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I like this ink. I saw one review on it here (and hoped it would be the same color I saw) and it pretty much is. It's a medium green, with a notable "bluish" component to it, compared to other greens that might have a more notable yellow tone. I'd call the color in the Phthalo-green range (yeah, I misspelled it on the sheet, wasn't sure if it had 2 H's in it or not).

 

My very first bottle of Visconti (brown) I didn't care for so much (the color seemed less saturated than others and I was on a saturation binge at the time), but I really did like that glass bottle! But since then, I've acquired a few more pens, and it's all about matching the ink to the pen (and the paper) and now it's one of my favorite brands, especially for my flex and semi-flex pens.

 

Like the other Visconti's, this one seems to have a bit more "lubrication", than some other brands (compare, to J. Herbin, for example). The ink will tend to "bead up" on the paper a little bit and not spread much. It also doesn't tend to feather (unless I catch the tines on the paper...). Which is very easy to do with the pen used in this sample.

 

The fact that it does "bead" a little rather than "spread" means the ink is capable of putting out some very fine lines, which some wetter/flowier inks won't quite do. I won't quite call this ink "dry" (unless you compare it to a true gusher) but "dry" may depend on what you're accustomed to for flow. I think the "lube-y" factor compensates for any seemingly "dry" characteristics.

 

 

The color selection for this brand is relatively small, but all the inks I've tried so far (Brown/Sepia, Black, Burgundy, Turquoise, Fuschia and this Green) are very consistent in terms of overall "feel" and behavior. None of the colors seem to be super-saturated, and yet they are vibrant. I will probably do a few experiments with them eventually, in regards to mixing a few colors :)

 

I was surprised to see that the bottle had changed. The bottle it came in is plastic, not glass (see photos below) The base has a little "inset" in it so the bottle will stand up. I must make a note to myself to stick a bit of sticky-wax, fun-tak or quake-hold in the base because it's not a secure fit. The base is deep enough, it could have been made differently -- had the indent been recessed another 1/8-1/4", it would likely be pretty secure to stand up on it's own fairly safely as the base is plenty wide to counterbalance the top end of that bottle. The shape of the bottle is not the same as the glass ones, which are round. This plastic bottle has "faceted" corners-- and actually would be gorgeous in glass. A real shame it's not :(

 

I can't find anything on the labeling regarding the quantity of ink here, but it appears that the plastic bottle would contain more ink than the glass version.

 

There's a sample of Noodler's Hunter Green for comparison on the sheet... the Noodlers shows a more yellowish/warmer cast where the Visconti might be termed a "cool" green. The difference is a little more apparent in person than on the scan.

 

Enjoy!

 

--Carol

 

 

http://www.riorondo.com/fpn/visconti/ViscontiGreen.jpg

 

 

http://www.riorondo.com/fpn/visconti/ViscontiShapes.jpg

 

 

Below here is a sampling of the Visconti Bottles I have, from left to right:

Boutique bottle in its corrugated brown paper box, Boutique Bottle (glass), Plastic "dome" cover and base with inset for plastic bottle, plastic Visconti Bottle, plastic bottle and case, glass Visconti Bottle and box for the glass bottle.

 

http://www.riorondo.com/fpn/visconti/ViscontiBottles.jpg

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I have to say, thank you for the review!

 

I bought this ink in Japan, of all places, and use it in my Pilot 74 Custom Demonstrator, mostly. It seems to not shade so much as the opposite, it every once in a while lays down a darker line. Does that make any sense? But it is a nice effect.

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I have to say, thank you for the review!

 

I bought this ink in Japan, of all places, and use it in my Pilot 74 Custom Demonstrator, mostly. It seems to not shade so much as the opposite, it every once in a while lays down a darker line. Does that make any sense? But it is a nice effect.

 

 

Yes, that makes sense :) I get different things out of the ink depending on the pen. Here and there I'll get an extra dark stroke, or an extra light one... the joys of FP inks I guess (but I like it because I think it all adds character!)

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Nice review. Thanks. I found that the V Burgundy does indeed have that slightly "beading" effect that results in a slightly thinner line.....at least on good paper. However, my blue does not seem to do that. Could be paper, pen, batch of ink etc....? But I sure like the blue and burgundy colors I have. Good deals on V inks at Swisher right now. I probably should have gotten a half dozen burgundys and stuck them away.

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Thanks for your nice review! The Visconti green I have is one of the small travel bottles. It has more blue in it than the what I see on my computer monitor in this review. I have also found that it does not have the wonderful flow that Visconti blue has.

May you have pens you enjoy, with plenty of paper and ink. :)

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I bought both the brown and the green a while back and I don't really care for either. I've had both bottles in the WTT sub-forum for weeks without a tickle......

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from where i'm standing and your decription, it reminds me of PR blue suede. am i right?

 

i've grown to love these blue/greens!

 

thx for the review!

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from where i'm standing and your decription, it reminds me of PR blue suede. am i right?

 

i've grown to love these blue/greens!

 

thx for the review!

 

 

I don't have PR Blue Suede, so I am not able to compare the two :( I'm no help at all!

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[/i]I have a bottle of blue or turquoise Visconti ink which came with a pen I purchased. Now I'm going to investigate and I'm really hoping it's this green. Thanks for the review.

 

Edited to inquire if anyone happens to know why all the posts in this thread are coming up in italics.

 

Okay, I can get rid of the italics by putting a closing tag at the front of the post, but then the tag shows. Odd. I think I'm about to report my own post!

 

Edited again--fiddle. I came back after reporting my own post because of the possible software issue and it's back to being in italics. I'm guessing it might be an unclosed tag in Gran's signature note, but I'm not sure.

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LOL, yes, even the "reply" buttons are coming up italics...

I was wondering about this too...

 

I don't know if your bottle of turquoise will come out green like in this review (although I did review turquoise on another thread...) I'm guessing that it probably won't :)

 

However, I did mix some of the green and turquoise yesterday afternoon (1:3) and got a beautiful caribbean-sea type color....

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[/i]I have a bottle of blue or turquoise Visconti ink which came with a pen I purchased. Now I'm going to investigate and I'm really hoping it's this green. Thanks for the review.

 

Edited to inquire if anyone happens to know why all the posts in this thread are coming up in italics.

 

Okay, I can get rid of the italics by putting a closing tag at the front of the post, but then the tag shows. Odd. I think I'm about to report my own post!

 

Edited again--fiddle. I came back after reporting my own post because of the possible software issue and it's back to being in italics. I'm guessing it might be an unclosed tag in Gran's signature note, but I'm not sure.

 

I think Michael R.'s signature may be causing the italicization of the posts; the posts first start appearing in italics after his post.

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Good review and great hand-writing! I really like the Visconti green for being so, well, green. I find Visconti inks to be well behaved, too. Couldn't resist buying those large bottles either. The Fuschia is a great purple.

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from where i'm standing and your decription, it reminds me of PR blue suede. am i right?

 

i've grown to love these blue/greens!

 

thx for the review!

The Visconti is definitely green, and the Blue Suede is blue.

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Received a bottle of this ink as a present, turned out to be a very nice present because I really like this ink. So far, I used Herbin Lierre Sauvage to quest my desire for green. I love that ink, but there is a downside: it is really, really, really green. It’s gorgeous but almost luminescent, so a full page of Lierre Sauvage tends to jump out at me like a neon sign. It’s a bit too much. Visconti Green, on the other hand, is much more understated and more of a mint green. A page of this has the opposite effect on me, a quieting effect. When an ink does that _and_ behaves as well as this one does, then it’s got my full attention! I put it in my old M800 and both the pen and me are very happy with it.

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