De Atramentis Mint Turquoise

[musicman123]

The lovely moderator of FPN, amberleadavis (I just call her Amber), let me borrow 2 loaner pens filled with some of her cool inks! One of the pens she sent was a Sheaffer Javelin (which I had to buy after this) filled with De Atramentis Mint Turquoise. It was not an ink I would have considered previously, but it is now high on my list for inks to get.

 

This review will follow my normal standard format for reviews, with pictures following a small blurb. The pictures were taken with an iPhone 6, back camera, in artificial lighting. Effort has been made to show the true color, but your milage may vary depending on your monitor. If you would like to see all my ink images, you are free to go to http://inkyreviews.tk/

 

Here is a preview of the ink.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Ink.jpg

 

I mentioned that this ink was in a Sheaffer Javelin. Amber had the nib custom ground by Art at http://artsnibs.com for $35. The pen is quite wet and lays a nice thick line.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Nib.jpg

 

The review was written on HP 32lb Premium Laser Paper, which can be found at Staples for the whooping price of $19.99, or on Amazon for $15.39. This is my new "standard" paper I will be using for all my reviews, writing, and comparisons. I still have a bit of HP 28lb, which is now discontinued, but I am going to be moving to this one now, as it is much better, IMO.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Paper.jpg

 

Here is the swab of the ink. It was pulled from my latest project, a crowd-sourced ink swab database found here http://inkymadness.tk/. This is my own swab that I am using here, but many other people's swabs of lots of inks can be found there! You are free to contribute your swabs as well by emailing them to me at admin@inkymadness.tk.

 

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The ink is very wet coming out of this nib and gives a good amount of lubrication. Since the nib is an italic, it does get caught on the paper from time to time, but it has nothing to do with the ink. There is a low amount of shading, staying a medium hue throughout. There is no spread, feathering, show through, or bleed through on this paper. The ink is highly saturated, and I have not experienced any problems with the ink so far. No clogs and no stains.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Characteristics.jpg

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Characterisitcs%202.jpg

 

The ink takes the same amount of time as other inks at roughly 17 seconds.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Dry%20Time.jpg

 

Here is a poorly drawn ghost to show how the ink looks with sketching, and coloring.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Ghost.jpg

 

I left the comparison section blank on the review form, but I will be showing swabs of similar inks here. This is a my new format that I am trying out for the comparisons. Tell me what you think. The swabs used here are from my latest project, a crowd-sourced ink swab database found here [http://inkymadness.tk/]. This is my own swab that I am using here, but many other people's swabs of lots of inks can be found there! You are free to contribute your swabs as well by emailing them to me at admin@inkymadness.tk.

Left to right. The images were stretched to fit in one row. Color was not altered.

1. De Atramentis Mint Turquoise (This ink)

2. Akkerman #24 Blue-Green

3. Diamine Green Black

4. Private Reserve Blue Suede

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Comparison.jpg

 

Here is a water test. The top grid had drops of water placed for 10 seconds, then vigorously wiped downwards. The bottom text did not receive any drops of water and was only wiped with in the same motion as the grid. The ink performed well on this test. There was quite a lot of lifting on the grid, but the line can still be visible. There was not much wet smear on the text. The ink is not

bulletproof and should not be used for documents.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Water.jpg

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Water%20After.jpg

 

Lastly, here is a scan of the review. Use the scan to read the rest of the review. I did not intend for it to show color accuracy. The pictures are the most accurate representation of the color.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/De%20Atramentis/Mint%20Turquoise/Scan.jpg

 

That's all folks! I would give this ink a 8/10. If you liked this review, stay tuned for more to come!

[visvamitra]

Meh.

[Cyber6]

Too green to call it Turquoise. Not my color.

 

 

C.