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This is a well-known deep blue with a heavy, bright red sheen. I found it to be mostly well behaved and a beautiful looking ink on the page.

 

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http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineMajesticBlueDipNib.jpg

 

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http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineMajesticBlueComparisons.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineMajesticBlueShading.jpg

 

While it's not on the top of my list, a bottle will definitely end up on my ink shelf. :) And I will have some sheen pictures to put up as soon as I can.

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1962falcon Mint

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Impressive review...... was rather put off Majestic by caveats expressed elsewhere about 'dry time' and 'effort needed to flush pens'..... However, a couple of months back I decided to throw caution to the wind and added a sample bottle to my order...... I am glad I did as the positives [colour, shading, sheen etc] outweigh the negatives by some margin.

 

I was sufficiently impressed to award Majestic a place in my 'blue keeper stash'. It now sits in a 80ml bottle alongside by other keeper blues.....Diamine's Kensington, ASA, Royal, Minty, China and Eau de Nil and Herbin's EdS.

 

BTW....your recent review of Sailor's Sky High is tempting me, perhaps that's one I could put in my letter to Santa!

 

Best wishes,

 

Falcon

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My original experiences of this, with the drying/smearing issues I was getting, made me put the bottle at the back of the desk. However, I' recently tried it again and love the colour and everything else you point out in yet another great review. Also I realised that if I'm careful, the only people who might suffer the smudging are my letter recipients - so, tough!!!!!

The Good Captain

"Meddler's 'Salamander' - almost as good as the real thing!"

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Hi,

 

Many thanks for giving us another look at this ink. :thumbup:

 

It is interesting to see that it runs quite well at such high densities as you've depicted. It may be a candidate for dip pen use!

. . .

 

My original experiences of this, with the drying/smearing issues I was getting, made me put the bottle at the back of the desk. However, I' recently tried it again and love the colour and everything else you point out in yet another great review. Also I realised that if I'm careful, the only people who might suffer the smudging are my letter recipients - so, tough!!!!!

 

+1

 

When writing personal correspondence with DMBl, I use a dry-ish pen and wider margins; for pro forma personal business bumph, I use a wet pen and narrow margins. :rolleyes:

 

Bye,

S1

The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

 

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Warren Dipped Only

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I've tried this ink.

I have a half full bottle that I stopped using.

 

Why.....?????

 

This ink clogs pens.....!!!!!

.... and it smears too.....

 

So, if you don't have a problem with cleaning and unclogging

your pens regularly, then this ink is for you.

 

If you do, then 'Majestic Blue' would probably work better as

a Dip Pen type ink.

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Alexandra Extremely Rare

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This ink clogs pens.....!!!!!

.... and it smears too.....

 

 

Hmm, I've had no clogging at all. I've never even had start up problems. Yes, it is subject to smearing, but I have found it to be well behaved and beautiful from any nib.

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Bhavna Vintage

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Thank you for bringing this divine ink to current conscious thought again. I love Majestic blue. I have it in a fine to medium Sheaffer and I just love it. The red sheen is spectacular, especially when it just shimmers in stolen shards of light when the paper is moved whilst reading. Heaven :wub:

If there is righteousness in the heart, There will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, There will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. Bhagawan Shri Satya Sai Baba

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Thank you for bringing this divine ink to current conscious thought again. I love Majestic blue. I have it in a fine to medium Sheaffer and I just love it. The red sheen is spectacular, especially when it just shimmers in stolen shards of light when the paper is moved whilst reading. Heaven :wub:

 

Thank you for bringing this thread up again and reminding me that I had sheen pictures to share! :D

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/get-attachment-5.jpg

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/get-attachment-6.jpg

 

These aren't of my usual effort, but the iPhone is worlds better than my old phone at late night ink pictures!

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:puddle: :puddle: :puddle: :thumbup:

If there is righteousness in the heart, There will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, There will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. Bhagawan Shri Satya Sai Baba

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Joe in Seattle Antique

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This is becoming a fav of mine. In fact, my Homo Sapiens has been whispering blue for a week or more, perhaps it's time. :mellow:

"how do I know what I think until I write it down?"

