Aurora Inks?

[Tanzanite]

Thanks to good advice on FPN I have started to use Aurora Blue and Black inks as my every day inks and love them. They are very well behaved and work beautifully on different papers. I tried to find information about them on Auroras web but there were none. Some webshops are out of stock. This makes me a bit concerned. Are they still produced? Are there only blue and black or do they produce other colours?

[domnortheast]

Hi Tanzanite,

Aurora Blue is one of my everyday inks also but, as you've found, supply is a bit erratic at times so get it whilst it's hot. As far as I'm aware Aurora only do the Blue or Black. I usually switch between Diamine Sapphire Blue and Aurora Blue as they are very similar in colour when writing at least.

 

Dom

[lapis]

Never heard of any other Aurora colours.

 

Mike

[DrRoger]

If you're in the EU, I'd recommend the excellent Write Here in Shrewsbury, UK for Aurora inks (black and blue are the only colours I've seen in Aurora inks). Usual disclaimers apply.

[Chettiar]

http://www.penbox.co.uk/aurora.pen.refills.htm Penbox has stock as of now (no affiliation). The writing desk used to have good stock but black is awaiting delivery for the last two weeks..

[Tanzanite]

Thank you! The webshop where I have bought mine still have, but in my search for information and more colours and the fact that Aurora do not have them on their web made me worried.

I really whish there were more colours. Has anyone tried to mix the blue with a little of the black ink?

[BMG]

I've used the black for years, as I find it one of the deepest, richest black inks. It is also fairly wet IME.

 

Never tried the blue, though I’d like to one day. Am happy to hear that it leans toward sapphire, which I like.

[fabri00]

Aurora makes only blue and black. No other colors.

[Jackson]

In several pens, nibs and papers, I've found the blue to be very smeary, but not the black.

[Tanzanite]

I have noticed that the blue smears if I take notes in a meeting and have the pen uncapped when I am not writing. This has been on Oxford paper.

[maksim]

Good to know about the blue.

 

Love the black, absolutely well behaved, even in wet writers.

[PS104]

I had the opportunity to try Aurora black recently. Never used black before. It blew me away. Very dense. Didn't fade to gray or some other color. Definitely a Standard

[Tanzanite]

I have noticed that the blue smears if I take notes in a meeting and have the pen uncapped when I am not writing. This has been on Oxford paper.

That happens with a lot of inks. If pen is capped between writing there is no problem.