Cross Blue

[akszugor]

Manufacturer: Cross
Series, colour: Blue
Pen: Waterman Hemisphere „F”
Paper: Image Volume (gramatura 80 g / m²)

Specifications:
Flow rate: good
Lubrication: good
Bleed through: possible point
Shading: noticeable
Feathering: unnoticeable
Saturation: good

A drop of ink smeared with a nib


The ink smudged with a cotton pad


Lines


Water resistance


Ink drying time


Ink drops on a handkerchief


Chromatography


Sample text in an Image Volume (gramatura 80 g / m2)


Sample text in an Oxford notebook A5 (90 g / m2)


Sample letters in a Rhodia notebook No 16 (90 g / m2)


Sample letters in a Clairefontaine (gramatura 120 g / m2)


Palette of shades

[yazeh]

Quite pale... but like your creativity

[A Smug Dill]

Thanks for the review. Hmmm, my very old bottle of Cross blue ink comes out nothing like this on paper! Maybe the formulation or supplier has changed without the ink being rebranded in the meantime.

[inkstainedruth]

I agree with yazeh -- the color is awfully pale and washed out. Not for me, I think. But thanks for the review, askzugor.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[corniche]

Thanks for the review. Hmmm, my very old bottle of Cross blue ink comes out nothing like this on paper! Maybe the formulation or supplier has changed without the ink being rebranded in the meantime.

Hi Smug,

 

They did. Pelikan used to make Cross inks; I can't recall who makes them now.

 

 

- Sean

[A Smug Dill]

They did. Pelikan used to make Cross inks;

 

 

You're right, of course. My bottle of Cross blue ink is shaped exactly like my old bottle of Pelikan 4001.

[senzen]

Thanks akszugor!