EFNIR: Jinhao Blue

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Jinhao Blue

This is review #322 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: No water needed.  While this is similar to most royal blues, it doesn't appear to have any purple component, so it's more blue than many.  The microscope slide was boring.  Cleaning was quick and easy.

Smoke wanted to star in today's video and can be heard at the start of the writing complaining to his agent that he didn't get the part.

Zoomed in photo (Text seems a little too pale.)

Screenshot (Close.)

Scan of Completed Review (Very close.)

Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (Very close for both.)

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 309µm. With 322 inks measured, the average line width is 297µm.) (You can see a tiny bit of pink sheen.  My eyes saw a lot more (but only here, not in regular writing).)

Previous Review: Jinhao Red.

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[Sailor Kenshin]

Your reference to Diva Kitteh Smoke cracked me up; thanks for the laugh.  

 

I may have this Jinhao Blue, christened 'Jink.'  It came with three Easter Egg color Jinhao pens that resemble Lamy Safaris.  It seemed dense, poweful.  And extremely blue.  I just dumped my bottle of Krishna Causal into it, so it's now named JinCausal.

 

I've been using the new color for artwork, and oddly enough, the Causal has overpowered the Jink component.  Also oddly enough, I have all your InkParisons.  

 

Things are heating up for Quin and conpany!  Glad they had that breather before.

 

(Changing myself?  It's all I ever do!) 😜

 

You make Tuesdays (aka Monday The Second) magical and fun... I'll look forward to the next review and story. 

[LizEF]

54 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Your reference to Diva Kitteh Smoke cracked me up; thanks for the laugh.  

You're most welcome!

 

54 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I may have this Jinhao Blue, christened 'Jink.'

 

54 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

It seemed dense, poweful.  And extremely blue.

Yes, it's blue blue (no other dyes or colors I could see), darker than some blues in this range, and from a wet enough pen would be pretty solid.

 

56 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I just dumped my bottle of Krishna Causal into it, so it's now named JinCausal.

  Sounds interesting.  Is there still any teal to it?

 

57 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I've been using the new color for artwork, and oddly enough, the Causal has overpowered the Jink component.

Very interesting.  The Krishna likely had a high dye concentration.

 

57 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Also oddly enough, I have all your InkParisons.  

  Two are so common that it's not surprising!

 

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Things are heating up for Quin and conpany!  Glad they had that breather before.

 

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

(Changing myself?  It's all I ever do!) 😜

  That's a good thing, IMO.  Especially for the brain - if you can believe the "experts"...

 

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

You make Tuesdays (aka Monday The Second) magical and fun... I'll look forward to the next review and story. 

Thanks!

[Penguincollector]

  I like this blue. It’s too early in the morning for me to have any real thoughts about it, but it’s pretty and the story continues to intrigue me. 

[LizEF]

39 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

  I like this blue.

 

 

39 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

It’s too early in the morning for me to have any real thoughts about it, but it’s pretty

 

 

39 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

and the story continues to intrigue me. 

[yazeh]

Great review @LizEF 

I listen to this video in SFS (Surround Feline System) to hear the immortalized squeaks of promising rejected actor  

I think he's purrfect for dubbing on high speed, mouse cartoons destined for cats....  or the next Alvin & the Chipmunks 😛 

 

I like the colour (in abstract)  but with so many blues available, this seems a bit overkill. 

I didn't know that Quin was living on Earth. I always though they lived on a planet far, far away, maybe someplace like Darkover But you have created a perfect backstory, with the Vika theme. Looking forward to see were our hero to be and his powers will lead him and his friends. 

 

Thanks for bring magic to this very cold Tuesday 🙏🙏

[inkstainedruth]

@LizEF Like yazeh, I kinda like the color (and the dry time seems pretty awesome) but have way too many blue inks already.  Thanks (as usual) for the review, though!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

Great review @LizEF 

Thanks!

 

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

I listen to this video in SFS (Surround Feline System) to hear the immortalized squeaks of promising rejected actor  

I think he's purrfect for dubbing on high speed, mouse cartoons destined for cats....  or the next Alvin & the Chipmunks 😛 

  Yes, both my boys make for good chipmunks.

