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Thanks. Good review as usual. But... I don't see any differences with any different papers...

 

Got something on 2-3-4 different papers?

 

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Thanks. Good review as usual. But... I don't see any differences with any different papers...

 

Got something on 2-3-4 different papers?

 

Mike

 

The La Reine Mauve looks better on 32 lbs paper: more vibrant. Perhaps you should order a sample vial to test drive the ink yourself.

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My issues with this ink had less to do with the color, and more to do with the mess. I've never seen so much nib creep -- it got everywhere (including the heel of my hand) and the color wasn't one that made me want to make allowances.

It did better in a pen with a hooded nib (Guanleming Accountant), but in my Noodler's Konrad it was just *awful*. I must say, though, that whatever paper you used for your review of LRM made it look a whole lot better than what I remember it looking like last spring....

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My issues with this ink had less to do with the color, and more to do with the mess. I've never seen so much nib creep -- it got everywhere (including the heel of my hand) and the color wasn't one that made me want to make allowances.

It did better in a pen with a hooded nib (Guanleming Accountant), but in my Noodler's Konrad it was just *awful*. I must say, though, that whatever paper you used for your review of LRM made it look a whole lot better than what I remember it looking like last spring....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

I think a lot of folks just write on good old copy paper and find that the ink does not offers eye candy appeal. Lots of the Noodler's inks look better on 32 lbs paper. For around $16 Canadian dollars for 500 sheets that is certainly excellent value for the money compared to the Rhodia paper at $9 Canadian dollars for 80 sheets.

 

Some of Noodler's inks are picky of certain nibs. I recalled the V-mail; the Operation Overlord Orange was a really runny ink and only the Waterman Expert II was suitable for writing. The Operation Overlord Orange would have a blob of ink forming at the tip of the nib after a few written words. If you don't pay attention the blob would land on the paper.

 

Now I love my original #41 Brown, but after leaving the ink unused in the converter for two weeks, the pen was hard to start: meaning ink would not flow to the tip of the nib. Solution: re-dip in the nib in the bottle of #41 Brown or re-dip the nib in a small container of water.

 

I have a high risk tolerance, so nib creeps from time to time does not bother me.

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It's more than just the color. It's that it was a completely messy ink that didn't have a nice enough color to make me want to overlook its behavior.

As opposed to something like Kung Te Cheng, which has clogging issues sometimes (and a fair amount of nib creep) but makes up for those problems by being both an amazing color *and* having the ability to outlast any paper it's on. I've gotten it on the side of my finger plenty of times -- but *never* on the heel of my hand, like I did with LRM (still trying to figure *that* one out). Like I said -- the hooded nib (and proportionally longer section on the Accountant) helped, but not enough....

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Hello Signum1,

 

Thanks. A nice review of a nice colour.

 

Please, tell me what FP is displayed in your avatar, it looks nice.

 

With love,

goldenkrishna

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