EFNIR: Pelikan 4001 Turquoise

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Pelikan 4001 Turquoise

This is review #277 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: The microscope slide had nothing new or terribly interesting.  Cleaning was quick and easy, but this is the sort of ink that dries and then flakes everywhere (invisibly, of course) when you open the bottle or remove the converter. So expect spots of turquoise to show up around wherever you've opened the bottle or filled the pen.  Fortunately, plain water removes the ink.  Personally, I'd go with a turquoise that has better lubrication, but otherwise, this ink is about as good as all the rest.

The cameras didn't really like this color. They wanted to make it cyan, and all of them did something different. Further, I couldn't really figure out how to correct the colors very well.  Please rely on the comparisons - it really does look almost exactly like all those other turquoises.

Zoomed in photo (A little too cyan, but I can't seem to make it any better, so leaving it as-is.)

Screenshot (This seems to be the closest to what my eyes see.)

Scan of Completed Review (On one monitor, it's too cyan and light. On the other, it's too blue, but about right for darkness.  It makes a person want to give up...)

Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (The absorbent paper image is closer to reality than the copy paper, but they're not awful. :D)

Line width (The "I" in "Ink:". Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 317µm. With 277 inks measured, the average line width is 296µm.)

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[yazeh]

I was twiddling my thumbs waiting impatiently for your review to pop out and it did not disappoint.  @LizEF  despite the flakiness. ;):p

I liked how inadvertently the dot on Vicki's name turned into Vèka

Question what's the difference between a wizardess and a witch?

 

Thanks for making us wait impatiently for Tuesdays 🙏

[Mercian]

7 minutes ago, LizEF said:

The cameras didn't really like this color. They wanted to make it cyan, and all of them did something different. Further, I couldn't really figure out how to correct the colors very well.  Please rely on the comparisons - it really does look almost exactly like all those other turquoises.

I totally agree with this!

 

I bought 4001 Turquoise based on seeing photos of it on other reviews. The photos that I had seen in those other reviews also make it look like a restful ‘cerulean blue’, much like Pelikan Edelstein Topaz, except slightly less-‘warm’ in its tone than is Topaz.

 

When I used it in a pen for the first time I found that it is a very similar colour to Lamy Turquoise.
There’s nothing at all ‘wrong’ with that - it is, after all, completely appropriate for the ink’s name - but I was slightly surprised by it. The colour is one that I find pleasant.

 

In my experience, it is a slightly ‘wetter’ ink than Lamy Turquoise is; it spreads into/on paper slightly more than the Lamy ink does.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I had this ink! And Lamy Turquoise (still do), and however many Varsities. I don't really remember the flakes, but it's been a while. I'm a fan of turquoise, having the color from not only Lamy, but Waterman, InkVent, Montblanc, and who knows what else. 

But evidently Pelikan Turquoise failed to impress me. I do recall dumping it into a half-full bottle of iron gall Pel Blue Black, which resulted in a dark green that hates all pens.  

Green is a commonplace color in nature. When I think of nature, not only do I think of all the many greens, but also endless yard work.

I'm writing two books at once, going back 'n' forth. One of the many things I love about your saga is how very different characters, with strength and weakness, and conflict, come together, and eventually grow to love and depend on one another. 

Thanks, @LizEF, for this week's Tuesday Special.
 

[LizEF]

51 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I was twiddling my thumbs waiting impatiently for your review to pop out and it did not disappoint.  @LizEF  despite the flakiness. ;):p

Thanks!

 

52 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I liked how inadvertently the dot on Vicki's name turned into Vèka

There was a signal-interrupt error between the CPU and the digital pen-controller.

 

54 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Question what's the difference between a wizardess and a witch?

Apparently the people in Quin's universe never heard of a witch.  Only wizardesses and sorceresses.

 

55 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Thanks for making us wait impatiently for Tuesdays 🙏

You're most welcome!

[LizEF]

56 minutes ago, Mercian said:

I totally agree with this!

 

I bought 4001 Turquoise based on seeing photos of it on other reviews. The photos that I had seen in those other reviews also make it look like a restful ‘cerulean blue’, much like Pelikan Edelstein Topaz, except slightly less-‘warm’ in its tone than is Topaz.

 

When I used it in a pen for the first time I found that it is a very similar colour to Lamy Turquoise.
There’s nothing at all ‘wrong’ with that - it is, after all, completely appropriate for the ink’s name - but I was slightly surprised by it. The colour is one that I find pleasant.

Thank you!  Glad it's not just me and my cameras who struggle with digitizing this color.

 

56 minutes ago, Mercian said:

In my experience, it is a slightly ‘wetter’ ink than Lamy Turquoise is; it spreads into/on paper slightly more than the Lamy ink does.

Yep, exactly matches my findings.

[LizEF]

8 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I had this ink! And Lamy Turquoise (still do), and however many Varsities. I don't really remember the flakes, but it's been a while. I'm a fan of turquoise, having the color from not only Lamy, but Waterman, InkVent, Montblanc, and who knows what else. 

  If one wipes off the bottle-opening / threads, then the flakes probably don't happen.  I tend to shake up everything (except iron gall) before filling a pen, so that probably explains dried ink flaking away when I open the bottle.  (This bottle was a Valentine's day gift from a neighbor a couple years ago, so it's been used a few times.)

 

10 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

But evidently Pelikan Turquoise failed to impress me. I do recall dumping it into a half-full bottle of iron gall Pel Blue Black, which resulted in a dark green that hates all pens.  

