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Hi Folks,

 

Noodler's Gruene Cactus is neither a light green or a dark green. It's a bright, mid-spectrum shade. I'd call it a kelly green, but different people have different concepts of color names. The scan is close, but not perfect. The lightest variations here are a little lighter than the written sample and the darkest areas shown are showing a wee bit darker.

http://webpages.charter.net/annletters/ink%20reviews/NoodlersGrueneCactus33percent.jpg

IIRC, this ink didn't rapidly turn darker in pens. As I mentioned above, I can't use it on many of the papers I'd like to, due to smearing it with my left hand, so I haven't had it loaded for any length of time for quite some time & can't say for sure if it is 2 weeks, for example, before it before it turns darker in pens...But I can say that my notes don't indicate that this was a problem.

 

For my own use, I've made a half n' half mix of Pelikan 4001 Green & Herbin Vert Pre with a tad of Sheaffer yellow to closely replicate the color. But for folks that don't have a left hand smearing problem I think this pretty ink deserves the review. :) Enjoy!

 

Best, Ann

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Ann, excellent review. I find your color to be very close - just as you said. This is my favorite green, although I don't use green ink much at all. Thanks for the wonderful review.

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Nice review Ann. I've got the Noodler's Forrest Green that I like but could also use a bit lighter shade like this.

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Ann,

 

I have to say, your handwriting is so beautiful it hurts.:)9 All inks look nice in your hand. My only Noodler's is Eternal Brown. It lasts about 10 days in my M200, and I fear that 3oz bottle may last forever.

 

I still haven't warmed up to the color, but it flows nicely and is of course 100% waterproof.

 

I bet even Eternal Brown would look lovely in your hand.

 

Thanks for the review,

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Thanks, Anne, for another gorgeous review :)9 .

The picture, on my monitor, comes out extremely close to the color I get from this ink.

I like this color, too. It's in my rotation for marking students' essays.

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Thanks, everyone, for the kind comments. Glad that there are others that like my favorite Noodler's color!

 

Greg, since I like Eternal Brown, if you want to trade it for a different Noodler's waterproof ink, PM me--maybe we can work out something. :)

 

Best, Ann

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Green is a great color for copyediting & marking up papers--it avoids the dreaded "sea of red ink" thing that many people apparently find traumatizing, and it's easy to see and read.

 

Thanks for this review--I've been eyeing GC for some time.

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Thank you for the review. This really does look like a nice green to use when grading the work of my 8th grade students.

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Green is a great color for copyediting & marking up papers--it avoids the dreaded "sea of red ink" thing that many people apparently find traumatizing, and it's easy to see and read.

 

Thanks for this review--I've been eyeing GC for some time.

I don't know why so many people find red ink tramautizing, but even as a student,I quite didn't mind seeing red ink on marked paper. Or was I conditioned?

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For a some passionate discussion about the color of teachers' markup ink, see this topic thread from a few months ago in "Chatter." If anyone wishes to continue it :P , please continue it there and not here. My practice now is to use the same color for both corrections and praise. I rotate between red, purple/violet, magenta, green and turquoise.

 

Back to Noodler's Gruene Cactus: I've been using Noodler's Green for a couple of days, and now I'm rotating to Gruene Cactus :) .

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I think I will have to order some of this green, I quite like the red also. What is it?

 

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Sorry Jack & Steve...Haven't been keeping up with FPN very well lately--too much gardening right now!

 

The red ink is Waterman's Red.

 

As an aside, though Waterman's Red is still my favorite shade, I recently received samples of Sheaffer's Slovenian Red and Noodler's (waterproof) Devil Red. Both are very nice bright reds, too, and just a tad darker than the Waterman's.

 

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Thank you, Ann.

 

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An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar.

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Great review! Thanks for such an excellent writing sample.

 

Still early to be thinking of Christmas but worth setting in the back of your mind. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I switch to green ink for most of my writing. There's a good chance it will be Greune Cactus this year.

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Best handwriting I've seen on FPN so far. In fact, I may use your sample to practice on improving my writing. Very easy to read and stylistically pleasing...

 

Oh, and the ink's nice too. :) When I finish my 5 oz. vat of Sherwood Green, I'll buy a bottle. It is a good hue not too dark or too bright.

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How is the Eel version of this ink different in terms of color? I know the review database says that they're extremely similar, but I can't help thinking that the OP specified that the ink reviewed isn't the Eel version for a reason.

 

Thank you for the great review, BTW!

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Great color, Ann, I've been looking for a really good green. I think you hit it on the spot when you called it a "kelly green" if the color showing up is true. Thanks!

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How is the Eel version of this ink different in terms of color? I know the review database says that they're extremely similar, but I can't help thinking that the OP specified that the ink reviewed isn't the Eel version for a reason.

 

Thank you for the great review, BTW!

 

I'm giving this a bump in the hopes that someone can answer this question..I'm curious too if there really is a difference.

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