Inky T O D - Color Swatches - Blue - Please Post Your Pictures And Tell Us Your Thoughts

November 24, 2018

A newish blue (purple-leaning), the lovely Monteverde Charoite. I understand the gemstone it is named after is more purple, but the ink looks pretty blue to me.

Just catching this thread and will like contibute soon. This color really caught my eye tho. Any other samples for comparison? It looks awesome.

November 26, 2018

I think the Charoite is quite lovely.

November 30, 2018

Love it too, there's definitely a hint of purple in there 😍

December 28, 2018

KWZ Walk Over Vistula. I had read about this ink here on FPN, but seeing it live at the San Francisco Pen Show this year made it a must-buy. My partner found it while spending time at the ink sampling tables.

Walk Over Vistula is a deep, saturated blue that runs slightly to teal. It sheens red/purple on Clairefontaine.

Edited December 28, 2018 by ErrantSmudge

December 30, 2018

Walk Over Vistula is an absolutely lovely shade, I'm enamored at first sight. Love the sheen too!

How does it perform on less than top quality papers? And how does it feel writing, dry or smooth?

December 31, 2018

Walk Over Vistula is an absolutely lovely shade, I'm enamored at first sight. Love the sheen too!
How does it perform on less than top quality papers? And how does it feel writing, dry or smooth?

I haven't really tested Walk Over Vistula on poorer quality papers yet. It was loaded in my Cross ATX, which is an extremely wet writer so it's hard to judge the ink on its own merits - though it does seem to be a somewhat wet ink. I decided a wet pen wasn't best to bring out the full character of this ink, since the pen puts so much ink down on the page and leaves a dark line without much opportunity for shading.

My Lamy 2000 (F nib) is just about out of Monteverde Horizon Blue, so I'll load Walk Over Vistula into it next and evaluate it for feel and performance.

Edited December 31, 2018 by ErrantSmudge

October 12, 2019

Some of my older (ish!) blues.

http://extras.ourpatioparty.com/files/3015/7066/7533/Blue_Ink_Tests_001-640p.jpg

August 22, 2020

Our wonderful Inky leader has asked me to post my photos from the "Into the Blues" thread (https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/348936-into-the-blues/) here as well.

1st line: Monteverde Sapphire Blue

2nd line: Monteverde Malibu Blue

3rd line: Akkerman Cerulean Blue

4th line: Stipula Calamo Deep Blue

5th line: Monteverde Horizon Blue

6th line: Monteverde Caribbean Blue

7th line: J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche

And some others:

WATERMAN SERENITY BLUE

An excellent, everyday ink

SAILOR MANYO YONAGI

Leans towards teal, but with a strong red sheen, moderately wet with excellent lubrication.

SAILOR MANYO SUMIRE

Another excellent sky blue, with nice sheen, excellent shading, wetness and lubrication. This is one of my current favorites.

Edited August 22, 2020 by 5Cavaliers

September 25, 2020

Diamine China Blue is quite sensitive to how 'wet' or 'dry' a pen/nib is, I reckon.

Same pen, same converter, same fill of ink, no fiddling with the nib or feed during that time, twelve hours apart:

I don't know why the pen/nib got wetter without further user intervention in the twelve or so hours between the two sessions, but something did "happen".

October 6, 2020

For the #50shadesofbluechallenge (link to the hashtag on Instagram), a challenge over at the German PenExchange forum for July & August 2020, I inked up all my pens with all the 50+ blue inks I have. The snapshots I still keep finding in my files (waiting to be posted, ahem) might also be of interest to some here. -- A quick search did not bring me to a dedicated review of this ink, so I just post here: Pilot-Namiki Blue Black (cartridges), just some pretty pictures.

I had this ink in a Pilot Parallel Pen with a 1.5 mm nib.