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PR Tanzanite is simply a stunning color. It is just a shade bluer than what I think of as true violet, but it is darned close! The color is like some of the shades in its namesake, Tanzanite. This ink shades nicely, and generally seemed well behaved, but it has a quirk. It flows. No, it gushes. If you have a dry pen... try this ink. If your pen is already extra juicy... it could be an issue, or you just might wait a long time for all that ink to dry. My Perla is a fairly wet writer, so it made a particularly juicy line with the Tanzanite. It seems relatively saturated, but that could just be the extra flow. The color is simply lovely and is one that I think everyone needs to have! It's just about the color of the iris reticulata that bloom in my garden in early, early spring, sometimes poking through the snow.

 

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This has long been one of my favorite inks. Just blue enough so that I don't feel funny (male ego) using it and yet interesting enough. Great performing ink in most of my pens. /Craig

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Thanks...I just got a bottle of this and it will be going into a pen as soon as I clear out the currently inked ones!

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My only caveat is this ink FLOWS and in pens with bold-plus nibs with zero flow issues it can be a bit much, even for one who likes a wet line.

 

Dilution at 50% doesn't stem the overflow.

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Most of pens has juicy nibs, what can be a problem with this ink, however I have two Monblanc 146 and a 149, whose ink flows are not uniform and a bit on the dry side. I'll try to remember of this ink in my next ink order.

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Most of pens has juicy nibs, what can be a problem with this ink, however I have two Monblanc 146 and a 149, whose ink flows are not uniform and a bit on the dry side. I'll try to remember of this ink in my next ink order.

 

 

I only have a few "juicy nibs." My Delta Oversize with B nib won't be seeing this colour any time soon.

 

also, the colour on my monitor is almost blue, this ink is PURPLE!!! It is fully understood about the scanning issues and my monitor issues...

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This ink has a fantastic gold sheen. I posted pictures of it in action over at my 'Inks with a Sheen' thread in the scans/comparisons forum. I am a big fan of this one now!!!

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