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De Atramentis is german manufacturer of calligraphy and writing ink. The inks are hand made (the entire production process is done manually in their manufacturing center) by i's founder - Dr. Franz-Josef Jensen. I believe he uses high quality dyes from well established European companies like BASF and Bayer.

De Atramentis offers a variety of "traditional" fountain pen inks and a broad selection of special and scented inks. I believe they should get more attention as the quality od these fluids is very good and some colors are simply stunning.

Indigo is nice, deep blue.


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Kitchen towel

 

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ZAKRES KOLORU (użyłem narzędzia gradient w PSie, zaznaczyłem partie jasne i ciemne, w rezultacie powstał taki gradient - dla papieru kalendarzowego)

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Cheap notebook - TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

 

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Copy paper - TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

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cool blue

Das leben ist wie ein Perpetuum Mobile mit ein Mangel..... Immer im Bewegung jedoch nicht unendlich. (life is like a troubled Perpetuum Mobile ever moving but not for ever)

Tricked throughout the centuries...

For centuries people had been tricked by kings & "religion-alism"

In the 20th century people got tricked by communism

Today people get tricked by (neo)capitalism :)

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What a luxurious looking blue! How on earth do you take the images on the kitchen towel to make them so clear! Love the shading.

If there is righteousness in the heart, There will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, There will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. Bhagawan Shri Satya Sai Baba

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Rats. *Another* ink for the wish list. :wallbash:

Thanks for the review -- I think....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Rats. *Another* ink for the wish list. :wallbash:

Thanks for the review -- I think....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Aren't you the lovly lady that has to cheat on her husband when itcomes to ink ;)

 

I have the same problem.... Pathological Ink Greed :D

 

Regards

 

Peter

Das leben ist wie ein Perpetuum Mobile mit ein Mangel..... Immer im Bewegung jedoch nicht unendlich. (life is like a troubled Perpetuum Mobile ever moving but not for ever)

Tricked throughout the centuries...

For centuries people had been tricked by kings & "religion-alism"

In the 20th century people got tricked by communism

Today people get tricked by (neo)capitalism :)

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Aren't you the lovly lady that has to cheat on her husband when itcomes to ink ;)

Hah! Certainly not. I always (well almost always) warn him when I'm making an ink order. :rolleyes:

Yesterday I ordered some amber glass bottles with the polyseal black caps in a couple of different sizes and a couple of the 4 oz. ones with eyedropper caps (which the nice people at the container company threw in as "samples" -- even though I was perfectly willing to pay for them). I already have UPS tracking info for the order, which should -- in theory -- come late Monday afternoon or early evening.

Once I get them and wash (and maybe even sterilize them), I can decant a couple of large bottles of vintage ink into managable size containers so I can finally USE them.

I've had the never-been-opened 8 oz. bottle of vintage Quink Violet for a couple of YEARS now :wallbash: but have been afraid to open it -- it has a rubber stopper with a wick down into the ink, but not any sort of pouring spout, and I wasn't sure that once I got the rubber stopper out, I'd never get it back in safely (not to mention the mess of the ink covered wick). The 2/3-3/4 full 16 oz. bottle of Skrip Peacock Blue is just sort of an unwieldy size.... and a LOT of ink. And took about 2 days to get off my hands, just from randomly handling it, and trying to unscrew the cap.

The 4 oz. bottles with the black caps will be backups. The eyedropper bottles will be for more current use, probably to transfer into the 2 oz. bottle for actual pen refilling purposes.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Vis, I'm with you on the DeA inks, I'm becoming a bigger fan the more of them that I review.

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 love this ink and your review reminded me that my supply is getting very low! Thanks for the review.

"Life would split asunder without letters." Virginia Woolf

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Love that blue. I almost ordered it, but ordered Diamine Sargasso Sea instead. Looks like I will be getting DeA Indigo as well. Great review.

I enjoy MB 146 pens, Sailor, Pilot and Platinum pens as well. I have a strong attraction to dark red and muted green ink, colors I dislike for everything but FP ink. I also enjoy practicing my handwriting and attempting to improve it. I love the feel of quality paper under a gold nib.

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I was disappointed with this one. Too much green... it reminded me of Legal Lapis. (I still have the bottle of Lapis; it is 5-6 years old, gathering dust in a drawer.)

 

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I was disappointed with this one. Too much green... it reminded me of Legal Lapis. (I still have the bottle of Lapis; it is 5-6 years old, gathering dust in a drawer.)

Interesting. I was catching up on this thread and skimming through the listings the photos from the review made me think of Noodler's Ottoman Azure; I have that in a pen at the moment, and haven't been able to make up my mind about whether I like the color of it well enough to get a full bottle or not.... It would be less expensive than Indigo, but might not be as well behaved (I've tended to like most of the De Atramentis inks I've tried.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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One of the worst behaved inks I've ever used. The feathering....

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