EFNIR: Sheaffer Skrip Blue/Black

[Sailor Kenshin]

13 hours ago, LizEF said:

Wow.  That's the color I wanted!  Really wonder about bottle vs cartridge now.  Thanks for doing these.

You're welcome!  
 

Another annoyance about the conical bottles: I found where the color designation was hidden (in print I so teeny can no longer read it, on the back label).  
 

But more recent bottles leave off the back label altogether.  Skrip Green is so blue I can't tell it from their Turquoise.

[LizEF]

6 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

I have been meaning to do the following demonstration and this gave me a good excuse.

Thank you!  How bizarre that you and I get this "old fashioned" tealish color while others get a more modern version of blue-black...  Really appreciate the additional comparisons.

[InesF]

Hi @LizEF, thank you for the review and for creating a THnek with character!

I'm looking forward to read about what will happen when "... until you hide" comes into effect!? 🤔

 

The colour of the ink looks nice from the zoomed image, but doesn't appeal from photo or scan.

The microscopy image from the glass slide is almost not to interpret. During drying the ink film seems to have stronger adhered to itself than to the glass surface (high surface tension ink). The "stars" look like minerals, maybe added for pH buffering.

[LizEF]

3 minutes ago, InesF said:

Hi @LizEF, thank you for the review and for creating a THnek with character!

I'm looking forward to read about what will happen when "... until you hide" comes into effect!? 🤔

  You're very welcome.

 

5 minutes ago, InesF said:

The colour of the ink looks nice from the zoomed image, but doesn't appeal from photo or scan.

At this point, I don't think there's any predicting what color anyone will perceive when using this ink!  It's a genuine mystery.

 

5 minutes ago, InesF said:

The microscopy image from the glass slide is almost not to interpret. During drying the ink film seems to have stronger adhered to itself than to the glass surface (high surface tension ink). The "stars" look like minerals, maybe added for pH buffering.

[mizgeorge]

So I remembered I had a box of Sheaffer calligraphy pens that came with a job lot of books I bought, and of course there were two unopened packs of b/b cartridges in there, so I had to try one.

 

I really do rather like the colour, but I can definitely see some green in there. I must do a chroma later on.

 

[LizEF]

2 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

 

Hmm. Less green than mine, but not as BB as some online images.   Thanks for taking the time, @mizgeorge!

[Sailor Kenshin]

I found This site.

 

Its swab of Skrip BB shows a TON of green.

[PithyProlix]

34 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I found This site.

 

Its swab of Skrip BB shows a TON of green.

 

Also take a look at the Skrip BB images from Vanness, Fountainfeder, and The Harmless Dilettante's blog (2009).

[LizEF]

Thanks, @Sailor Kenshin and @PithyProlix!