Picasso Blue Ink Review

[gwet432]

Hello!

 

I got this ink yesterday from the same store as the pen (Picasso 916, read the review here) and decided to do a review. It was cheap at 16 RON (3.5 Euros or $4.6)

 

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I like the colour (It's darker in reality). It's almost the same as the Parker Quink but flows better in the 916 (resulting in a darker, wetter line). It's erasable with an eradicator and not very water resistant. The dry time is acceptable. It has a faint odor, nothing unpleasant. i don't know how fade resistant it is. Overall I'm very satisfied with this ink.

Edited June 24, 2013 by gwet432

[rockydoggy]

I bought a couple of bottles of Picasso ink in black while in Beijing last summer and I wish I'd gotten more. At around $4 or 5 US, it was pricier than the other Chinese inks I picked up there. However, the ink's not bad and the bottle alone is easily worth the price. It's clearly knock-off of the Parker Penman ink bottle--complete with handy filling well--except that it's oval in shape where the Parker is round. Interestingly, the Picasso image on the cap of mine differs from this one; perhaps it depends on the color of the ink. One more note: the Picasso image on the top is covered with a raised, transparent plastic disk--vs. it's being simply a paper sticker that might peel off. This is easily the classiest presentation of a Chinese ink that I've encountered (with the now-hard-to-find Duke bottles coming in 2nd). In sum, these are great containers that I'll reuse after the original ink's gone.

[gwet432]

I bought a couple of bottles of Picasso ink in black while in Beijing last summer and I wish I'd gotten more. At around $4 or 5 US, it was pricier than the other Chinese inks I picked up there. However, the ink's not bad and the bottle alone is easily worth the price. It's clearly knock-off of the Parker Penman ink bottle--complete with handy filling well--except that it's oval in shape where the Parker is round. Interestingly, the Picasso image on the cap of mine differs from this one; perhaps it depends on the color of the ink. One more note: the Picasso image on the top is covered with a raised, transparent plastic disk--vs. it's being simply a paper sticker that might peel off. This is easily the classiest presentation of a Chinese ink that I've encountered (with the now-hard-to-find Duke bottles coming in 2nd). In sum, these are great containers that I'll reuse after the original ink's gone.

 

Yes the bottle is very nice. I think they might have changed their logo a bit, because the pen has the same logo on its box and on the cap aswell, so does the ink. It now has "PICASSO --1881-- picasso art collection" instead of picasso's signature.

[georges zaslavsky]

the bottle is very close in resemblance to the older bottles of Parker Penman. Thanks for the review

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for the review. I've looked at this bottle on ebay for a while now and just never pulled the trigger because I figured I wouldn't actually dig the ink. I appreciate you taking the time and effort for the review. Thank you Rocky for the update. The last time I saw the Duke bottles, was at Bertram's Ink well.

[Tom Kellie]

Picasso Blue Ink

2018 Bottle Design

[gwet432]

Back from the dead!

[Michael A]

I just opened a bottle of this ink that I bought several years ago in Shanghai. The blue is color is quite nice and the bottle is really nice to have on the desk.

[Tom Kellie]

I just opened a bottle of this ink that I bought several years ago in Shanghai. The blue is color is quite nice and the bottle is really nice to have on the desk.

 

~ Michael A.:

 

I'm very pleased to read this.

It's a respected ink here in China.

The blue color is pleasing.

The distinctive bottle adds a certain something to a writing desk.

Tom K.