[tnmike1]

Let me chime in here on the naming of the ink. Phil had asked me originally what name I wanted to use. I orginally thought it would be interesting to name it after the forest in Lord of the Rings where==was it Frodo??--took refuge, or the main "tree" that carried them out of the woods. But then I thought if you hadn't read LOTR the name would be obscure

That's when I hit upon "Sherwood Forest" because I would suppose almost everyone's heard of that.

In naming, really didn't think of copyright stuff. Just an intersting name for an intersting color green.

[penguinmaster]

Great...thanks....now I've finally taken the plunge to order my first Diamine inks. I think I felt my wallet shudder in my back pocket because it knows what's coming. God I really hope I hate this ink!! (j/k). I've been wanting to start down the path of ordering a bunch of Diamine, these bespoke ones pushed me over the edge.

-Tom

[Northwoods]

tnmike1, on 06 November 2009 - 05:34 AM, said:

Let me chime in here on the naming of the ink. Phil had asked me originally what name I wanted to use. I orginally thought it would be interesting to name it after the forest in Lord of the Rings where==was it Frodo??--took refuge, or the main "tree" that carried them out of the woods. But then I thought if you hadn't read LOTR the name would be obscure

That's when I hit upon "Sherwood Forest" because I would suppose almost everyone's heard of that.

In naming, really didn't think of copyright stuff. Just an intersting name for an intersting color green.

Gah! "Old Forest" wouldn't have confused anyone, and would have made a great in-joke! Not to mention, it's not a term that lends itself to copyright infringement.

[tnmike1]

Colors of the two bespoke inks are now on the website

[Margana]

Ordered both this morning.

[blopplop]

penguinmaster, on 06 November 2009 - 09:24 AM, said:

Great...thanks....now I've finally taken the plunge to order my first Diamine inks. I think I felt my wallet shudder in my back pocket because it knows what's coming. God I really hope I hate this ink!! (j/k). I've been wanting to start down the path of ordering a bunch of Diamine, these bespoke ones pushed me over the edge.

-Tom

Tom,

I know you're a big Noodler's fan--so am I (big time). But I don't think you'll be disappointed by Diamine. I have about 12 of their colors, and I find them to be nicely saturated (which I love), with great flow.

Have fun! :)

Dave

[dcwaites]

If one has both Havasu Turquoise and Majestic Blue, blend them in a ratio of 7~8 drops Majestic to 50 drops Havasu.
Use in a fine nibbed, wettish pen (E.S. Perry Iridinoid 26 dip nib if you have one), or a Fine Parker 51 or Hero 100.

The result is a beautiful Oceanic Blue with a hint of green, with lots of shading and absolutely no feathering or bleeding on good paper.

Depending on your pen and paper, increase or decrease the amount of Majestic to suit.

If the Diamine people want to take that and run with it, I would name it Tropical Ocean Blue.

[encremental]

I've just filled a pen with the new Diamine WES Kensington Blue 2009. A good colour, it's a free flowing saturated mid blue - essentially another stab at Penman Sapphire (and a pretty good one at that).

It's got a special little silver label with the WES logo, which made me think that surely a selection of FPN inks could be arranged? We would not of course have the great box and label which were part of the fun of the Noodlers editions, but then buying them direct from Diamine under these new bespoke arrangements would cut out all the administrative hassle that took up so much time.

John

[fuchsiaprincess]

Hey John,

Well done on your bespoke ink! I've had the honour of naming one of Phil's inks too :)

Regards,
Soki

[encremental]

No, Soki - I just bought the ink from the Diamine site! I think Martin (twdpens) is more likely to have been involved with making it.

John

If I were doing a line of inks, they would be different greys - a really under represented colour, IMO. And I would name them nostalgically after different types of London fog.

For instance there would be 'London Particular', which I see as a yellowish grey (a bit like my avatar), then 'Pea Souper' with a hint of green and of course 'The Great Smoke', after that notorious fog which hit London in the 1950s and killed hundreds. A whisper of red in that one, I think. 'Southwark Smog' might perhaps be a cool lilac-tinged grey, and lastly 'Brompton Bronchial' with the unmistakable trace of chesty brown sputum.

Any orders?

This post has been edited by encremental: 07 November 2009 - 10:48 AM

[tawanda]

tnmike-

I just received my bottle of Sherwood Green today. Its awesome! I love it, well done, and thanks for letting us all know about it.

Can someone now beg Phil for a dark burgundy-plum? how about calling it 'Jack Horner's Plum'? :-)

[Nikhil]

MikeW, on 05 November 2009 - 07:48 PM, said:

This is probably a silly question but will Diamine have any copyright or other legal problems if they use ink names that are similar to those used by other ink manufacturers? For example, Private Reserve has a "Sherwood Green" (actually, there are two - regular and fast drying). Not trying to create a big fuss - I love that they are willing to do this and might very well ask them to do something for our pen club - just curious is all.

I was going to post the same thing.

I think its similar to Black. They all have the name similar, mostly, but are indivual.

[MikeW]

tnmike1, on 06 November 2009 - 06:34 AM, said:

Let me chime in here on the naming of the ink. Phil had asked me originally what name I wanted to use. I orginally thought it would be interesting to name it after the forest in Lord of the Rings where==was it Frodo??--took refuge, or the main "tree" that carried them out of the woods. But then I thought if you hadn't read LOTR the name would be obscure

That's when I hit upon "Sherwood Forest" because I would suppose almost everyone's heard of that.

In naming, really didn't think of copyright stuff. Just an intersting name for an intersting color green.

As I tried to explain, I was just curious when I asked the question. My sincere apologies to you if you think that I have sidetracked your thread and created a kerfuffle.

[JakobS]

MikeW, on 08 November 2009 - 03:06 PM, said:

tnmike1, on 06 November 2009 - 06:34 AM, said:

Let me chime in here on the naming of the ink. Phil had asked me originally what name I wanted to use. I orginally thought it would be interesting to name it after the forest in Lord of the Rings where==was it Frodo??--took refuge, or the main "tree" that carried them out of the woods. But then I thought if you hadn't read LOTR the name would be obscure

That's when I hit upon "Sherwood Forest" because I would suppose almost everyone's heard of that.

In naming, really didn't think of copyright stuff. Just an intersting name for an intersting color green.

As I tried to explain, I was just curious when I asked the question. My sincere apologies to you if you think that I have sidetracked your thread and created a kerfuffle.

There is a little note now below the bespoke ink image on their main fountain pen ink page that notes that the bespoke inks must not be colors manufactured by other brands. I wonder if Phil has been getting a number of requests similar to "I would love to have a "specific color" like you find with "specific ink" in a Diamine bottle" !

Again it's really neat that Phil has started a bespoke ink option, Diamine is one of my favorite inks, and having such responsive customer service is only another reason for me to have them be. Still thinking of a ink color that would be perfect for me as an everyday ink!

This post has been edited by JakobS: 08 November 2009 - 10:26 PM

[tnmike1]

MikeW--no, no kerfluffle here (am I using the term properly??). I was just explaining the start of the color and outlining what I originally wanted. No need for apologies