 

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

I like the colour (in abstract)  but with so many blues available, this seems a bit overkill. 

  Yes, this is a color everyone seems compelled to make.

 

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

I didn't know that Quin was living on Earth. I always though they lived on a planet far, far away, maybe someplace like Darkover

Well, I didn't feel like coming up with a name for the planet.  Finding a new name for people / things can be very, very time-consuming.  So we can pretend they're on an alternate Earth, or we can just say "that's how it translates from their language"....

 

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

But you have created a perfect backstory, with the Vika theme. Looking forward to see were our hero to be and his powers will lead him and his friends. 

 

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

Thanks for bring magic to this very cold Tuesday 🙏🙏

You're most welcome!

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

@LizEF Like yazeh, I kinda like the color (and the dry time seems pretty awesome) but have way too many blue inks already.  Thanks (as usual) for the review, though!

  You're most welcome!

[Sailor Kenshin]

@LizEF, most Krishna inks have massive dye loads.  I rinsed out the Krishna bottle, because it's little and cute, but the cap remains stubbornly turquoise.

 

As does my mix.  😹

[LizEF]

41 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

@LizEF, most Krishna inks have massive dye loads.  I rinsed out the Krishna bottle, because it's little and cute, but the cap remains stubbornly turquoise.

 

As does my mix.  😹

  That's what I thought.  I haven't used any of their inks, but the reviews I've seen suggest they're very concentrated.  Caps can be annoying that way - I've got some sample vial caps that refuse to come unstained.

[InesF]

"No, no, no! I will not change my opinion about blue inks!"

"But this looks not like a Royal Blue - it's more, ... hmm 🤫 ..., what is it? It is Un-royal Blue-Blue. Interesting!"

 

Thank you, @LizEF, for proving an un-royal blue Wednesday morning magic staff surprise to us!

To be honest, meanwhile I have a handful of blue inks I like a lot. But it is always interesting to learn about variations not considered before. And, the same for learning about oldest trees and oldest staffs!   

 

Please allow me a question: why is the planet called Earth? Ok, this is a double question. Why is our real planet called Earth if almost ¾ of it's surface is water? And why is the story planet called Earth, when there are ink and pen villages and towns on top - why not Rhodius or Mnemosys or Clairfontasis ?   I guess, it's all about the surface ... 

[LizEF]

8 hours ago, InesF said:

"No, no, no! I will not change my opinion about blue inks!"

"But this looks not like a Royal Blue - it's more, ... hmm 🤫 ..., what is it? It is Un-royal Blue-Blue. Interesting!"

  It is lacking the royal purple bit...  A Commoner's Blue.

 

8 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you, @LizEF, for proving an un-royal blue Wednesday morning magic staff surprise to us!

You're most welcome!

 

8 hours ago, InesF said:

To be honest, meanwhile I have a handful of blue inks I like a lot. But it is always interesting to learn about variations not considered before. And, the same for learning about oldest trees and oldest staffs!   

 

8 hours ago, InesF said:

Please allow me a question: why is the planet called Earth? ... And why is the story planet called Earth, when there are ink and pen villages and towns on top - why not Rhodius or Mnemosys or Clairfontasis ?   I guess, it's all about the surface ... 

Story planet: Liz is lazy.  (And partially, it didn't occur to me until it was too late - this actually isn't the first episode where characters have talked about the Earth.)

 

8 hours ago, InesF said:

Please allow me a question: why is the planet called Earth? Ok, this is a double question. Why is our real planet called Earth if almost ¾ of it's surface is water? ...  I guess, it's all about the surface ... 

Our planet: Is the planet named for the dirt, or the dirt after the planet?  Had we called it "Waterworld", the Hollywood lawyers would have sued someone. As a species, we do tend to default to being rather shallow...  Also, had we dug deep and called it "Core", we would have ended up as the bad guys in some other planet's sci-fi movie about the alien hordes of Kor.     (Kor is a really good "bad" name.)  (You see, everything is Hollywood's fault.)

