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Manufacturer: Parker


Series, colour: Penman Sapphire


Pen: Waterman Hemisphere "F"


Paper: Image Volume 80 g / cm2



Specifications:


Flow rate: very good


Lubrication: good


Bleed through: noticeable


Shading: noticeable


Feathering: unnoticeable


Saturation: very good




A drop of ink smeared with a nib



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The ink smudged with a cotton pad



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Lines



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Water Resistance



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Sample text



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Ink drying time



ca. 5 sec.




Other tests carried out:



Sample text in an Oxford notebook



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Sample letters in a Rhodia notebook



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Ink drops on a handkerchief



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Chromatography



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An Amazing Review of an Amazing Blue.... I am not a Blue person.... but this one looks rich and saturated.

 

Do you have any sheen pics?... ;)

 

 

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Of the saturated blue inks, this is probably the best behaved, with less feathering, spreading and bleeding than Private Reserve American Blue, Noodler's Blue or any of the Diamine blues, and a quicker dry time.

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Nice to see a great review of this one. Think I'll stick to Akkerman Shocking Blue or Diamine Majestic Blue though.

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Thanks for the review! This is one of my favorite blues!

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Great review. Thank you for doing all this work.

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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Thank you for reloading your images!

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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Funny thing about this ink...

 

I acquired a pile o' cartridges and several bottles of PPS sometime back, used it with great pleasure, and then just stopped. I liked it, but for reasons I can't put my finger on right now, I didn't refill my pens with PPS.

 

I guess I need to start using it again, or get rid of the ink somewhere...

 

 

 

John P.

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I love this ink. But it is dangerous ink. So I use Bungu Box Hatsukoi that was made with respect to Parker Penman Sapphire.

 

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It might well have been the first supersaturated ink....which caused so much problems, that they were forced to stop making it.

Way back in the '90's 'no one' knew about cleaning fountain pens....and like any modern supersaturated ink, the pen must be cleaned well at regular intervals.

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

 

 

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The more I use it, the more convinced I am that the Goulet exclusive Noodler's Liberty's Elysium is the true heir to penman sapphire (minus any sheen, but elysium REALLY wants to give me a little red tone at the edges)

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Funny thing about this ink...

 

I acquired a pile o' cartridges and several bottles of PPS sometime back, used it with great pleasure, and then just stopped. I liked it, but for reasons I can't put my finger on right now, I didn't refill my pens with PPS.

 

I guess I need to start using it again, or get rid of the ink somewhere...

 

 

 

John P.

 

I would take some off of your hands. :P

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I love this ink. But it is dangerous ink. So I use Bungu Box Hatsukoi that was made with respect to Parker Penman Sapphire.

 

rokurinpapa

It is dangerous ink, and Private Reserve Electric DC Blue is a reasonable alternative.

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On another one of the PPS threads, I think Monteverde Horizon Blue was declared the closest readily available ink to PPS.

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still have a few bottles of it, somewhere....

 

never had a problem with it

 

the increase in ink brands and flavours have given us several excellent alternatives since the late 1980s

 

your memory of this ink may be a bit romantic though....

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