Parker Penman Sapphire And Sailor Bungbox Sapphire

[sadiemagic]

I have been on a perennial search for a PPS replacement & have tried so many inks and recipes to duplicate it. Some are close, but not close enough. But I think my search is finally over!

 

Ordered a bottle of Sailor's BungBox Sapphire from VanNess and am running it in two pens. It is amazing! I have writing samples, as well as a small stash remaining of PPS, so I have compared them. Virtually indistinguishable.

 

The only thing missing is the occasional sheen, but I need to try it on better paper and in a wetter nib.

 

It was a pricey bottle, but worth it, to me.

 

Sadiemagic

[dcwaites]

As I have said elsewhere this morning, Noodler's Liberty's Elysium is also an excellent replacement for PPS.

[sadiemagic]

As I have said elsewhere this morning, Noodler's Liberty's Elysium is also an excellent replacement for PPS.

My own experience with Liberty's Elysium is that it has too much of a turquoise tint to be a replacement for PPS. I bought a bottle based upon someone's recommendation shortly after I joined FPN and read some of the threads about PPS replacements. I also mixed up your recipes, which I thought were closer to PPS than Liberty's Elysium. It's a really nice ink, but not the right color.

 

I haven't tried it in a F nib pen, so maybe it looks closer to PPS in those nibs. But for B nibs, or Japanese BB nibs, it reminds me more of Iro Kon-Peki or Diamine Asa Blue than PPS.

[amberleadavis]

Don't forget this thread:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/293633-the-super-duper-co-razy-parker-penman-sapphire-comparison-psp/

[sadiemagic]

Don't forget this thread:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/293633-the-super-duper-co-razy-parker-penman-sapphire-comparison-psp/

OMG, 21 pages!

 

Are you still looking for samples or is the 'winner' NLE? (I have Liberty's Elysium and in my pens it looks to me too turquoise to match PPS) I always felt PRAB was pretty close. I will look through the 21 pages later when I have more time to see if anyone did Sailor's Bungbox Sapphire. I still have 2.5 bottles of PPS left, so I use it sparingly and was using PRAB mixed with PRDCSSB (5:1 ratio) as a stand-in. But not bothering anymore, am really liking Bungbox Sapphire as a replacement.

[amberleadavis]

Yes, we have some more coming so we'd love some written samples. Right now, you can participate in either part - you can write pages with the Bung Box or the PPS and then I'll send them off to other people.

[sadiemagic]

Yes, we have some more coming so we'd love some written samples. Right now, you can participate in either part - you can write pages with the Bung Box or the PPS and then I'll send them off to other people.

OK! I will send both PPS and Bung Box. Will use the same pen, too, to help standardize things.