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http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t41/savarez/abraxas/abraxas_olivegreen_small.jpg

 

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This is pretty lovely. Where do you buy it - is it available online??

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I placed the order by phone to Castle in the Air (www.castleintheair.biz) in Berkeley. Although they do not yet have online ordering, they were more than happy to take a phone order (510.204.9801).

 

Currently Inked: Visconti Pericle EF : Aurora Black; Pilot VP-F (Gunmetal): X-Feather; Pilot VP-F (LE Orange): Kiowa Pecan; Lamy Safari EF: Legal Lapis

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Thanks for the review and scan of this interesting colour. I found some Abraxas colours in Scriptum of Oxford some time ago, and I came away with a bottle of the rather pleasant Anthrazit, but I've never seen the range anywhere else.

 

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That looks simply wonderful. You have lovely hand writing, I have chicken scrawl handwriting, sigh.

Best wishes.

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Ah, Berkeley. (Sigh.) Lovely place.

 

I will have to contact them. Just a lovely green.

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Thank you for a very nice review. I like your handwriting a lot :)

 

The color seems looks very nice and darker (thus more usable) than Herbin Olive Green. I have Herbin's version and while I like the color is it too light unless is a very wet nib to write full page in it. This one howerver seems to have superb readability!

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This is the kind olive green I was looking for when I bought J. Herbin's Vert Olive. I recently mixed Vert Olive with Perle Noire 8:1 and got a very similar colour to your scan (perhaps if I'd gone 10:1 it would be the same).

 

I've never heard of Abraxas before, so thanks for this review.

 

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This is the kind olive green I was looking for when I bought J. Herbin's Vert Olive. I recently mixed Vert Olive with Perle Noire 8:1 and got a very similar colour to your scan (perhaps if I'd gone 10:1 it would be the same).

 

I've never heard of Abraxas before, so thanks for this review.

 

Neill

 

Thank you for the mixing idea!

 

 

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Nakaya Celluloid Mottishaw F Flex (PR Arabian Rose)

Omas Bologna - M (Noodler's Golden Brown)

Pelikan M620 Grand Place - Binder XF/XXF Flex (Noodler's Navajo Turquoise)

Stipula 22 - 0.9 (Waterman Florida Blue)

Waterman Patrician - M (Waterman Florida Blue)

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