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Curious, how diluted is the ink?

 

I'm afraid I couldn't tell you. My method for getting the diluted samples is run the pen until it won't dry (usually after I finish writing the reviews I'l write in an ink journal until it's dry) and then pull a bit of water into the pen. Then I put the piston in its "full" position and make sure all the water and ink have mixed, push out about a drop to clear the feed of any leftover water, write a few sentences to make sure it isn't too diluted, and then do the sample.

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Curious, how diluted is the ink?

 

I'm afraid I couldn't tell you. My method for getting the diluted samples is run the pen until it won't dry (usually after I finish writing the reviews I'l write in an ink journal until it's dry) and then pull a bit of water into the pen. Then I put the piston in its "full" position and make sure all the water and ink have mixed, push out about a drop to clear the feed of any leftover water, write a few sentences to make sure it isn't too diluted, and then do the sample.

 

 

Ah. I was just wondering if you work with specific ratio.

 

Anyway, I wanted to tell you that I always enjoy your review as it employs different nibs, you have great handwriting, you post great pictures and it has comparisons.

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Curious, how diluted is the ink?

 

I'm afraid I couldn't tell you. My method for getting the diluted samples is run the pen until it won't dry (usually after I finish writing the reviews I'l write in an ink journal until it's dry) and then pull a bit of water into the pen. Then I put the piston in its "full" position and make sure all the water and ink have mixed, push out about a drop to clear the feed of any leftover water, write a few sentences to make sure it isn't too diluted, and then do the sample.

 

 

Ah. I was just wondering if you work with specific ratio.

 

Anyway, I wanted to tell you that I always enjoy your review as it employs different nibs, you have great handwriting, you post great pictures and it has comparisons.

 

Thanks! :thumbup:

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georges zaslavsky Museum Piece

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very nice ink color thanks for sharing :thumbup:

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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akz_001 Near Mint

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Hello everybody

 

I have 4 bottles of this ink and I am pretty fed up with this inks behavior with the pens.

I have tested this ink in two of my pens the ffirst one if Twisbi Vac 700 and the other one is

Lamy Safari and in both the pens this ink dries and block the ink flow and when I try to

restart the ink flow by scratching the nib on the paper couple of times the ink flow do get started

but the pen starts to skip frequently.

I do want to know if you all also had this problem and if so then what did you guys do ?

 

Thanks

Akz

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Hello everybody

 

I have 4 bottles of this ink and I am pretty fed up with this inks behavior with the pens.

I have tested this ink in two of my pens the ffirst one if Twisbi Vac 700 and the other one is

Lamy Safari and in both the pens this ink dries and block the ink flow and when I try to

restart the ink flow by scratching the nib on the paper couple of times the ink flow do get started

but the pen starts to skip frequently.

I do want to know if you all also had this problem and if so then what did you guys do ?

 

Thanks

Akz

 

I'm afraid I've had the same experience you have with this ink. I want to love it and go all gangbusters buying a half dozen bottles, but the flow issues are a major concern and the dry times aren't exactly the best either...

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Hello everybody

 

I have 4 bottles of this ink and I am pretty fed up with this inks behavior with the pens.

I have tested this ink in two of my pens the ffirst one if Twisbi Vac 700 and the other one is

Lamy Safari and in both the pens this ink dries and block the ink flow and when I try to

restart the ink flow by scratching the nib on the paper couple of times the ink flow do get started

but the pen starts to skip frequently.

I do want to know if you all also had this problem and if so then what did you guys do ?

 

Thanks

Akz

 

I'm afraid I've had the same experience you have with this ink. I want to love it and go all gangbusters buying a half dozen bottles, but the flow issues are a major concern and the dry times aren't exactly the best either...

 

So what did you do before throwing away the bottles,

because I am so in a mood of throwing these bottles away from my pens?

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