Akkerman Inks From The Netherlands

[ethernautrix]

I needs me one of these bottles! I mean, inks. One of these inks.

 

 

 

(What a way cool bottle!)

[foxtail1]

Professor Plume's images have me salivating. Purple and orange are two of my favorite ink colors. Now, if only I had her handwriting....

[Rhincodon]

Whoaaa, that green is just fascinating!! And so is the orange. These look amazing, thank you for the photos!

[ClassicHippie]

What is the total cost per bottle shipped to the US? These are beautiful inks!

[KCat]

Thanks, Professor Plume. I'm really impressed with the color samples that have been shown so far. Now I wish that I had ordered more colors!

 

That is a beautiful orange. Thanks Professor!

 

Stunning orange.

[inky]

UPDATED

 

Please post reviews for the rest of us that are lusting after some of these inks.

 

1 Passage Blauw

2 Residentie Blauw

3 Akkerman Blauw-------Sam Capote, epo, rockspyder

4 Nassaus Blauw

5 Shocking Blue------REVIEW----WOBentley, Thoppen, Sam Capote, geoduc, Jimothy, MiamiArchStudent

6 Binnenhof Blues-------geoduc

7 KoninginneNach-Blauw

8 Diep-Duinwaterblauw------mac47

9 Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indigo-----SamCapote, epo

10 Akkerman IJzer-Galnoten blzw-----WOBentley

11 Treves-Turquoise-----REVIEW---Thoppen

12 Mauritshuis Magenta

13 Simplisties Violet------SCAN---Professor Plume, Jimothy

14 Parkpop Purper------ mac47

15 Voorhout Violet

16 Oranje Boven------SCAN---epo, Professor Plume, Jimothy

17 Staten-Generaal Rood-----geoduc

18 Garuda Rood----------WOBentley, MiamiArchStudent, mac47

19 Rood Haags pluche

20 Pulchri Pink

21 China Town Red

22 Hopjesbruin

23 Bekakt Haags----------WOBentley, rockspyder

24 Zuiderpark Blauw-Groen

25 Denneweg Groen

26 Groenmarkt Smaragd

27 Bezuidemwoudgroen--------WOBentley

28 Hofkwartier Groen-----SCAN---Professor Plume

29 Holviver Grijs

30 Het Zwarte Pad------rockspyder

 

Dark Blue------BlueKnight

 

Reviews are here https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/160612-index-of-ink-reviews/

Scans are in this thread.

[drifting]

@ Prof. Plume: those colours are stunning! Thanks for the photos!

 

@ texaspenman: I think I missed this comment the first time through. Any further development?

 

For anyone interested, I'll be bringing out a product similar to this bottle within the next few months. This weekend the first prototype will be made. I'll let you know how things go!

[mac47]

What is the total cost per bottle shipped to the US? These are beautiful inks!

 

I paid over $113 for three bottles. Not a great bargain, but I'm a sucker for a pretty bottle. (I won't buy Noodlers anymore after trying one, not only because it wasn't good in my pen, but also because the bottles are humdrum.)

[coldman]

$113 for 3x150 ml works out to $12.56 per 50 ml. That's not an unreasonable price per volume, particularly not if it includes shipping.

 

 

ETA: Of course, if you don't expect to ever use 50 ml of the ink (could easily happen if you have many bottles of ink) this calculation isn't relevant.

Edited March 18, 2011 by coldman

[Halden]

I recently received a letter written with Oranje and Violet, both colours were very nice.

[mac47]

Compare to $15 or so for an 80 ml bottle of Diamine from my local shop, and yeah, I guess it's not too bad. I don't own a lot of ink, so the addition of the purple and the unusual blue will do me for a while.

[geoduc]

My bottles showed up today. It took ten days to ship from the Netherlands to the west coast of the U.S.

 

Here's a scan of the first one loaded; I'll add the others as I get a chance.

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5538098233_b934f9f57d_b.jpg

 

Initial impressions are that it is beautiful color with good lubrication and a nice flow on good paper. On cheap paper, it feathers and bleeds (at least with this pen). I'll gain some experience with different pens and a variety of papers, and then will post a full review.

