Noodler's Black Swans From Australia Has Changed Again?

[LamyOne]

Hello Everyone,

 

I was at the Goulet Shop again, preparing a list of a couple of inks I'd like to pick-up, (but holding off purchasing, in the hopes they'll have a special sale next Friday), and I came across this:

 

http://www.gouletpens.com/Noodlers_Black_Swan_Australian_Roses_Ink_3oz_p/n19065.htm

 

 

If you read the bold print, it sounds like BSAR has changed for the second time, anyone know what the latest version looks like? Is it a closer match to the original??? (I hope, I hope). The video at the Goulet site still depicts the first change; I have no idea what the new stuff looks like.

 

Best regards,

 

Chris

Edited October 31, 2014 by LamyOne

[Hangglidernerd]

Hope it's back to the original....if not I am glad I'm stingy with ink.My old bottle is 2/3 full.

[Chrissy]

There was a recent thread about Noodler's BSAR. In that thread there are 3 versions. #1 version is the original, #2 version is purple, and #3 version is more like the old version than the purple, but is still not exactly the same as #1 version

 

I assume that Goulet's now have the #3 version

[Amberjack]

Just speaking with Margaret at Goulet. She says the BSAR swab in the swab shop reflects the ink they have in stock.

 

Still looks pretty purple to me.

 

AJ

[Chrissy]

It doesn't look as purple as the swab of the new shade on Brian's video

[WaskiSquirrel]

From what I understand, it's more like the old version, but still more purple than the old version.

[lgsoltek]

I just don't think they should changed the formulation and the colour drastically (and frequently) without informing the consumers while keeping the same product name. For me it's deception.

[WaskiSquirrel]

I just don't think they should changed the formulation and the colour drastically (and frequently) without informing the consumers while keeping the same product name. For me it's deception.

 

In fairness, Mr. Tardif is trying to solve a problem created by his dye supplier. The dye supplier changed a major component of this ink, so he was taken by surprise.

 

Personally, I think that he should have briefly discontinued the ink while he solved the problem he didn't create, but the initial release of the drastically changed color cannot be blamed on him.

[inkstainedruth]

I actually like the look of what the "new" swab looks like (whether that's the "intermediate" formulation or not I can't say). But I also did really like the original.

While I agree with Waski's point about it not really being Nathan's fault, I'm not sure that discontinuing the ink is a good idea either, simply because it's hard enough to get some of the Noodler's inks (particularly the exclusives) to begin with.

That being said, I'm still grumpy about Army Green having gone back to the "original" formula -- I apparently am in the minority, but I really LIKED the reformulated version a lot -- it leaned towards the yellow side of the spectrum without being either too light to be legible (Diamine Kelly Green I'm talking to YOU), or too bilious a color (I want ink that's "slightly yellowish-*green*", not "snot-colored when I have a bacterial infection"...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[gwyneddd]

I kind of agree that if the color changes, they should change the name or else label it version 1, 2 etc.

 

Example is Poussiere de Lune, which is one of my favorite inks. I have the "old" version, which thanks to one of the forumites here, I determined was the old version by the water test. It's greyer than the newer version. I like it the way it is, but when I run out, I'm probably going to get the new version by force.

 

Another example, I bought Hematite Red (also Herbin.) I didn't know what version I was buying. It turns out it is the middle version, with the least sheen to it. It would be NICE to know the ink you buy matches the swatches you tend to see.