De Atramentis Indigo Blue. Indigo Blue is a really pleasant medium blue that is nicely suited for personal use, very easy to clean and shows a lot of pop in a wetter pen.
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Category: Ink
Ink Review: De Atramentis Jeans Blue
De Atramentis Jeans Blue. This is a green-leaning blue black, but it’s bluer and different than the recently reviewed Montblanc Blue Hour Twilight Blue. I like the color and behavior very much, and I think it’s an excellent ink for business or school use.
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More J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor
I had to drop off a photo for someone today. I grabbed a standard number 10 envelope and scrawled the recipient’s name and then my name.
This ink even looks great on basic business envelope paper.
Ink Review: KWZ Azure #5
KWZ Azure #5. This is a sprightly blue ink that does very well on poor quality paper. I have been using this in a Lamy Al-Star with various nibs and in a J. Herbin fountain pen with a medium nib. It has worked well in both pens, which is notable, because the Safari tends to write dry and the J. Herbin has a wet flow.
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J. Herbin 1670 Emerald of Chivor
I have been playing with my sample of the new Emerald of Chivor. I had already pored over a great review, and I had even seen a writing sample in person, so I knew it looked spectacular. But writing with it has confirmed that this is really an awesome ink. As you can see in the photo above, the sheen and shimmer come through even with fine and extra-fine nibs.
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Pen of the Day: Pelikan M600 Green o’ Green with J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor
Pelikan M600 Green o’ Green with broad nib. A good friend sent me a sample of the new J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor, so I brought out my big gun, nib-wise. A Pelikan broad. That’s as big as things generally get for me. I’m more of an extra-fine person.
The pen is beautiful. But I’ll save that for another day, because the ink is new, and we have all been eagerly anticipating it. It’s a “wow” ink, it really is. A teal green, with gold flakes, that shades beautifully and sheens on the right paper.
On a Rhodia dot pad, the shading is gorgeous, and the gold flakes really stand out.
Tomoe River paper really brings out the phenomenal sheen.
In this photo, you can see that the period sheens so much it looks entirely red. That’s not a trick of angle or lighting, either; it looks like that in real life, in normal light and with the page entirely flat.
Pen of the Day: Pelikan M700 Toledo
Pelikan M700 Toledo with extra-fine nib. This is the smaller of Pelikan’s two modern Toledos. It is based on the M400 body. The sleeve is sterling silver, with the decorative parts engraved by hand. It is then treated to darken the base and cover with gold the part of the design that stand in relief.
I bought the pen used and added the extra-fine nib later. Richard Binder ground the nib himself from a stock medium nib when he realized that he had run out of extra-fines. I know I got the better end of that deal; this is one great nib.
The ink is Pelikan Brilliant Black. It’s not a dark black, but a more gray black, and it’s a dry ink, so it keeps the line nicely narrow.
Ink Review: Diamine Wagner
Diamine Wagner. This ink is part of Diamine’s outstanding Music Set. Wagner is an unusual color, but I think it’s gorgeous. I have used it with a Lamy Safari with medium nib and here with an inexpensive Jetpens Chibi with a fine nib. It is better suited to pens with wetter nibs, like the Chibi.
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J. Herbin Perle Noire: Chromatogram
Plume145 asked whether there is any brown in J. Herbin Perle Noire. I did a quick bit of paper towel chromatography to see.
Yes! A khaki greenish, brownish hue, along with grays and blue.
One Minute Ink Review: J. Herbin Perle Noire
J. Herbin Perle Noire. A standard black ink that has all the good qualities of Aurora Black plus more lubrication. Perle Noire seems to flow well in even the most dry pen, and is my favorite all-around black ink.
An everyday ink? Yes.
Fountain Pen Follies 