  Brave mixture!

 

11 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Green is a commonplace color in nature. When I think of nature, not only do I think of all the many greens, but also endless yard work.

Ugh!  Don't remind me!

 

14 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I'm writing two books at once, going back 'n' forth.

Wow!  That would be hard to keep straight - especially not mixing personalities of the characters.

 

12 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

One of the many things I love about your saga is how very different characters, with strength and weakness, and conflict, come together, and eventually grow to love and depend on one another. 

Thank you so much!

 

13 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks, @LizEF, for this week's Tuesday Special.

You're most welcome!

[yazeh]

8 minutes ago, LizEF said:

There was a signal-interrupt error between the CPU and the digital pen-controller.

8 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Apparently the people in Quin's universe never heard of a witch.  Only wizardesses and sorceresses.

 

Now what's the difference between the two?  

 

[LizEF]

12 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Now what's the difference between the two?  

Well, Marsell was a sorcerer and Quin's a wizard...   I think it has to do with the extent to which one masters magic, what one does with it, and perhaps the methodologies one uses...  Perhaps time will tell.

[yazeh]

2 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Well, Marsell was a sorcerer and Quin's a wizard...   I think it has to do with the extent to which one masters magic, what one does with it, and perhaps the methodologies one uses...  Perhaps time will tell.

[Mercian]

43 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Now what's the difference between the two?  

As any fule kno, the differences are as follows:

 

A Wizardess is a lady who has studied Magic in an academic setting e.g. at the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork. Such ladies are likely to have an august and formal, learnèd bearing;

 

A Sorceress would have learned her magic more-traditionally and ‘organically’ - as it were ‘in the wild’.
Such magical ladies are more-likely to have an attuned-to-nature demeanour, and might even be bewitching saucy minxes, cf Circe;

 

A Witch is a Sorceress who has learned her magickal arts in one of the more-robust of nature’s settings; bleak and wyrm-infested mountain ranges, desolate moors, gloomy forests, jinn-haunted deserts, etc. She may even have turned to the Dark Side. Betray her, and she might murder your children 😱

 

😉

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, Mercian said:

As any fule kno, the differences are as follows:

 

A Wizardess is a lady who has studied Magic in an academic setting e.g. at the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork. Such ladies are likely to have an august and formal, learnèd bearing;

 

A Sorceress would have learned her magic more-traditionally and ‘organically’ - as it were ‘in the wild’.
Such magical ladies are more-likely to have an attuned-to-nature demeanour, and might even be bewitching saucy minxes, cf Circe;

 

A Witch is a Sorceress who has learned her magickal arts in one of the more-robust of nature’s settings; bleak and wyrm-infested mountain ranges, desolate moors, gloomy forests, jinn-haunted deserts, etc. She may even have turned to the Dark Side. Betray her, and she might murder your children 😱

 

😉

  Wonderful, @Mercian, absolutely fantastic!

[yazeh]

@Mercian You seem to be well versed in the art of magic. Perchance did you go to university or are you more the outdoorsy nature type?   

[LizEF]

22 minutes ago, yazeh said:

@Mercian You seem to be well versed in the art of magic. Perchance did you go to university or are you more the outdoorsy nature type?   

[txomsy]

I had Pelikan 4001 Turquoise, but gave it away in favor of KIN Document blue. When fresh, KIN Doc Blue has a clear, teal leaning, blue color similar to Pelikan Turquoise, but as it ages in the pen it gets darker, its main advantage for me was it is permanent.

 

But I have to say, were it not for its impermanence, Pelikan 4001 Turquoise would have been a great choice, I loved its color. And it is certainly far better behaved than KIN Doc Blue. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone seeking a turquoise/teal who does not want permanence.

 

[LizEF]

32 minutes ago, txomsy said:

I had Pelikan 4001 Turquoise, but gave it away in favor of KIN Document blue. When fresh, KIN Doc Blue has a clear, teal leaning, blue color similar to Pelikan Turquoise, but as it ages in the pen it gets darker, its main advantage for me was it is permanent.

Interesting.  A kind FPNer sent me that KIN Document Blue, so I'll get to see how it does, eventually.

 

33 minutes ago, txomsy said:

But I have to say, were it not for its impermanence, Pelikan 4001 Turquoise would have been a great choice, I loved its color. And it is certainly far better behaved than KIN Doc Blue. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone seeking a turquoise/teal who does not want permanence.

[knarflj]

Thanks so much for another week with Quin & Co.!

 

This is one of just a couple of inks that I've actually replaced after finishing a bottle.  I hadn't planned to, but I found I missed this one when I no longer had it.  I think it's probably that little bit of sheen that makes me like it.

[yazeh]

42 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Interesting.  A kind FPNer sent me that KIN Document Blue, so I'll get to see how it does, eventually.

It has a nice red sheen

[LizEF]

17 minutes ago, knarflj said:

Thanks so much for another week with Quin & Co.!

You're very welcome!

 

17 minutes ago, knarflj said:

This is one of just a couple of inks that I've actually replaced after finishing a bottle.  I hadn't planned to, but I found I missed this one when I no longer had it.  I think it's probably that little bit of sheen that makes me like it.

Yes, that's one of the things I like about the Waterman version (which was in my first batch of inks when I got into the hobby).

[LizEF]

8 minutes ago, yazeh said:

It has a nice red sheen

I hear it's a bear to clean from the pen.  Thankfully, I has all the tools.