Noodler's China Expeditionary Force 1944 Blue

[Crim]

Hi guys! Here's a handwritten review of this ink. Normally I'm too shy to post a full review cause I think my handwriting sucks, but I figure since this is a Chinese exclusive I might as well show everything I've written. The color of my scan is a tad off. If you look at the swab... the color seems more accurate there. Maybe because the Clairefontaine and Rhodia lines are different colors and so my scanner does it differently... I don't know!. The scan makes this color look a little teal but when looking at it I don't really see teal. It really kinda looks like a chalky Ottoman Azure-ish color. I'll perform a bit of a torture test and show you the results tomorrow.

 

Oh and the drying time seems to be fast as mentioned. The ink might even be a little on the dry side, though I couldn't tell because the only pen that wasn't inked was that pen which... just isn't that good of a pen.

 

I haven't done any research into why this ink is named what it is. All I know is that the person who designed the label is someone I normally buy my Noodler's from. I think he did a good job with the label. Here's what he had to say about this ink (you can google translate it yourself).

 

 

"中国远征军 墨水

 

 

Nathan一直非常热心于中国系列，数次向我提出建议。在第三批货生产时，他曾经提议做出中国的二战系列，我的想法就是做“中国远征军”。我把一些中国远征军的资料翻译，并附上图片发送给Nathan之后，意外的是第三批货中就已经有Nathan按自己的想法设计的中国远征军。颜色跟标签都不是我设计的，既然做出来，就评测一下，让笔友们给出意见。

 

说老实话这标签做得太突出美国了。

 

Nathan的建议是最好是钢笔绘画来作为主要图案，因此我急需要懂设计跟绘画的笔友帮助我完成这一标签设计。已经有笔友表示愿意帮忙，在此表示万分感谢。"

 

 

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[Crim]

Ackk! Wrong Forum, haha. Can a mod please move this?

[vieuxcarre]

Are you aware of any sources of this ink in the United States? If not, are there any retailers that stock it that can ship from Asia for a reasonable charge?

[Crim]

Are you aware of any sources of this ink in the United States? If not, are there any retailers that stock it that can ship from Asia for a reasonable charge?

 

I think it's a pretty new ink. It was introduced by this guy 2-3 weeks ago. I would have had this ink sooner but because of Spring Festival, almost everything has been shut down for 15 days... including the post office (with some exception).

 

Honestly I don't know how extensive the Noodler's brand is in China. I know this seller is based in Shanghai but I buy his ink off of Taobao (Similar to E-Bay). As far as I know, he's the only person who really supplies Noodler's in China. He sells ink for the standard price you'd buy it anywhere else; everyone else who sells the ink sells it for double the normal price so I'm guessing they buy it from him and then (stupidly) try to resell it for a higher price.

[lefty928]

Thanks for a thorough review of an ink I'd not otherwise be likely to see.

[Ed Ronax]

Nice, thanks.

[lunawing]

Here is one link on the auction site:

 

http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-c637b7aede654abb305a2b4ad0f33dd9.jhtml

 

One can see the label clearly carries the symbol of Nationalist. Also the handwriting of Chiang Kai-She. I can not believe this ink can be sold in public inside mainland China now. The world have really changed a lot.

 

 

C-H

[Crim]

Here is one link on the auction site:

 

http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-c637b7aede654abb305a2b4ad0f33dd9.jhtml

 

One can see the label clearly carries the symbol of Nationalist. Also the handwriting of Chiang Kai-She. I can not believe this ink can be sold in public inside mainland China now. The world have really changed a lot.

 

 

C-H

 

Yup, that's the guy who I bought it from/designed it. CBN is the best!

 

Do you know what the writing says? And coud you tell us about the significance of this bottle's design and writing?

[lunawing]

What shown in the picture is the Second China Expeditionary Force formed in 1944 under Chiang's Nationalist government. It is made of 9 divisions, about 160000 troops. What significant is these troops are all equipped and trained by US army. They were sent to Burma later and fought along with US army against Japan. The pictures shown are the ceremony held when both Chinese and US army met at Mong-Yu, which reopened the supply line from India to China.

 

The words on the label are a war slogan which called for people to join the Expeditionary force. It means:

 

One inch of land worths one inch of blood.

A hundred thousand young men can be a hundred thousand soldiers.

 

This is a long forgotten history.

 

C-H

Edited February 27, 2010 by lunawing

[vieuxcarre]

A bit more info in the Chinese Army India-Burma Campaigns.

 

An important part of history often not considered.

[Crim]

Interesting, thanks for the link!

[journeyman42]

Thanks for the review and thanks for the history lesson. Its not often that we get both at the same time.

[fabrimedeiros]

Wow! What a beautiful label! Thanks, Crim!

[Crim]

You're welcome!

[lunawing]

Just find some writing samples (http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_53853af10100n88i.html)

 

It's an eternal ink and looks extremely nice to me :puddle:

[bjcmatthews]

looks just like BBH, can you post a comparison anyoen?

[lunawing]

looks just like BBH, can you post a comparison anyoen?

 

 

Sorry that I don't have this ink. To me, it looks more like the Bad Kingfisher, with more blue tone it it. I hope I can get one someday though.

 

CH

[blopplop]

I know this an old post, but does anyone know where I can acquire this ink?

 

Thanks,

Dave