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Thank you very much for the review.

 

I don't think i like the colour very much though :unsure:

 

 

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I like the color. Thanks for the review. I hope I like Noodler's Lexington Gray better, since that's what I ordered.

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I like the color. Thanks for the review. I hope I like Noodler's Lexington Gray better, since that's what I ordered.

 

I love the color.

 

Tony, Noodler's Lexington Gray is very similar, but compared to the scans here, a bit lighter.

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Thank you for the review. I love the color. Very classy! :)

 

I love the colour too, but would anyone like to comment on whether the problems in F pens are consistent. I only use F or EF because my handwriting is small, and would hate to buy it and then find it didn't flow.

 

 

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I have this ink. I normally don't use gray ink, but I find this one to have an interesting color. And, of course, it has that great Sailor performance.

CharlieB

 

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would anyone like to comment on whether the problems in F pens are consistent. I only use F or EF because my handwriting is small, and would hate to buy it and then find it didn't flow.

 

... Lexington has too many comments about feathering for my liking.

 

 

Laura, have you actually used Lexington Gray yourself and you've experienced feathering, or do you mean that from reading about it on the board you're worried?

 

I write with EF nibs as you know, and I've used Lexington Gray in half a dozen different pens, nib sizes ranging from .27mm to .4mm. I have not had any feathering at all, and I suspect it is an issue only for broader nibs. (Having said that I must add a caveat that most people's nibs, except for Pthalo's, ARE broader nibs compared to mine; .27-.4mm is very, very fine and most of these are custom-ground.)

 

In my pens, I've found Lex Gray to be a very well-behaved and consistent ink. My only problem with it, is that I find it somewhat too light to be used as an everyday ink -- which disappointed me, because I really wanted it to be one of my everyday inks when I bought it!

 

Still looking for that perfect, waterproof gray...

 

QM2

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Gee, I think that's darker than my Sheaffer Skrip Jet Black!

 

Talk about a disappointing ink. Worse, I think, that old Quink washable black, no wonder I still have a nearly full bottle twenty years later!

 

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This seems a very pleasant grey with a true vintage feel. I have frequently considered buying a grey for this reason, but I had a bad experience twenty-odd years ago with Sheaffer Grey cartridges - they had an unpleasant brownish tone to them, not at all what I wanted. This Sailor Grey could be a serious possibility.

 

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i have MB blueblack and sailor gray and they are very different. sailor gray to my eye is a "warm" gray. the MB blueblack is definitely a blueblack, not as dark as most but when it shows gray it is a "cold" or blue gray. i love sailor gray, have used it for years and much prefer it to PR gray flannel. the PR gray flannel is also more of a "cold" gray than the sailor gray. by "warm" gray i mean that it is tending more towards a taupe kind of gray than a blue gray. it is lovely, and shades beautifully. it is my favorite gray and i use it all the time in my MB 146 broadnib

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I love this color in a pen with a very fine nib...it makes it look like I've written in pencil, a neat effect. I wouldn't classify it as "dark" gray though.

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Aren't gray inks just diluted black?

 

Actually I find this question really interesting. Are they? It seems like they wouldn't be, because wouldn't that just make the ink bleed more? At the same time, though, many inks (all inks?) are water based, so it could be.

 

Ink experts, I await enlightenment.

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