Ebony Green - Private Reserve

[Bjeweled]

After reading some reviews I returned the ebony green and brown Private reserve but kept the ebony purple – because the seller was not going to return the price. Does anyone have any experience with the Ebony purple?

I am very new to fountain pen writing and at the age of 70 I decided to start enjoying writing again. I just purchased J.Herbin Pearl noire, Diamine Syrah, Noodlers Antietam, apache sunrise, De Atramentis, Diamine oxblood, J. Herbin emerald, and small sets of Pilot Iroshizuku...and Parker blue. Yes, a lot of ink but I love color and want to journal, So I went overboard. I would love to know if any of these inks could be damaging to my pens. I've been reading a lot about Noodler and private reserve inks being somewhat caustic to pen nibs and feeds. I'm very ocd about taking care of my pens. And I'm not that knowledgeable as to how to take apart the nibs And feeds and would hope that what I have researched and purchased will not cause issue. I'm afraid actually to pull too hard on some of the pans because I don't think the name assembly comes out that easily. I would appreciate any advice. I really enjoyed reading some of the comments that are made on the siite because they are informed and helpful.

[OCArt]

Private Reserve Ebony Purple is one of my favorite inks. It is a lovely dark color-- think a dark eggplant-- and very saturated. I treat it as a black ink with added character. I have the ebony green too but it doesn't hit me the way the purple one does. In my opinion the inks you mentioned should not damage your pens but all modern highly saturated inks require prolonged flushing to clean out; as I'm sure you know.

[inkotheque]

I'll give this ink a try. I'm still in the quest for finding "my green" and till now I'm quite happy with Diamine Sherwood Green. But your review (thank you!) is basically asking for giving PR Ebony Green a chance .

[amberleadavis]

I love the Ebony Purple. I still haven't acquired the Ebony green.

[Bjeweled]

Dear inky ! En-Abe- Lawyer

I was searching through some discussion of cursive italics, stub and italics information and found your thoughtful definition of what I needed to make some decisions. I would really like to read more of your posts because they are thoughtful, erudite, and articulate. I'm not clear as to how I might access more of your posts and would appreciated it if you would let me know how to do that. Over and above a lot of ink, with various spectacular hues,I have also purchased quite a few pens: 2 platinum 3776 century, 2 Parker urbans, 2Faber Castel looms, Nemosine singularity, Jinhao 450, 750, Twsbi eco, and I am thinking of a Lamy Nexx. In the forum relating to different nibs and their attributes, I listed the pens that I had purchased and asked if a stub 1.1 nib from Goulet.com would fit those pens. To double dip, I like to ask similar ?s. in that forum: Will a stub 1.1 nib give me some line variation more than say a fine nib or a medium nib? Are the Goulet nibs, size 6, good quality?would you know of any pens that would be better for people with arthritis or muscle damage in their hands? And, other than Amazon are there other sites on the web where I can purchase pens at a reasonable price that can be trusted, and have a good return policy. I live in an area where one has to purchase fountain pens online because there are no stores that sell them. I know Lotta questions! But I know a resource who is trustworthy when I read one. Regards, BARBARA

[amberleadavis]

Dear Barbara, thank you for your lovely response. Now, let me see if I can be helpful. you can read my posts by hovering over my name and then clicking the "Find Content" button that will be under my FPN user name: amberleadavis.

 

You have acquired some wonderful pens. I don't know enough about nibs to tell you which nibs and pens you can interchange, but some of the nibs and tines threads have great information.

 

As for pens, please consider trying the TWSBI and Esterbrook loaner programs. I will send you a PM shortly and we can send some letters.

 

Barbara, here is a quick review of some differences in nib sizes in use.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Pens/How_To/slides/Broad_Nibs.jpg

[Bjeweled]

I love that quote: my sons a lawyer and I'm going to send him that quote. Thank you for the time you're spending showing me some of the nib attributes. It's about three in the morning here and I think I had better respond when I'm more awake.

[mhguda]

After reading some reviews I returned the ebony green and brown Private reserve but kept the ebony purple – because the seller was not going to return the price. Does anyone have any experience with the Ebony purple?

I am very new to fountain pen writing and at the age of 70 I decided to start enjoying writing again. I just purchased J.Herbin Pearl noire, Diamine Syrah, Noodlers Antietam, apache sunrise, De Atramentis, Diamine oxblood, J. Herbin emerald, and small sets of Pilot Iroshizuku...and Parker blue. Yes, a lot of ink but I love color and want to journal, So I went overboard. I would love to know if any of these inks could be damaging to my pens. I've been reading a lot about Noodler and private reserve inks being somewhat caustic to pen nibs and feeds. I'm very ocd about taking care of my pens. And I'm not that knowledgeable as to how to take apart the nibs And feeds and would hope that what I have researched and purchased will not cause issue. I'm afraid actually to pull too hard on some of the pans because I don't think the name assembly comes out that easily. I would appreciate any advice. I really enjoyed reading some of the comments that are made on the siite because they are informed and helpful.

I have some PR inks and like them very much, but you're right they are SATURATED! and so, what I do with some of them, the Ebony blue and Ebony purple among them: I make them less saturated. With those two, an equal amount of water did the trick for me: the ink is still very lovely and dark, but no longer so smudgy and it will write after my pens sit idle for weeks (too many of them inked, what can I do?). I've even made a mix of the two diluted Ebonys; I call it Ebony blurple.

I don't have the green, but visvamitra's reviews are always so great, it really helps to see him put an ink through its paces. Sometimes it makes me decide to get an ink - and sometimes it shows why it's better to stay away... I'm undecided about this one, but it's given me some ideas about mixing...

[DrDebG]

Thanks Vis! Not my color, though.

[Tweel]

I have some PR inks and like them very much, but you're right they are SATURATED!

 

I like Ebony Green, but found I have to dilute it somewhat or it comes off as black. Not too much, though, or it turns into a generic cool green.

[Bjeweled]

Blurple! Contact PR offer them the color and live off the royalties. Can I combine other companies colors? My private reserve say with a Noodler color... because I don't know how the combination might work ... I wouldn't want the change to be something that might hurt my pens. Any thoughts?

[mhguda]

Ha ha, nice dream, if only...

I think you might well be able to combine different ink maker's colors, but whatever experiment you do, try it first in a small vessel, so that if it does go wrong, the amount of ink that you lose is not a big deal... and also, the resulting mess manageable. My mixture of Parker Quink blue and Diamine Sargasso Sea would be one example of a successful mix, another is Noodler's 54th Massachusetts and Waterman intense black... they work nicely.

But there are also many tales of mixtures that go wrong... there are threads on here dedicated to that. Look around the ink forums...