Pelikan Blue-black

[titrisol]

This was my favorite Ink, and IIRC tone changes over time from blue to greenish to grayish

and also with time it becomes more and more permanent

 

I had always thought of Pelikan blue-black being a grey, washed out ink. How is it in other pens?

 

[SteadyHand]

(snip)... I've printed some of the Ann's posts to practice. Now there is an artist.

 

Again thanks, I'm really appreciative.

 

Dave

 

My goodness, thanks! (Really, I'm not a professional artist.) And thanks for all of the ink reviews--a good way to keep practicing your already good penmanship ! Hope you'll keep them coming!

 

Best, Ann

 

Thank you, Ann. I thoroughly enjoy writing reviews and view as as the exercise. I sit down typically at midnight after putting down my children and preparing for the next day and look for an ink that isn't overly reviewed. BTW, your handwriting is absolutely awesome.

[phe]

What a beautiful colour! Thanks for reviewing it, I'm tempted to try it now!

[SteadyHand]

What a beautiful colour! Thanks for reviewing it, I'm tempted to try it now!

 

 

It has been exclusively in my Stub 78G because of the results of this review. I try to use it daily. Enjoy if you do get it.

[phe]

I ended up buying the ink because of this review! Great discovery! I'm really pleased with it, it is a very rich blue. I think it looks like a deep royal blue rather than a black or grey blue. I'm using it in a Pilot Pluminix, which appears to have the same nib as a 78G broad/stub only in a medium, so I get very similar tone and shading to your scan.

[Ernst Bitterman]

I've found that both complainers and comfirmers are right about this ink-- it's got splendid gravitas in the right pens (it matches up brilliantly with a fine-but-wet Sheaffer vac-fill I use lots) but in drier... and frequently more modern :hmm1: ...pens it does have a slightly fey look. In a flex point, it's the very thing!

[SteadyHand]

I ended up buying the ink because of this review! Great discovery! I'm really pleased with it, it is a very rich blue. I think it looks like a deep royal blue rather than a black or grey blue. I'm using it in a Pilot Pluminix, which appears to have the same nib as a 78G broad/stub only in a medium, so I get very similar tone and shading to your scan.

 

I am really happy it worked out for you. It is a go to ink although I strictly use it in my Broad 78g. I may try it in my Pilot Knight or Stipula Ventidue (OMG-I love this pen after replacing the nib to a fine) one day.

 

 

I've found that both complainers and comfirmers are right about this ink-- it's got splendid gravitas in the right pens (it matches up brilliantly with a fine-but-wet Sheaffer vac-fill I use lots) but in drier... and frequently more modern :hmm1: ...pens it does have a slightly fey look. In a flex point, it's the very thing!

 

Once I found the right combo-after putting it away for months, I dont change a thing.

[Cursive Child]

Now this may be just what I was looking for!

 

Please let me know if I should try it.

 

Have a wet Pelikan M605 Medium and a very wet Waterman Phileas Medium. I write mostly on recycled paper, so it absorbs quickly and shows up on the other side too, sometimes.

 

I've been looking for a bright blue that stands out from ballppints.

 

Tried Noodler's Navajo Turquoise, but too light for me once it dries. I liked the color when wet, though.

Trying Noodler's Eel Blue, but not a standout color and blots a lot on the paper. Shows up on the other side, even on a nice quality journal that I have.

Tried Pelikan Royal Blue, and that is better than the above two, but a bit light for me.

[Sharkle]

 

Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Someone was looking for the perfect blue-black a while back (Inky Thoughts), and I recommended Cross, as this was the truest blue-black ink I've ever used. I was told that this ink was nothing but Pelikan ink in a Cross bottle. I read here where many hav found the Pelikan blue-black to be too grey. There is no grey hue in my Cross blue-black at all, and I'm wondering if that is because I use this particular ink in cartridge form. Could the bottled version be that different? Also, the Cross ink is very wet. I'm starting to wonder if buying the Cross bottled version is a bad idea.

