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I stole Sandy1's format... :P

 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

 

 

Daily Writer:

♦eh... a little bright, but still a nice color.

 

 

USES:

 

 

Business:

♦No, too cheery, not professional.

♦Not good for professional correspondents.

 

Illustrations/Graphics:

♦Very little opacity.

♦prominent shading, so may not be suitable.

♦But it is a nice color.

 

Students:

♦Maybe personal notes, not for assignments.

 

Personal:

♦Absolutely, a nice ink.

♦Well behaved and good shading.

 

 

PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE & CHARACTERISTICS:

 

 

Flow:

♦A very wet ink.

♦Consistently smooth.

 

Nib Dry-Out:

♦Nonexistent

 

Starting:

♦Always starts well.

 

Lubrication:

♦Moderately well lubricated.

♦Not as much as Quink...

 

Nib Creep:

♦It does tend to creep a bit....

 

Staining:

♦None, flushes out cleanly

♦Leaves nothing behind.

 

Clogging:

♦None

 

Bleed Through:

♦A little bit, but not a lot on cheap office paper.

♦None on thicker paper.

 

Show Through:

♦Yes, on cheap paper

♦No, on thicker paper.

 

Feathering/Wooly Lines:

♦None

 

Smear/Dry Time:

♦1-3 Seconds on glossy and regular paper

 

Water Resistance:

♦Poor water resistance.

 

THE LOOK:

 

Presence:

♦Very cheery and bright

♦Not classy or professional

♦Spring Green

 

Saturation:

♦Good color.

♦Next to no opacity.

 

Shading:

♦Shades well consistently.

 

 

MATERIALS:

 

Paper:

♦Cheap notebook paper.

 

Pen:

♦Sheaffer No-Nonsense

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I love PR Spearmint - it has such a depth and richness to it. Here is a pic I've shown elsewhere on FPN, using a Pelikan M1000 BB stub nib. I think with wider, wetter writing nibs this ink really shows its propensity to shade.

 

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I wonder... does this ink sheen if you shade as much as dcpritch did in his photo?

 

I like this shade myself. I was mixing DCSSG and Ebony Green to get a shade just a little bit darker than this.

 

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Wow, I didn't know it was such a shader, and well named. (Though I'm still pondering about the De Atramentis Poe ink being green).

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(Though I'm still pondering about the De Atramentis Poe ink being green).

 

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Same ink, two different pens & what one seems to

have is 2 different inks. Magic. What else?

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very close to MB Irish green, would be a joy to use in a flex nibbed pen

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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very close to MB Irish green, would be a joy to use in a flex nibbed pen

 

Georges, your reply got me thinking, and I happen to have three pens that have very similar nibs - not flex nibs, but all three are Sailors with M-S (music-stub) nibs. So I did a comparison with PR Spearmint, Caran D'Ache Amazon and Montblanc Irish Green. You are right, they are very similar!

 

I would say the Spearmint has a bit more yellow, the MB Irish Green a bit more blue, and the Amazon is (of these three), right in the middle. All three are close in color, all three shade well, and all three are fantastic inks.

 

Here are the pics:

 

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And here's the scan, which is pretty close to true though it doesn't show the Tomoe River's cream color:

 

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Wow, what an amazing comparison.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

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I have the Private Reserve Spearmint and have found it to be very dry and a bad starter in my fine nibbed pens. But have just been trying it out in an Omas (M) that is a real gusher. Perhaps these two belong together? Maybe I just need to spring for a smaller nib and a flow adjustment. I already have the ink.

 

The comparison is wonderful. I have a sample of the Amazon, and it seems to flow better than the Private Reserve. It is a beautiful color also. You can use if for your Easter cards.

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Avocado is more yellowish / grayish... I don't know how to describe it other than to say it is much more avocado-y.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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