Pelikan Edelstein Onyx

[Mafia Geek]

Here's my review of Pelikan's Edelstein Onyx ink. All in all not a bad ink, can't say it's my favorite and I don't know if I'd be willing to pay the premium for the ink, but I can see why some people might.

 

 

Here's my water resistance test. For this I wrote on a small Rhodia pad and after letting the ink dry for several minutes soaked it in water for several seconds.

 

[The Good Captain]

Good review. When I've wanted to use a black, the Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black has done it for me. Similar sort-of water resistance too. I've only the one Edelstein ink the Tanzarite. That's a great blue-black and keeps its blue a bit better than my favourite 4001. However, I'll not be getting any more of the more expensive range just yet.

[georges zaslavsky]

Interesting ink from Pelikan, thanks for sharing

[nervium]

i still prefer montblanc mystery black.

[FPFan]

When using black I prefer to use a nono-carbon ink, so in my eyes, this looks like a wonderful GRAY ink.

[Mercian]

I admit that I'm re-animating a rather old thread here but...

 

I recently ran some Edelstein Onyx through my 1954 Pelikan 400.

That pen is very 'wet'-writing - far more so than my modern (1990s-onwards) Pelikans are. It makes lots of inks feather and spread on lots of papers. And e.g. it lays down Pelikan 4001 Blue-black 'wetly'-enough that it makes that ink oxidize to fully black.

Anyway, on Rhodia, Oxford Optik, and Clairefontaine papers, Edelstein Onyx comes out of my 400 as a very dark, somewhat shiny-on-the-page, solid black ink, and it still has good narrow lines.

That 'shininess' makes it appear to be more-black than my Sailor Kiwa Guro 'nano'-particle carbon black does.

[Penguincollector]

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[Lithium466]

Interesting, thank you both.