Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue

[Owner of a Lonely Heart]

Hey there guys here is another one of my reviews. I just got this ink today and I thought I would share my experience with you. Anyway here you go! On my monitor the scans came out close, but maybe a touch lighter than real life...

[The Good Captain]

I really like this ink too. It's one that I keep in a Pelikan M600 EF all the time and on a rotational basis in an M400 as well. A good standard blue ink with no nast side effects I've noticed.

[Mr.Chira]

Thanks for your nice review. I'm comparing this ink with the Noodler's Eel Blue. What's your recon?

[Owner of a Lonely Heart]

Thanks for your nice review. I'm comparing this ink with the Noodler's Eel Blue. What's your recon?

 

 

I am sorry, I don't quite understand... What do you mean by recon? And unfortunately I have no Noodler's eel blue so I can't help!

[inkobsessed]

I really like this ink too. It's one that I keep in a Pelikan M600 EF all the time and on a rotational basis in an M400 as well. A good standard blue ink with no nast side effects I've noticed.

 

I also liked Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue but it has one very nasty side effect: it fades even in complete darkness. There are more blues like Waterman Florida Blue and Parker Washable blue that have a tendecy to fade but even after years when they are not to often exposed to light, they remain readable. But unfortunally not Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue. It's the only ink I used that completely fades away over time.

 

Joop

[The Good Captain]

I really like this ink too. It's one that I keep in a Pelikan M600 EF all the time and on a rotational basis in an M400 as well. A good standard blue ink with no nast side effects I've noticed.

 

I also liked Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue but it has one very nasty side effect: it fades even in complete darkness. There are more blues like Waterman Florida Blue and Parker Washable blue that have a tendecy to fade but even after years when they are not to often exposed to light, they remain readable. But unfortunally not Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue. It's the only ink I used that completely fades away over time.

 

Joop

I've not been using it long enough to have experienced this effect. I'll certainly bear it in mind though, in terms of what I might write with it.

[mirosc]

Thank you for the nice review!

 

I'm not sure how to feel about the ink.

 

I have used it for years as my almost only ink. So I got a bit bored of it. But on the other hand it has (and that was exactly the reason why I used it so much) that classy, understated, standard look. It's an ink you can use in every occasion, on every paper, for every purpose and it will always look good and behaves well all the time. Not many inks have these qualities. Regarding this I dare to say that it is the best ink Pelikan has produced.

 

And it works with ink erasers... (for better or worse)

 

The biggest drawback is indeed the fading, It never faded to a complete nothing, it was always readable, but it looses much of character and vibrance and becomes quite dull and aged. And it is horrible with water. I've had the experience that it completely washed out, leaving hardly any traces on the paper.

Edited July 7, 2011 by mirosc

[piembi]

 

And it works with ink erasers... (for better or worse)

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And it is horrible with water. I've had the experience that it completely washed out, leaving hardly any traces on the paper.

 

Gues that's the reason why it had been - and still is to a lesser degree - the main German school ink. It's not only the paper but as well clothes. When I was in school royal blue was mandatory until 6th grade. Stopped using it as soon as possible and switched to black for the remaining years.

 

Now I come back to the - reformulated (= a tad darker than the earlier RB) - Pelikan Royal Blue. I use it with my vintage Pelikan pens and like it in a 1:1 mix with Pelikan Blueblack.

 

I am using notebooks at the office and keep them for 2-3 years. So far no serious fading problem with any of the blue inks I am using and I am rarely using anything else than low maintenance blue and blueblack.

[Bookman]

Some people like heavily saturated inks. I tend to lean in this direction. In my experience, Pelikan Royal Blue leans too far in the other. With the pens and papers I used in my trials and comparisons, dried Montblanc Royal Blue—not a saturated ink by any stretch of imagination—took months to fade to the paleness of Pelikan Royal Blue's after only one day on the page. Everyone's personal experience and tastes vary, but I wouldn't recommend Pelikan Royal Blue to anyone who could live with the similar shades of Aurora Blue or Montblanc Royal Blue.

Edited July 9, 2011 by Bookman

[lovemy51]

Hey there guys here is another one of my reviews. I just got this ink today and I thought I would share my experience with you. Anyway here you go! On my monitor the scans came out close, but maybe a touch lighter than real life...

just look at that visconti blue on the scan!!! oh sorry, this thread is about pelikan, but i couldn't help it... :embarrassed_smile:

 

edited: hmm, i'm surprised at the way PR DCSS looks. i though it'd be more vibrant...

Edited July 15, 2011 by lovemy51

[titrisol]

As a school boy my parents bought 1l bottles of this ink and it lasted until I went to college.

Nice ink, lovely flow and nice color. However, as stated before it fades in some papers (I guess acidic) while in others it darkens and becomes more permanent.

Edited July 15, 2011 by titrisol

[blizzardras]

i dont like this ink for it's colour. the ink looks like normal ballpoint ink.