Blackstone Daintree Green

[lgsoltek]

My last review of 2016. Happy new year everyone!

 

I like Blackstone inks. They don't have a wide range of inks but they are generally well behaved. They all write very wet and smooth (sometimes maybe slightly too wet). I enjoy their uniform quality. Not many brands can make their inks with the same good behaviour. Some brands are more of a hit-or-miss.

 

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http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2016_2_Ink/12-December/slides/2016-12-24_Ink_025.jpg

 

[visvamitra]

It's decent green ink. Alas, not a murky one

Edited December 31, 2016 by visvamitra

[Cyber6]

It's decent green ink. Alas, not a murky one

 

 

Exactly!!... So not in my top green inks... I do love Blackstone inks... but I do need more murkiness in my greens...

 

Lovely review LG... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 

 

C.

[dcwaites]

Ahh, but the Daintree Rainforest is not a murky forest (been there, done that!). It has this lovely dappled light shining through the trees.

I found this ink to be a perfect representation of the greens you see there, especially with a less wet pen and paper that can show lots of shading.

I have this lovely memory of being woken up by a cacophony of birds cavorting* over their early morning breakfast in the undergrowth.

 

 

 

* They may not have been cavorting, they may have actually been squabbling...

[DrDebG]

Great review! I like this color.

[MCN]

I recently discovered this ink via the Andersons and it has quickly become one of my new favorite greens.

[amberleadavis]

Thank you, LG, I love this ink.

[lgsoltek]

Eww, I've just found out this ink turned goo in the pen!

[amberleadavis]

AH! That's surfactants at work. Shake it and it will "ungel" and return to ink.

[lgsoltek]

AH! That's surfactants at work. Shake it and it will "ungel" and return to ink.

Oh, good to know. (I've cleaned it out anyway.) I checked the bottle and it's fine.

[Clumsy_Penman]

I have seen your video...elsewhere....looks odd. But I agree with amberleadavis. Shake it vigorously. But I still thing that it should not happen.

[dcwaites]

Eww, I've just found out this ink turned goo in the pen!

 

 

AH! That's surfactants at work. Shake it and it will "ungel" and return to ink.

 

 

Discussed here

[lgsoltek]

That's good to hear. I'm glad it's not SITB.

Actually I filled my pen with a Sailor ink right afterwards hoping the phenol may help disinfect the pen.