Blue Sheening Inks that Write Wet and Aren’t Sticky

[GNL]

I love blue inks that sheen, but most of them don’t write wet enough for my taste.  They tend to be a little “sticky.”  Can anyone recommend a blue ink that sheens a lot (not necessarily to the monster level) but writes really wet?

[Lithium466]

Did you try the usual suspects like Organics Studio Nitrogen, Diamine Majestic blue, etc? I'm not sure I'm picturing what you describe by "sticky"? Like the writing itself stays a bit sticky and smudgy, aka never really dries?

 

I tend to stay away from super sheening inks because most don't really dry (unless your using absorbant paper) and only kept medium sheening inks, but these don't usually have a super wet flow, Sailor standard blue and various Sailor ink studio for ex. I'm sure you tried many inks that will sheen if you dump enough ink on the page, Waterman serenity blue, some Iroshizuku, etc...

 

I also like (again) Diamine Bilberry that has a wet flow, lubricates well and sheens while still drying on the page. But it's more blurple than anything else.

 

 

Edit: a question on your signature; can you consider something reliable if all the parts but one have been replaced along the years? That's a true question, can you consider a car reliable if most of the parts are regularly replaced as preventive maintenance, vs waiting for something to break, have the car down, replace said part and think the car is unreliable?

 

Per this definition, I replaced many parts along the years on my cars as preventive maintenance, and never had one let me down at any time. Per some friends they are not reliable because I'm regularly replacing something here and there.

[tde44x]

I have been very pleased with Diamine Polar Glow, Endless Alchemy Candy Sea, and Pennonia Kékfény Blue Light.

FYI - I write almost exclusively with broad and stub nibs on Rhodia A4 pads.

[chromantic]

MV Sapphire has a nice, dark red sheen, nothing OS-level but nice. 1864 has a gold sheen and it's plenty wet, though technically it's a blue-black.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Diamine Arctic blue is a nice shading ink...glitter can be seen sometimes with out tilting.

I'd buy it again for the shading.

I've never had any luck with sheening inks, in spite of having very good to better papers...No Japanese River paper.