Comparison: Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Montblanc Royal Blue

[Sandy1]

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As the patches are neutral gray, their colour on your monitor should also be neutral gray.

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Figure 1.

Gray Scale.

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Figure 2. Swabs

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• Sheaffer Skrip Blue x3
• Montblanc Royal Blue x3
• Sheaffer Skrip Blue x2
• Montblanc Royal Blue x2
• Sheaffer Skrip Blue x1
• Montblanc Royal Blue x1

Figure 3. Other Stuff

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• Left Side: Sheaffer Skrip Blue
• Right Side: Montblanc Royal Blue

Written Samples - Moby Dick

 

Figure 4. Written Samples on Rhodia

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• Left Side. Sheaffer Skrip Blue: Nine lines from the M200+EF; then ten lines from the 330+M; then ten lines from the Safari+1.1i .
• Right Side. Montblanc Royal Blue: Nine lines from the M200+EF; then ten lines from the 330+M; then ten lines from the Safari+1.1i .

Figure 5. Written Samples on HPJ1124

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• 1st Line: Sheaffer Skrip Blue from the 330+M
• 2nd Line: Montblanc Royal Blue from the 330+M
• 3rd Line: Sheaffer Skrip Blue from the Safari+1.1i
• 4th Line: Montblanc Royal Blue from the Safari+1.1i

High Resolution Scans

 

As I do not wish to have the sobriquet 'Queen of the Bandwidth Bandits', these are Links only.

 

• Sheaffer Skrip Blue from 330+M on Rhodia. My link
• Montblanc Royal Blue from 330+M on Rhodia. My link
• Sheaffer Skrip Blue from Safari+1.1i on Rhodia. My link
• Montblanc Royal Blue from Safari+1.1i on Rhodia. My link
• Sheaffer Skrip Blue and Montblanc Royal Blue from 330+M on HPJ1124. My link
• Sheaffer Skrip Blue and Montblanc Royal Blue from Safari+1.1i on HPJ1124. My link

Observations:

 

• These are the things which are not apparent from the Images.
• These observations may differ ever so slightly from the Ink Review/s that may be in place.
• My contribution was to generate enough reasonable samples, then capture the appearance of those samples.
• If you'd like more detailed information, please send me a PM; I'll do what I can. (Within reason - you naughty FPN boys).
• I leave it to each viewer to interpret what is seen, and/or to initiate discussion in the usual way.

Type:

• Both are dye-based FP inks.

Flow Rate:

• SSB is a bit on the dry side.
• MBRB is rather wetter than average.

Nib Dry-out:

• Both inks are OK.

Start-up:

• Both inks are OK.

Lubrication:

• Both inks are above average.

Nib Creeping:

• None for both inks.

Staining:

• None after 3 days for both inks.

Clogging:

• Not seen for both inks.

Bleed Through:

• None on papers used for both inks.

Show Through:

• None on papers used for both inks.
• Both sides of the sheet may be used.

Clean-up:

• Both cleaned-up very quickly with plain water.

Densitometer Readings - From the Ink Reviews. (FWIW)

 

• Sheaffer Skrip Blue:
  • Red 121
  • Grn 139
  • Blu 231
  • Lum 153

  [*]Montblanc Royal Blue:

  • Red 100
  • Grn 113
  • Blu 220
  • Lum 131

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MATERIEL

 

• Paper:
  • Written Samples:
    • Rhodia
    • HPJ1124
    • Glossy card

    [*]Other:

    • Glossy paper
    • HPJ1124
    • Royal - 25% cotton rag

  [*]Pens:

  • Pelikan M200 + M200-series g-p steel EF
  • Sheaffer 330 + steel M
  • Lamy Pink Safari + a rather wet steel 1.1i

IMAGES:

• Scans were made on an Epson V600 scanner; factory defaults were accepted.
• Figures shown were scanned at 96 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Images linked were scanned at 300 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Scans went straight to the file sharing thingy.

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[Sandy1]

Ink Reviews:

 

• Sheaffer Skrip Blue: My link
• Montblanc Royal Blue: My link

[The Royal Pen]

Great comparison! The Montblanc Royal Blue looks more saturated than the Skrip Blue, but, I do like the baby-blue look of the Skrip Blue! Thanks for posting this, I love reading your reviews!

[TWRDO]

The MB looks a bit more saturated than the Skrip, or is it just a little bit darker blue? Either way, those two are a lot more similar looking than I would have guessed.

[Sandy1]

Great comparison! The Montblanc Royal Blue looks more saturated than the Skrip Blue, but, I do like the baby-blue look of the Skrip Blue! Thanks for posting this, I love reading your reviews!

Hi,

 

Glad you like the Comparison!

 

As I posted elsewhere earlier this eve, sometimes one cannot 'figure-out' an ink until it is put in comparison to others.

 

I concur with your observation that MBRB is more saturated - but not by a huge margin. The dyes in MBRB are more dense (darker) but the ink still is capable of showing subtle and eloquent shading.

 

As mentioned in the IR of Skrip, I really like the transparency of the ink, which generates a very different experience when seen on the page. In that way, viewing of Skrip is more dependent on the paper than for MBRB, which is more saturated so less transparent (but not by a huge margin.) I think that level of nuance is beyond the capability of glowing pixels to convey.

 

Bye,

S1

Edited October 18, 2010 by Sandy1

[Sandy1]

The MB looks a bit more saturated than the Skrip, or is it just a little bit darker blue? Either way, those two are a lot more similar looking than I would have guessed.

Hi,

 

As mentioned, the MBRB is more saturated and more dense (darker).

 

I terms of colour, they are not massively different though. (And I think that may be the case for other inks as the One Of The Ten series continues.) That is one reason I use 6 pens on four primary papers for my IRs. But the appearance on the page is decidedly different - they are not interchangeable or 'clones'. A casual reader would very likely notice the difference. The differences are: 1) transparency, 2) density, then 3) colour. Or whatever sequence you choose.

 

So perhaps one might look at comparisons of Skrip to another ink to which MBRB was compared - asa-gao was first I think. I am working on other OOTT comparisons as time & tide allow. I invite one and all to check back every now & again to see what mischief I'm up to.

 

asa-gao :: Skrip My link

asa-gao :: MBRB My link

 

Bye,

S1

Edited October 18, 2010 by Sandy1