Rohrer & Klingner - Limited Edition 2024 - Blue Eyed Mary

[InesF]

12 hours ago, yazeh said:

 I'm sure you can concoct a version of Aubergine with your inkmesiter talents

Thank you for your trust in my abilities! In this case, I humbly confess that I have already found a favourite ink in deAtramnentis Aubergine, without which a life with pen and ink hardly seems possible.   

 

12 hours ago, yazeh said:

You can always try a sample, but there are, as @InesF mentioned, too many turquoises. I'll be hopefully reviewing another one, which had much more character, plus it shaded /sheened, with wider nibs  

Ahh, I have a suspect! 🫢  However, I can't wait becoming surprised by your review!  

[yazeh]

2 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you for your trust in my abilities! In this case, I humbly confess that I have already found a favourite ink in deAtramnentis Aubergine, without which a life with pen and ink hardly seems possible.   

 

2 hours ago, InesF said:

 

Ahh, I have a suspect! 🫢  However, I can't wait becoming surprised by your review!  

Me too  

[JFHorn]

I have only used the ink so far on my Hobonichi Techo, and I have not had any issues with it.  It does, indeed, to be a more or less standard turquoise. There are undoubtedly other great sky/blue turquoise inks out there -- Lamy Turquoise/Pacific Blue; J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche, Anderillium Blue Ringed Octopus, Robert Oster Bora Bora Waters, Waterman South Seas Blue, etc.

 

In my notebooks, there are mostly only slight shades of difference among these inks and they all perform well. I did think "Blue Eyed Mary" was a tiny bit brighter than Bleu Pervenche -- which was the only side by side comparison I did. 

 

(And, yes, you have to be more than a little crazy to have as much ink as I do lying around, let alone multiple versions of turquoise.)

[Penguincollector]

    Thank you for the comprehensive review, Yazeh. Your kitties and mousies are always très amusant. I’ve had this ink in my Skyline for awhile now. It’s greener than my other turquoises that are inked right now, and definitely a bit wet for the ebonite feed. It’s starting to run low and behaving better now. It’s definitely not the blue that I would expect to represent that particular flower. I picture something closer to a true blue, with a hint of purple. I like it though, but if left to my own devices- I would have every ink in the color spectrum from green to blurple. 

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, JFHorn said:

I have only used the ink so far on my Hobonichi Techo, and I have not had any issues with it.  It does, indeed, to be a more or less standard turquoise. There are undoubtedly other great sky/blue turquoise inks out there -- Lamy Turquoise/Pacific Blue; J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche, Anderillium Blue Ringed Octopus, Robert Oster Bora Bora Waters, Waterman South Seas Blue, etc.

 

4 hours ago, JFHorn said:

 

In my notebooks, there are mostly only slight shades of difference among these inks and they all perform well. I did think "Blue Eyed Mary" was a tiny bit brighter than Bleu Pervenche -- which was the only side by side comparison I did. 

 

4 hours ago, JFHorn said:

 

(And, yes, you have to be more than a little crazy to have as much ink as I do lying around, let alone multiple versions of turquoise.)

No, you're not. I have a lot of browns  

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

    Thank you for the comprehensive review, Yazeh.

A pleasure!

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

Your kitties and mousies are always très amusant.

Merci  🙏

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

I’ve had this ink in my Skyline for awhile now. It’s greener than my other turquoises that are inked right now, and definitely a bit wet for the ebonite feed. It’s starting to run low and behaving better now. It’s definitely not the blue that I would expect to represent that particular flower. I picture something closer to a true blue, with a hint of purple.

True blue with a hint of purple, I won't forget that one

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

 

I like it though, but if left to my own devices- I would have every ink in the color spectrum from green to blurple.