastic base, then the bottle should be placed inside the cover, and uncapped.

 

Aesthetics aside, I consider the key shortcoming of the current packaging is that the capsule lid does not have a latch or catch or other means to firmly attach it to the base.

 

Bye,

S1

[Sandy1]

HOUSEKEEPING

 

Hi,

 

Here's the link to the One Of The Ten Summary (OOTT), that includes more samples and additional links: LINK

 

I've also posted a Topic that summarises an additional ten Ink Reviews, with even more links, 11 2 20 Blue Inks: LINK

 

Bye,

S1

[amberleadavis]

Sandy1 -

Thank you for the wonderful (as always) review.

 

Visconti blue was one of the inks recommended to me as a BSB replacement if I were looking for low maintenance, high vibrancy. Of all the other inks I sampled, Visconti blue is still one of the brightest and most pleasing.

 

Thank you for the timely review of a long standing ink.

[georges zaslavsky]

very nice looks like amost MB Royale Blue