 

 

[superfly]

This looks nothing like Pelikan's Blue Black. It IS grayish and unsaturated. I would suggest less image manipulation from the scan to the screen if your hardware is uncalibrated...

 

Nenad

[SteadyHand]

This looks nothing like Pelikan's Blue Black. It IS grayish and unsaturated. I would suggest less image manipulation from the scan to the screen if your hardware is uncalibrated...

 

Nenad

 

It may not look like your bottle(s) of Pelikan Blue-Black, but, this IS mine. May I suggest inking the same pen I used to reproduce the same parameters prior to making any further assumptions. A wet, broad tipped, Pilot 78G. There was no image manipulation of the scan. I have used the same scanner to review several inks that have never been questioned before.

 

 

[superfly]

If the image is not color edited, than your scanner is very good one. All Pelikan BlueBlacks I have seen here are totaly different color than this one, every bottle I had included, more blue gray than blue black. I have seen this happen with Waterman Blue Black also. It's greenish sometimes, rich blue the others...

 

SteadyHand, sorry if I had offended you in some way...

 

 

cheers,

Nenad

[SteadyHand]

If the image is not color edited, than your scanner is very good one. All Pelikan BlueBlacks I have seen here are totaly different color than this one, every bottle I had included, more blue gray than blue black. I have seen this happen with Waterman Blue Black also. It's greenish sometimes, rich blue the others...

 

SteadyHand, sorry if I had offended you in some way...

 

 

cheers,

Nenad

 

No offense taken, Nenad. Pardon my tone if I may have come off defensive. I will add that my original impression of this ink was formulated based on my M605. It appeared washed out and wasnt appealing at all. Several months later did I decide to try it in the 78G and that is how this love affair started.

 

Regards,

 

David

 

[cmeisenzahl]

Nice work, I like the color variation.

[limesally]

Steadyhand, I like your review and handwriting, but man, your avatar is totally freaking me out!

 

I've only had experience with this ink in the cartridge, and like a few others here, have not loved the washed out grey-blueness of it. It was in a fairly wet Pelikano, but somehow still came out wimpy. But your scan makes me think it might be worth trying in another nib.

[Robert Hughes]

Steadyhand, I like your review and handwriting, but man, your avatar is totally freaking me out!

I find myself mesmerized by it, hoping against hope that next time he'll get it right...

[SteadyHand]

Steadyhand, I like your review and handwriting, but man, your avatar is totally freaking me out!

I find myself mesmerized by it, hoping against hope that next time he'll get it right...

 

Thanks everyone.

 

Guys I had to google the event. I typed "so you think you can dance face plant" and found a more complete clip. He was actually ok. He got right up and did a suicide.

Here is the link: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/343544/so_yo...nce_face_plant/

 

Please be advised, this clip is rated "O" for Ouch!

 

If it really bothers anyone, I will change it. Just say the word

Edited March 11, 2008 by SteadyHand

[bossy]

Good review, but I must of gotten a bad batch. Mine looked like this:

[SteadyHand]

Good review, but I must of gotten a bad batch. Mine looked like this:

 

I feel more and more like my sample is a fluke. Maybe the flow of the ink in my 78g is more generous. I apologize if anyone picked this ink because of this review and were disappointed with it. That wasn't my intent.

[Ernst Bitterman]

It's a very protean ink. I love its dark heft coming out of most of my old flex-pens, it is entirely appropriate coming through a wartime Sheaffer, but out of most modern pens or anything short of middling wet, I get the same sort of misty blah colour. When you find a pen it works with, it's the best thing going, but otherwise it is kind of feeble. I don't think any of the opinions here are wrong, they're just based on idopathic conditions; if we all used the same model pen, on the same paper, at the same altitude above sea level while experiencing similar weather, we'd all likely be in utter accord on this ink's qualities.