Is Waterman Serenity Blue and Parker Blue Quink the same ink ?

[RJS]

52 minutes ago, bunnspecial said:

 

I admire the efforts you have gone to here! One question: to clarify, in the photo above, is all the writing done with the same pen? I don't suppose you'd be kind enough to provide a little writing comparison, please? 

[bunnspecial]

Sorry, I realize my comments were a bit scattered.

 

These bottles, and their respective boxes where I have them, are arranged roughly in the order as they appear down the page.

 

Down the left side-Quink Washable Royal Blue with SolvX, Quink Blue "For sale in India/Nepal"(March 2020 manufacture stamped)

 

Down the right side-Waterman Serenity Blue, Quink Washable Blue Cartridges, Waterman Mysterious Blue(Blue-Black), and Quink Blue-Black.

 

All of the "new" bottles on the right side were purchased in late 2020. The Bottles came from Amazon, and the cartridges from a local Office Max.

 

[bunnspecial]

13 minutes ago, RJS said:

I admire the efforts you have gone to here! One question: to clarify, in the photo above, is all the writing done with the same pen? I don't suppose you'd be kind enough to provide a little writing comparison, please? 

 

The swabs are all simply swaps-cotton swabs dipped in the ink and drug across the paper.

 

The writing was done with a Parker 61 with one of the pictured "Washable" Quink Blue cartridges.

[bunnspecial]

22 minutes ago, Paganini said:

 

Yeah, my head is spinning!

 

@bunnspecial, I believe those "for sale in India / Nepal only" bottles are made by Luxor. As I understand it, they're licensed by Parker, but are not manufactured (maybe brewed is better? after all, this is ink!) in France. It seems totally plausible that they would still be using an older recipe.  

 

 

That would actually make sense that it's an older formula. It has the same sort of smell as the Solv-X Royal Blue, although it's what I'd call the richest blue of the ones here. I'm wondering if it's the old SolvX Permanent Blue.

 

I have one of those lovely round ridged 4oz. "Permanent Royal Blue with SolvX" bottles on the way from Ebay, so I'll be interested in comparing it.

[TSherbs]

Thanks, bunnspecial