The 3 Most Intense Blue Inks (Other Than Bay State Blue)

January 11, 2015

My everyday blue is...
PR Electric DC Blue.

BSB keeps scaring me away, but I'm close to giving it a try.

Come to the bright side.

January 11, 2015

I enjoy Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao, Kon-Peki and Parker Penman Sapphire. Diamine Majestic Blue is a very powerful colour, but the other properties of the ink (drying time, and particularly its tendency to smear even when ostensibly dry and to come off the page onto ones' hands) put me off it despite the colour - my bottle has lain untouched for a couple of years.

January 11, 2015

I enjoy Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao, Kon-Peki and Parker Penman Sapphire. Diamine Majestic Blue is a very powerful colour, but the other properties of the ink (drying time, and particularly its tendency to smear even when ostensibly dry and to come off the page onto ones' hands) put me off it despite the colour - my bottle has lain untouched for a couple of years.

I was hoping that you'd have a marvelous new ink for me to try, and Majestic Blue was going to be it. But sadly, your description does not inspire me to run out and buy a bottle. Can it be saved by running the ink through a filter? Just wondering...

January 11, 2015

Anybody ever mix PR Electric DC Blue & Waterman South Seas blue?

January 11, 2015

I enjoy Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao, Kon-Peki and Parker Penman Sapphire. Diamine Majestic Blue is a very powerful colour, but the other properties of the ink (drying time, and particularly its tendency to smear even when ostensibly dry and to come off the page onto ones' hands) put me off it despite the colour - my bottle has lain untouched for a couple of years.

I must admit I really like Diamine Majestic Blue. Not as much as Parker Penman Sapphire, but close.

January 11, 2015

I enjoy Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao, Kon-Peki and Parker Penman Sapphire. Diamine Majestic Blue is a very powerful colour, but the other properties of the ink (drying time, and particularly its tendency to smear even when ostensibly dry and to come off the page onto ones' hands) put me off it despite the colour - my bottle has lain untouched for a couple of years.

Many inks behave this way when they are left too long in a pen and too much of the water evaporates. If you see that, it's time to flush and refill. Cap your ink bottles tightly. If an ink is consistently too concentrated, addition of a little distilled water may help.