 

More interesting questions: Why did we let the Germans name the planet?  Why are the (American?) English rules for when to capitalize "earth" so bizarre and illogical?  Why does (American?) English put "the" before "earth" when what we mean is "Earth" and the "the" isn't needed?  Would it have killed us to just keep calling dirt "dirt" so that our capitalization rules weren't so complex?  (Side question: Is there a difference between earth and dirt?)

 

I think the problem here is that we all start speaking before we learn the rules of language!  Clearly this is a mistake.  Obviously, we need to start teaching children rules before we allow them to use language.

 

/rant

 

You'll have to excuse me now; I'm going to go see if my egg has hatched into a chicken so it can lay an egg for my breakfast.

[Sailor Kenshin]

The Earth/The World: what everyone calls his world, no matter which one it is.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Story planet: Liz is lazy.  (And partially, it didn't occur to me until it was too late - this actually isn't the first episode where characters have talked about the Earth.)

 

Our planet: Is the planet named for the dirt, or the dirt after the planet?  Had we called it "Waterworld", the Hollywood lawyers would have sued someone. As a species, we do tend to 

 

I think the problem here is that we all start speaking before we learn the rules of language!  Clearly this is a mistake.  Obviously, we need to start teaching children rules before we allow them to use language.

 

/rant

 

 

Someone is having a bad Earth 🌎 day? A green egg with ham and some  grape popsicle can do miracles. 

 

https://giphy.com/gifs/cat-funny-animation-aC45M5Q4D07Pq

 

 

The land on which anyone lives is, their respective Earth. And who knows maybe Makhabesh's world lives parallel to us humans. Only maybe we've lost the ability to see it. And who knows, maybe it's Vika/Makhabesh or Snek that are dictating the story through you, so that we can see the magic once more 😊

[LizEF]

23 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Someone is having a bad Earth 🌎 day? A green egg with ham and some  grape popsicle can do miracles. 

 

23 minutes ago, yazeh said:

A green egg with ham and some  grape popsicle

 

25 minutes ago, yazeh said:

https://giphy.com/gifs/cat-funny-animation-aC45M5Q4D07Pq

 

25 minutes ago, yazeh said:

The land on which anyone lives is, their respective Earth. And who knows maybe Makhabesh's world lives parallel to us humans. Only maybe we've lost the ability to see it. And who knows, maybe it's Vika/Makhabesh or Snek that are dictating the story through you, so that we can see the magic once more 😊

49 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

The Earth/The World: what everyone calls his world, no matter which one it is.

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

It is lacking the royal purple bit...  A Commoner's Blue.

 The People’s (Republic of China) Blue!

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

 The People’s (Republic of China) Blue!

[InesF]

16 hours ago, LizEF said:

[...] Liz is lazy. [...]

Not she is! ✍️💪

 

16 hours ago, LizEF said:

[...] (And partially, it didn't occur to me until it was too late - this actually isn't the first episode where characters have talked about the Earth.) [...]

Ah! InesF is lazy! Didn't read the story from the very begin! 😒

An idea 💥: Viva la revolución! What if ... the formerly unknown Society of Colourful Inkers (that has banned all black from their daily routine  ) insists on the correction of this bad The Earth idea into the reality of plane, flat, white planet surface? 🤭 OK, yes, it's only an idea ...

 

16 hours ago, LizEF said:

Why did we let the Germans name the planet?

Indeed, that's something to write a philosophical thesis about.

You may be aware that Germans are those strange people on the other side of Austrians border ... 🤗

 

16 hours ago, LizEF said:

Obviously, we need to start teaching children rules before we allow them to use language.

You have my full support! +1 👍    LizEF for president! 🫶

[InesF]

15 hours ago, yazeh said:

Someone is having a bad Earth 🌎 day? A green egg with ham and some  grape popsicle can do miracles. 

+1 👍 

 

15 hours ago, yazeh said:

The land on which anyone lives is, their respective Earth. And who knows maybe Makhabesh's world lives parallel to us humans. Only maybe we've lost the ability to see it. And who knows, maybe it's Vika/Makhabesh or Snek that are dictating the story through you, so that we can see the magic once more 😊

Magic is all around us - we only need to open our eyes, open our ears and open our minds to become part of it!    And all of a sudden, everything is possible ...