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I have:

 

Topaz (my favourite ink of all 50+ bottles I own and perfectly behaved, I now have 2 bottles, because I'm terrified I'll run out),

Amber (when in the right pen it's stunning)

Aventurine (it feathers a bit and can look amazing or just green)

Turmaline (great colour)

Sapphire (nice but wouldn't buy again)

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Tanzanite Vintage

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I have six Edelstein inks and most of them fade horribly. Ruby, Tourmaline and Sapphire has no lightfastness at all. Jade and Tanzanite are better. Best lightfastness of my six have Mandarin. Everything written with Edelstein inks should be kept in a closed notebook. Not suitable for art.

 

I think the colours are beautiful and Tanzanite is one of my favourite inks. Jade is a gorgeous jade green colour. Most of the colours look better on white paper and not cream. Ruby is unfortunately a dull pinkish red. I will probably never use it again.

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Topaz is a PIA to clean out for me

 

I second this, Topaz has kinda 'stained' the converter of my Waterman Hemisphere, but it's a very nice color, would buy this color again again and again if the price isn't an issue. Didn't try other colors though.

 

Appearance wise, I found the Iroshizuku bottles very nice until my Edelstein bottle landed in my mailbox. WHAT A BOTTLE!

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TheDarkFaery Near Mint

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I just saw sbre brown's incyclopedia entry of pelikan turquoise. He said that he thinks its the same as Topaz. Is this true?

"Never Say goodbye, because saying goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting,"

 

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No, it isn't true, and one look at the writing samples at the Goulet website shows the difference clearly.

 

I have both the Topaz and the Onyx, and I haven't had any staining issues with either of them. I find both to be good no fuss inks.

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I just saw sbre brown's incyclopedia entry of pelikan turquoise. He said that he thinks its the same as Topaz. Is this true?

I saw that too. Its nowhere close (I have both inks). Not sure which ink Stephen brown was thinking of but he definitely had the wrong one in his mind.
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How would you compare Edelstein Topaz against Iroshizuku Kon Peki

I don't have Kon Peki, only Topaz. However, in another thread someone mentioned they look identical. All I know is Topaz is a beautiful colour (darker than a standard turquoise) with amazing (and unusual shading) and it has sheen on some papers.

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I own Topaz (bought it when I was trying to force myself to like blue inks...didn't work out), and although it is a nice shading/sheening ink with superb water resistance, I find it rather thick, oversaturated, thus pretty difficult to clean out of a pen. Since I mostly use vintage pens, I keep myself to Rohrer und Klingner and the standard, 4001, Pelikan line. My girlfriend, however, loves this ink and uses it in a Noodler's Konrad with a custom Arabic-italic ground nib (no problem with cleaning the pen there!). I'm not even sure why it's called Topaz...natural topaz is pretty colourless.

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How would you compare Edelstein Topaz against Iroshizuku Kon Peki

Here we go:

fpn_1406306041__konpeki_topaz.jpg

Wouldn't it be great if Nakaya used TWSBI piston fillers instead of Platinum cartridge converters?

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Where is the best place to purchase these inks, price wise? I would love to try (ok, I really just want the bottle) but it seems to be quite expensive. I love Goulet pens, but they don't always have the best prices in my experience. :)

So, what's your point?

(Mine is a flexible F.)

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I just saw sbre brown's incyclopedia entry of pelikan turquoise. He said that he thinks its the same as Topaz. Is this true?

As said above, no, this is not true. One of the main reasons why the Edelsteins came into being. Check out one of my reviews of them. I forget which. The two advantages/improvements of them (over the 4001 series) were noted there (I think).

 

Mike

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I tried a few Edelstein shades but was so much more enamored of Diamine, the Edelsteins haven't been in any of my pens in over a year.

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Where is the best place to purchase these inks, price wise? I would love to try (ok, I really just want the bottle) but it seems to be quite expensive. I love Goulet pens, but they don't always have the best prices in my experience. :)

 

 

Go on amazon and search "Edelstein inks" they are all listed for about 19-20$ there and if you have Prime its free shipping. That is the cheapest that I have seen them.

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It depends on which ink. Alas, they have not held up on my fade tests.

How do you do a fade test, do you just use different inks and let them sit under a lamp, or something similar, and just see if they start to lighten up

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How do you do a fade test, do you just use different inks and let them sit under a lamp, or something similar, and just see if they start to lighten up

 

 

Oh dear, well, see first you set up the tests, then you put the inks into the window of a Caboose in Las Vegas.

 

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Union_Pacific_Caboose/slides/2012-05-29%2009.12.09.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I've tried Tanzanite and Sapphire. Both of the inks were exceptionally well behaved and I enjoyed the colors. I would probably buy a bottle of Tanzanite but might pass on the Sapphire as it wasn't "special" enough to justify the price.

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TXKat Vintage

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Amberleadavis...you are my kind os smarta...er, person! :P

 

Would like to know how you REALLY do the fade test. :)

So, what's your point?

(Mine is a flexible F.)

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Har, har, now that's a good one. Amber, sure can't wait till you tackle that one :lticaptd: :lticaptd: :lticaptd: :lticaptd: :lticaptd: :lticaptd: :lticaptd: :lticaptd:

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