Review

Enjoyable review once again! Please do more.

Ditto! Your reviews are a lot of fun.

That's the first turquise that I've liked in inks. Most seem like they'd be heard to read on white paper.

Thanks for the review.

I just received a sample of this ink from Pear Tree (wonderful to work with this supplier) and must say this is a most smashing colour--perhaps more beautiful than can be rendered on line.

Very nice and creative review - well done!

I have this one, but have not yet used it. Does it seem kind of like Peacock Blue of yesteryear? I do like it!

As far as I know, not at all. I don't have it, but I have seen a swab of it - real-life on paper, not a scan. It is definitely greenish, and it looked very close indeed when I placed it side by side with a swab from my bottle of Diamine Blue Steel.

Blue-greens do not seem to scan very well, and often seem to look bluer on screen than they do in real life. I found that with Squetegue, and PR Blue Suede, and Blue Steel - when I got them, they were all much greener than I had anticipated from scans.

For Peacock Blue, you want an ordinary turquoise. Several of them come fairly close. Someone on here did a side-by-side comparison of old Peacock Blue and new Sheaffer Turquoise, and found them almost identical. JH Bleu Pervenche is also quite good, but is a bit bluer than Peacock Blue was.

Caribbean Sea is indeed a lovely and unique colour, much like the other Caran d'Ache inks. People are very quick to denounce the (indisputably) poor value for money of this brand, but come on - six exquisitely chosen inks with apparently unmatchable shades, perfect behaviour and real pen appeal. A lot of time and trouble has been taken over this range, and I would suggest that you get what you pay for. Quality not quantity (well, I suppose there's Carbon Black .... I haven't bothered with it - am I missing out?).

John