Ink Comparison From 15+ Years Ago

[NeverTapOut]

On 1/15/2017 at 6:34 PM, ErrantSmudge said:

@bleair - Your questions are interesting ones.

 

It turns out I saved some pages of the exact same paper I made the samples on so long ago. So I made some new samples, with pens that are currently inked with the same colors. I've included them below.

 

I'm not sure I can answer your question definitively for Sheaffer Blue. I have some cartridges that date back to then, but the ink inside the cartridge has evaporated somewhat. And I gather the modern-day formulation for this ink has changed since then. I would say the Sheaffer Blue has faded somewhat, but how much I cannot say.

 

@Old_Inkyhand - the "Herbin Orange" in the sample is indeed Orange Indien. I still have the same bottle of Waterman Blue-Black, so I may likely do another followup with more new writing samples from the same bottles.

 

Aurora Blue (still from the same bottle, now almost empty)

 

Lamy Blue (2017 sample from a recently purchased cartridge)

 

Lamy Turquoise (from the same bottle I had back then, but I also used this in cartridge BITD so not certain it's the same ink. Still, to my eyes there's no discernable change between then and now).

I was just going comment on Aurora Blue...It looks the same as if it was just written today Do you think the 2017 writing is slightly darker because of evaporation?

Regards,

David

[ErrantSmudge]

12 hours ago, NeverTapOut said:

I was just going comment on Aurora Blue...It looks the same as if it was just written today Do you think the 2017 writing is slightly darker because of evaporation?

 

That's entirely possible, because I have had that same bottle (now finally emptied) the whole time.   But looking now at the samples I posted, it could also be that the 2017 pen is simply a wetter writer than the one used for the circa-2001 sample - unfortunately I didn't note what pens were used.