Battle Of The Inks - Doppelgänger Edition

[Cyber6]

My Rikyu-cha (both original & re-release) dries lighter than my Cigar (but not by very much) and the sheen is slightly different. They are very close though..

 

 

I will agree, I will also agree that unless you have them side by side, you wouldn't know.

[lgsoltek]

 

Dark Lilac and Pansy look close enough.

[migo984]

 

Dark Lilac and Pansy look close enough.

I'd like to see the Lamy next to Akkerman #15

[jmccarty3]

 

Dark Lilac and Pansy look close enough.

 

Does Pansy sheen like Dark Lilac? It appears from these swabs that it might.

[lgsoltek]

 

Does Pansy sheen like Dark Lilac? It appears from these swabs that it might.

 

 

Yes Pansy sheen a lot too, but it's a freaky green sheen, while Dark Lilac has a gold sheen.

[HalloweenHJB]

Not sure if anyone has compared Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-yake with de Atramentis Lachs (Salmon).

 

Not exact, but so very, very close.

 

[migo984]

Not sure if anyone has compared Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-yake with de Atramentis Lachs (Salmon).

 

Not exact, but so very, very close.

 

I haven't seen a swatch of that De A ink before. It looks like a good representation of salmon. I like it.

It looks a fair bit pinker than the Yu-yake on my screen. Is it a closer match in real life?

[HalloweenHJB]

Very close in real life, but you're right: Lachs is definitely more salmon looking (every so slightly more pink), while Yu-yake is every so slightly more orange.

[egglorru]

I apologize in advance for the quality and the collage nature of this comparison photo; my good camera is broken and I no longer have all of these samples to write on the same page, so I cut and pasted and adjusted as best I could.

 

Brands were written with a Speedball C3 dip nib to demonstrate saturation and ink names were written with a medium nib Schaeffer calligraphy kit fountain pen.

 

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j30/egglorru/ink%20matches_zps0u4yzssq.jpg

[Cyber6]

Falling in love with those new japanese inks.. KYO-NOOTO ???

 

Well here you have Yamabukiiro... looking very close to Rober Oster Green Olive...

 

 

You can find Robert Oster inks reasonable priced in:

 

- Europe: SAKURA

- Australia: PENSIVE Pens and his eBay site: Osteralia

- America: (coming to) Anderson Pens

 

 

 

 

Also.... there is a similarity to Iroshizuko Ina-Ho... below

 

Edited July 18, 2016 by Cyber6

[migo984]

Falling in love with those new japanese inks.. KYO-NOOTO ???

 

Well here you have Yamabukiiro... looking very close to Rober Oster Green Olive...

 

 

You can find Robert Oster inks reasonable priced in:

 

- Europe: SAKURA

- Australia: PENSIVE Pens and his eBay site: Osteralia

- America: (coming to) Anderson Pens

 

 

 

I have both of these too. They are fairly similar but my Oster is definitely more green than yours. Perhaps a batch issue? Their behaviours are very different. Both are good inks.

Bit of a shame about the second Oster price increase.

[Cyber6]

I have both of these too. They are fairly similar but my Oster is definitely more green than yours. Perhaps a batch issue? Their behaviours are very different. Both are good inks.

Bit of a shame about the second Oster price increase.

 

 

That's with natural light... if I take the pic with flash, they will look quite different. Same if I scan them.

 

 

C.

[visvamitra]

Hmmm, interesting Green Olive looks more saturated here but I had impression it was less saturated. I remember Green Olive as really light ink.

[Cyber6]

Hmmm, interesting Green Olive looks more saturated here but I had impression it was less saturated. I remember Green Olive as really light ink.

 

 

Your splash is dead on with my swab. The writing .. yeah, my pen is wetter that yours...

 

 

 

C.

[PaperQueen]

I'd like to see the Lamy next to Akkerman #15

 

Here you go (and yes, I realized after the fact I inadvertently called the Lamy "Dark Violet" instead of "Lilac"):

 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2016 by PaperQueen

[migo984]

Here you go (and yes, I realized after the fact I inadvertently called the Lamy "Dark Violet" instead of "Lilac"):

 

 

 

That's excellent, thank you :-)

They're more different than I thought. I prefer the Akkerman, although the Lamy is very pretty.

[egglorru]

As a dogged hunter of the perfect dusky purple, I can extend a bit further from the typical Diamine Damson vs J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune battle. Color corrected in PS for accuracy. I'd upload a scan as well but my scanner doesn't have a contrast setting - it just whitewashes the paper and makes everything "standard" purple.

 

Does anyone have one of the Franklin Cristoph purples? I'm dying to trade for a sample of one for comparison.

 

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j30/egglorru/Screen%20Shot%202016-07-24%20at%2010.26.38%20PM_zpshwntl8b4.png

[Ojo]

Any doppelgängers for Iroshizuku yama-budo?

[lgsoltek]

Any doppelgängers for Iroshizuku yama-budo?

Sailor Joyful-2 Ikaho Magenta is quite similar.

[Ojo]

Yeah, I can definitely see the resemblance! Thanks

 

Sailor Joyful-2 Ikaho Magenta is quite similar.