Octopus Write and Draw - Violet Giraffe

[yazeh]

 

Octopus Write and Draw - Violet Giraffe

This belongs to Write and Draw line of nano-pigment inks. They are waterproof, light fast, and ISO certified. 

The complete line up the 38 inks are here:

https://www.octopus-office.de/shop/e...colours?c=4671

 

I really enjoyed using this, elegant, classy ink. It’s a gorgeous purple, very well lubricated, especially pleasant to write with. 

 

However, it does not like copy paper. I went as far as inking a wet vintage pen and regretted it, as the amount of ink it spewed out made it impossible to control the pen, so I won’t recommend you filling your Pelikan “firehose” with a triple B nib 😜

 

Octopus has a host of warning on their site. 

ttps://www.octopus-office.de/info/en/write-draw-ink/

 

So as a test, I let it dry up a bit in my Lamy Safari, basically forgetting it for a week or so, letting evaporation do its thing. Still the cleaning was surprisingly easy.

 

I was disappointed when I did the water test. The ink is water resistant but lost a bit of it's charm.

 

In conclusion, I would recommend this ink for a well sealed, dry-ish pen.

 

 

Chroma is uninspiring:

 

Writing samples:

 

 

This ink is a snob. It does not like copy paper.

Photo:

 

 I have no ink that remotely approaches this one:

 

Water test: I was surprised/ disappointed by the result as you can see the ink was partially removed under running water.

and finally a tiny art work, General Giraffe:

The other ink is J Herbin, Ambre de Birmanie:

 

· Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B/Stub 1.1), Conway Stewart 330 double oblique flex (very wet)

· What I liked: Elegant, classy colour, breathtaking will almost all nibs, 

· What I did not like: Not 100% waterproof, not a deal breaker, but I was expecting more from a pigment ink, longish dry times.

· What some might not like: Longish dry times, hates copy paper…

· Shading: Medium onwards

· Ghosting: Yes, on copy paper

· Bleed through: Yes, on copy paper

· Flow Rate: Wet

· Lubrication: Excellent.

· Nib Dry-out: Not noticed. 

· Start-up: Not noticed.

· Saturation: Delicious.

· Shading Potential: I can’t see much.

· Sheen: Faint with the very wet nib.

· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Yes, on copy paper.

· Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not noticed.

· Staining (pen): No. 

· Clogging: No. 

· Cleaning: No. 

· Water resistance: Very good but the excess ink washed off.

· Availability: 50 ml

 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier  

 

 

 

 

[lapis]

Hmm... yet another puzzler.... I like the colour but what does it have to do with a giraffe? Sorta reminds me (at least a bit) of D's Eclipse. And that's the best thing about it. A black and/or grey but with "something else" in it....

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, lapis said:

Hmm... yet another puzzler.... I like the colour but what does it have to do with a giraffe?

I don't know. I guess it's a marketing gimmick. All their line is aimed as such 😄

1 hour ago, lapis said:

 

Sorta reminds me (at least a bit) of D's Eclipse. And that's the best thing about it. A black and/or grey but with "something else" in it....

Yes. It's a dusky, dark classy purple😊

[LizEF]

6 hours ago, yazeh said:

gorgeous purple, very well lubricated

That's an unusual combination, so you've found a winner right there!

 

Thank you for sharing the ink with us.  It's so dark - looks even darker than Chushu.  But perhaps a little more purple than Colorverse Vortex Motion (which you wouldn't know was purple without dilution or chroma).

 

As always, love the drawings - Mr. Mouse with his heli-umbrella makes the water test drawing! And General Giraffe is looking quite distinguished in his bow tie!

[yazeh]

54 minutes ago, LizEF said:

That's an unusual combination, so you've found a winner right there!

It is, isn't it? 😊

54 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Thank you for sharing the ink with us.  It's so dark - looks even darker than Chushu.  But perhaps a little more purple than Colorverse Vortex Motion (which you wouldn't know was purple without dilution or chroma).

This one needs M or wet F to appreciate the colour 👍

54 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

As always, love the drawings - Mr. Mouse with his heli-umbrella makes the water test drawing! And General Giraffe is looking quite distinguished in his bow tie!

Thanks. The original sketch, which is still in draft form, was more complex, and a combination of both drawings, but I went for the simple version 😊

[amberleadavis]

Looks great.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, amberleadavis said:

Looks great.

🙏

[InesF]

Thank you, @yazeh, for the comprehensive ink review and for the "ever-dry" giraffe!  

If I wouldn't own already six (or seven or eight or more?) other ink bottles of quite similar colour, this Violett Giraffe would be an instant buy. Lucky me, that I started to collect and use mid-range to intense grey-violet inks already some years ago ...

 

Your General Giraffe identifies by its strict sight. Nevertheless, at first I thought it is a gardener giraffe!   Maybe it is a General in retirement that started recently with horticulture? 😇

[yazeh]

2 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you, @yazeh, for the comprehensive ink review and for the "ever-dry" giraffe!  

🙏🙏

2 hours ago, InesF said:

If I wouldn't own already six (or seven or eight or more?) other ink bottles of quite similar colour, this Violett Giraffe would be an instant buy. Lucky me, that I started to collect and use mid-range to intense grey-violet inks already some years ago ...

Lucky for both of us 😀

2 hours ago, InesF said:

 

Your General Giraffe identifies by its strict sight. Nevertheless, at first I thought it is a gardener giraffe!   Maybe it is a General in retirement that started recently with horticulture? 😇

I like that idea. Though he would focus more on climbing roses, clematis, delphiniums, foxgloves etc 😀

[InesF]

On 11/17/2023 at 5:05 PM, yazeh said:

I like that idea. Though he would focus more on climbing roses, clematis, delphiniums, foxgloves etc 😀

... and hop, maybe.  

[yazeh]

19 hours ago, InesF said:

... and hop, maybe.  

maybe