Seitz-Kreuznach Pacific Blue

[lgsoltek]

(standard blue)

 

Seitz-Kreuznach Pacific Blue is a run-of-the-mill blue of medium saturation. It writes quite wet and smooth and has a subtle red sheen. It's slightly less purple than other royal blues. It's not particularly interesting.

 

Splash

Sample

(Rhodia)

(Tomoe River)

Comparison

[namrehsnoom]

Great presentation, but I agree, not an ink to get excited about. I myself am not keen on this type of blue... too boring looking.

[Tas]

It is blue though

[senzen]

Great review; I kinda like it.

[inkstainedruth]

Agreeing with pseudo88 on this one. It's not nearly as insipid as inks like Lamy Blue, and not purple-leaning like a lot of "royal" blues (Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue, I'm looking at you here...). It would be interesting to see a side by side with something like Iroshizuku Tsuyu-kusa (an ink that doesn't seem to get a lot of love around here compared to its more vibrant siblings Asa-gao (which I don't especially like, to be honest) and Kon-peki (which I love).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[senzen]

Agreeing with pseudo88 on this one. It's not nearly as insipid as inks like Lamy Blue, and not purple-leaning like a lot of "royal" blues (Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue, I'm looking at you here...). It would be interesting to see a side by side with something like Iroshizuku Tsuyu-kusa (an ink that doesn't seem to get a lot of love around here compared to its more vibrant siblings Asa-gao (which I don't especially like, to be honest) and Kon-peki (which I love).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Yes, that would be a very interesting comparison. I think there's a small posse of Tsuyu Kusa fans, I will mention Asa Gao and Kon Peki can indeed look spectacular, but they also depend very much on the pen... So much so I have the former in two pens, and the latter... In three! It only took me half a bottle of each to find the right combinations .

 

Coming back to Lgsoltek's excellent pictures, there seems to be a calmness, an assuredness in this Pacific Blue, as opposed to its flashier brethren. Or maybe I just had too much caffeine .

[Tas]

Coming back to Lgsoltek's excellent pictures, there seems to be a calmness, an assuredness in this Pacific Blue, as opposed to its flashier brethren. Or maybe I just had too much caffeine .

 

 

Yes it does feel calm.

[sanphoemo]

I like it a lot. Its a soft, palish, light blue and exactly what I was looking for some time ago.

As I am a bit older, with school begin in the sixties, there was only the normal blue like Pelikan 4001 for years and years. So, that's what I don't like anymore.

[mulrich]

There are a ton of great inks in this color so it's hard to really stand out. I had higher hopes after seeing the splash picture but the writing samples were pretty uninspiring. I'll consider this a good thing though because I won't be tempted to add another blue to my collection.

[sanphoemo]

Forgot to say that the writing colour is lighter than the pictures here. It is more like the lighter part (right side) of the ink swap (is that the right word?). Anyway, it's in the ink comparison at the end of the review.

[senzen]

Forgot to say that the writing colour is lighter than the pictures here. It is more like the lighter part (right side) of the ink swap (is that the right word?). Anyway, it's in the ink comparison at the end of the review.

 

Good info, that would make make it closer to J Herbin Myosotis for me, which unfortunately I eventually gave up on.

[lgsoltek]

 

Yes, that would be a very interesting comparison. I think there's a small posse of Tsuyu Kusa fans, I will mention Asa Gao and Kon Peki can indeed look spectacular, but they also depend very much on the pen... So much so I have the former in two pens, and the latter... In three! It only took me half a bottle of each to find the right combinations .

 

Coming back to Lgsoltek's excellent pictures, there seems to be a calmness, an assuredness in this Pacific Blue, as opposed to its flashier brethren. Or maybe I just had too much caffeine .

 

Well you could say it's... pacific.

[jmccarty3]

Count me in as a Tsuyu-kusa fan--a comparison with this ink would be interesting. Am I the only one seeing a hint of outlining with the larger nib sizes?

[inkstainedruth]

There seems to definitely be some in the written exemplar images -- as well as maybe a tiny bit of sheen.

Sigh. Like I really need more blue ink....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

While I agreee it is not exciting, it is a well priced and good performing ink.