Waterman Purple

[declanh]

Im sure this has been reviwed to death. I picked this up when i fancied a new ink and the local shop did not have much to choose from.

It goes on well, dries fast, and overall is well behaved.

However for my taste is not purple enough and not dark enough. Mont Blanc violet still reigns as king of purples for me based on my survey of

Pelikan violet, Diamine Imperial, PR Ebony Purple and Mont Blanc violet thus far.

 

Ignore the fact the date is wrong - a minor lapse of sanity!

 

 

 

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv131/declankh/purple_waterman.jpg

Edited March 6, 2009 by declanh

[Michael W]

Pretty ink! Thanks for the review!!

[PenTieRun]

I agree 100% with the OP, especially the MB part.

[Ghost Plane]

Still an effective standby in cartridge form in Carenes when on the road.

[GardenCity-NY]

Nice post! I have a bottle I still need to open... I'm hoping the flow is good! Having some issues with a MB 149 I am still trying to diagnose...

[RayMan]

Thanks for the review.

[Peter from Sherwood Park]

Thank you for the review. On my monitor, Waterman looks very close to J. Herbin's Violette Pensee. Are there people out there who have used both who can comment?

[fpfanatic5]

Waterman Purple is too light for me as well. MontBlanc is my favorite so far.

[chkuo]

Just curious, do you have problem with feathering/bleed through on cheap copy paper with this ink?

[Ondina]

Thank you for the review. On my monitor, Waterman looks very close to J. Herbin's Violette Pensee. Are there people out there who have used both who can comment?

 

This were my exact thoughts while reading the review. The sample looks like Herbin's Violette Pensée and nothing like my own Waterman's Purple, which by the way, is the very definition of purple, beautiful and bright, while MB is a dark purplish aubergine color, very nice too.

 

Although is a very free flowing, well behaved ink it may feather in cheap paper.

[Gran]

Thank you very much for the review. This ink looks beautiful. I'm glad you gave an example of the Montblanc. I was wondering how dark it was.

[Doug Add]

I have used Waterman Purple straight up in years gone by, but now I use it in a mix 1:1 with Waterman Florida Blue. A nice shade with the excellent flow properties of Waterman inks. I go through quite a bit of this stuff.

[Aysedasi]

I must admit, looking at the two inks, I rather like them both! But the Waterman just edges it for me. Too much light to dark shading on the MB, which reminds me of those gloopy PR inks......

 

Nice writing too - what pen/nib was it written with?

[Lloyd]

Just curious, do you have problem with feathering/bleed through on cheap copy paper with this ink?

Waterman - yes.

MB - no.

[declanh]

Nice writing too - what pen/nib was it written with?

It was a Reform 1745, has a little bit of flex for variation.

 

[inkypete]

I have used Waterman Purple straight up in years gone by, but now I use it in a mix 1:1 with Waterman Florida Blue. A nice shade with the excellent flow properties of Waterman inks. I go through quite a bit of this stuff.

 

 

I make Waterman Burple too - same two colours but I use about one third blue to two thirds purple.

[JFT]

Thank you for the review. On my monitor, Waterman looks very close to J. Herbin's Violette Pensee. Are there people out there who have used both who can comment?

 

This were my exact thoughts while reading the review. The sample looks like Herbin's Violette Pensée and nothing like my own Waterman's Purple, which by the way, is the very definition of purple, beautiful and bright, while MB is a dark purplish aubergine color, very nice too.

 

Although is a very free flowing, well behaved ink it may feather in cheap paper.

 

Short answer is they are not identical if you use them both in the same pen.

 

That said let me be pendantic for a second

Check this diagram the outside curve along where the numbers are are the pure color i.e. color of light for which a precise wavelength exist. Anything inside that curve and including the lower right straight line is actually a mix of 2 or more wavelengths. Violet is a pure range of wavelength around 380 and 460 on the curve while what we call purple is actually a family of colors within the curve that mixes blue and/or violet with red in different proportion. That said Waterman Purple is a purple for which there is not that much red content

Edited March 8, 2009 by JFT

[Gran]

 

...Check this diagram the outside curve along where the numbers are are the pure color i.e. color of light for which a precise wavelength exist. Anything inside that curve and including the lower right straight line is actually a mix of 2 or more wavelengths. Violet is a pure range of wavelength around 380 and 460 on the curve while what we call purple is actually a family of colors within the curve that mixes blue and/or violet with red in different proportion. That said Waterman Purple is a purple for which there is not that much red content

 

That diagram is fascinating. I looked up the differences for the hues in the inks on this chart: http://www.rmimaging.com/projects/inks/inks.html

 

Thanks much for posting the link to the color chart.

 

[JFT]

That diagram is fascinating. I looked up the differences for the hues in the inks on this chart: http://www.rmimaging.com/projects/inks/inks.html

 

Thanks much for posting the link to the color chart.

 

You are welcome, and thank you too for posting the hues in inks chart I find it very interesting

[steviebabes]

How fabulous!

 

I was wondering which ink to choose in readiness for my first fountain pen purchase and I think this Waterman is it. Gently different from sober black, and I seem to recall someone writing that Waterman inks are very pen-friendly.

 

Steven