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TURQUOISE  

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  1. 1. And the winner is

    • BLEU PERVENCHE - J. Herbin
    • BLU MARE - Rohrer & Klingner
    • HIMMELBLAU - Standardgraph
    • NIEBIESKI TURKUSOWY - Nicpoń
    • TURQUOISE - Pelikan


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Actually it won't be about turquoises, not in encyclopedical understanding of what turquoise actually is. Pure turquoise looks like that



http://imageshack.com/a/img404/7428/ei21.jpg


www.barwy.net



Blue turquoise like that:



http://imageshack.com/a/img706/1729/22ng.jpg


www.barwy.net



Anyway I've tried to compare five inks whether called whether considered turquoises. Their colors are bright and quite saturated.



To be honest I don't like pure turquoise - I like however to fill my fountain pen with vibrant shade of blue.



I compared five inks: BLEU PERVENCHE (J. Herbin), BLU MARE (Rohrer & Klingner), HIMMELBLAU (Standardgraph), NIEBIESKI TURKUSOWY (Nicpoń*), TURQUOISE (Pelikan).



* Nicpoń is chemistry PhD Student that's active on Polish fountain pen network. He'c created limited line of nice, saturated inks in many colors.



1. Swabs on Mondi 90 g paper



http://imageshack.com/a/img811/6673/qy1b.jpg






2. Ellipses "cut" from swabs



http://imageshack.com/a/img834/1497/m97z.jpg



3. Two drops of ink on kitchen towel



http://imageshack.com/a/img607/7721/0zsu.jpg


4. Trace of ink left by the nib on the paper



http://imageshack.com/a/img839/9781/sf31.jpg


Left to right: Bleu Pervenche, Blu Mare, Himmelblau, Turquoise, Niebieski Turkusowy



5. Fast handwriting on Mondi paper



http://imageshack.com/a/img844/8823/a9d5.jpg




6. Text written with Pilot 78 G with B nib on Oxford paper:



http://imageshack.com/a/img138/5033/y4yv.jpg





http://imageshack.com/a/img547/4792/rpob.jpg


left to right: Bleu Pervenche, Blu Mare, Himmelblau, Turquoise, Niebieski Turkusowy



7. Text written on cheap notebook


Famous polish tongue twister


http://imageshack.com/a/img163/8350/obto.jpg



http://imageshack.com/a/img716/7704/b3p2.jpg



(Bleu Pervenche, Blu Mare, Himmelblau, Turquoise, Niebieski Turkusowy)



http://imageshack.com/a/img607/8232/2kry.jpg


(left to right: Bleu Pervenche, Blu Mare, Himmelblau, Turquoise, Niebieski Turkusowy)



8. Text written on cheap copy paper (Lyreco) printed with dots:



http://imageshack.com/a/img30/6678/yivm.jpg




9. Text written in notebook



http://imageshack.com/a/img812/6822/qk1c.jpg



10. Are they waterproof



http://imageshack.com/a/img138/5731/mdva.jpg



11. Dry Times (Pilot 78 g witb B nib on copy paper):



http://imageshack.com/a/img819/5915/flpn.jpg




SUMMARY:



I find it difficult to indicate the winner. I guess Pelikan Turquoise deserves to take this place - it's good ink, it has reasonable price and is easily accesible around the world. Blu Mare is really nice and intense though it's not easily seen on the scans. Niebieski Turkusowy looks really good and it behaves well in fountain pen. However it's not easy to buy this ink as it is not produced for mass market.




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Torn betwen j Herbin... and Rohrer Klingon (or what ever it's called)... both to me seem true turquoise.

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To me the NIEBIESKI TURKUSOWY (Nicpoń*) is the winner for the great shading effect

second place I'm torn between R &K and Pelikan

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Great comparison!! thank you. Assuming you used the same pen for all the writing samples, I also would prefer the polish mix because of shading. But all colors seem similar enough that buying one would strongly depend on price and availability.

 

I use Waterman South Seas (or the new name of it, I don't remember, these marketing guys.....) because of those factors, together with good proven ol' behaviour. And, for a darker shade of turquoise, Diamine Havasu.

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very interesting post, visvamitra, informative -- although frankly I didn't see much difference in hue. I generally dislike turquoise, but Pelikan inks are well-saturated and I favor them over the other brands (of those you used I have experience only with J Herbin.)

 

At the risk of deviating from the Turquoise topic, I've uploaded two samples (at least they are blue) comparing Herbin Eclat de Saphir and Visconti Blue.

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I've always enjoyed Pelikan turquoise. Pleasant, cheery color.

 

I found MB turquoise to be too pale and the flow wasn't good.

I found Waterman Southseas blue too intense and after a while not so pleasant.

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Only have Herbin and Pelikan of those listed.

When I got here some years ago, Lamy was the base turquoise all were compared too. It is close to Pelikan.

I voted Blue Pervenche.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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