[Aimsport]

My bottles showed up today. It took ten days to ship from the Netherlands to the west coast of the U.S.

 

Here's a scan of the first one loaded; I'll add the others as I get a chance.

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5538098233_b934f9f57d_b.jpg

 

Initial impressions are that it is beautiful color with good lubrication and a nice flow on good paper. On cheap paper, it feathers and bleeds (at least with this pen). I'll gain some experience with different pens and a variety of papers, and then will post a full review.

 

How does it look compared to Baystate Blue... because Baystate Blue looks kinda purplish until it dries... hmmmm.

[saintsimon]

My bottles showed up today. It took ten days to ship from the Netherlands to the west coast of the U.S.

 

Here's a scan of the first one loaded; I'll add the others as I get a chance.

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5538098233_b934f9f57d_b.jpg

 

Initial impressions are that it is beautiful color with good lubrication and a nice flow on good paper. On cheap paper, it feathers and bleeds (at least with this pen). I'll gain some experience with different pens and a variety of papers, and then will post a full review.

 

So this could possibly be Diamine Sapphire Blue in with an Akkerman name.

[geoduc]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5538098233_b934f9f57d_m.jpg

 

 

So this could possibly be Diamine Sapphire Blue in with an Akkerman name.

 

It could be. I like Diamine inks so that wouldn't be particularly upsetting.

 

I'll have to get a sample of Sapphire Blue the next time I place an order with Pear Tree or Goulet Pens and do a direct comparison.

[saintsimon]

...

So this could possibly be Diamine Sapphire Blue in with an Akkerman name.

 

It could be. I like Diamine inks so that wouldn't be particularly upsetting.

 

I'll have to get a sample of Sapphire Blue the next time I place an order with Pear Tree or Goulet Pens and do a direct comparison.

 

 

Oh, it shouldn't be upsetting. Diamine is good stuff. I'm among those who believe Diamine is the most likely manufacturer of Akkerman's inks. The only questions for me are: which is which? And are there some Akkerman exclusive colours among them?

 

Slowly, review by review and picture by picture, we can try to match the colours.

 

 

[geoduc]

...

So this could possibly be Diamine Sapphire Blue in with an Akkerman name.

 

It could be. I like Diamine inks so that wouldn't be particularly upsetting.

 

I'll have to get a sample of Sapphire Blue the next time I place an order with Pear Tree or Goulet Pens and do a direct comparison.

 

 

Oh, it shouldn't be upsetting. Diamine is good stuff. I'm among those who believe Diamine is the most likely manufacturer of Akkerman's inks. The only questions for me are: which is which? And are there some Akkerman exclusive colours among them?

 

Slowly, review by review and picture by picture, we can try to match the colours.

 

 

 

I suspect that you're right about Diamine being the manufacturer. Shocking Blue is among the bottles I purchased and that one looks like Diamine Majestic Blue. I still have a small amount of Majestic Blue around here somewhere and so can put up side by side scans in the next couple of days.

[Scriptorium Pens]

Akkerman Bekakt Haags is remarkably similar to Diamine Chocolate Brown, and Akkerman Voorhout Violet is similar to Diamine Damson, but they are not exactly the same. It could just be the different pens I'm using, but in both cases the Akkerman inks are darker.

 

I just posted some comparison images here: Comparisons - Akkerman vs. Diamine Brown & Violet

Edited March 19, 2011 by Tortoise

[Professor Plume]

I thought I'd post a photo of a quick ink sample comparing Akkerman's Oranje Boven with the Diamine oranges. There has been some discussion about this and this photo really doesn't depict it effectively, but these inks clearly have their subtle differences.

[saintsimon]

I thought I'd post a photo of a quick ink sample comparing Akkerman's Oranje Boven with the Diamine oranges. There has been some discussion about this and this photo really doesn't depict it effectively, but these inks clearly have their subtle differences.

 

Now I would expect the Dutch to be picky about their royal colour. Akkerman can't come forward with something washed out or without dignity, since they are purveyors to the court now and the ink might end up on the shopping list of Queen Beatrix herself. She was "Prinses van Oranje" as heir to the throne of a dynasty which has roots in the Principality of Orange.