The scan couldn't capture the actual contrast between the "butterscotch" mix and the "caramel" mix. The "caramel" is just a little more brownish than shows. Interestingly, the greenish tinge on my actual paper where I used the dip pen to make a large line beneath the title, disappeared with the scan! I used a cotton swab on both sides of that wide line to show the color better. Scan was at 300 DPI with minor adjustment made. With the larger pen, the "butterscotch" mix looks like a waterproof Apache Sunset. The 2 other colors used in the mixes were both waterproof, also. These were Naval Orange and Eternal Brown.

I will put the recipes in our recipe area.

Aughhhhhh!!! My eyes!!!!!!! I believe you could use a color like that for highlighting. Wonder what you might come up with if you mix in a little Waterman red?

David

David, I wanted to use all waterproof colors and Waterman Red isn't one.
I believe I used this color in a snail that's on its way to you.

Best, Ann

Wowowowowow! I am LOVING those mixes! I really like Apache Sunset, but I shy away from using it as much as I would like to, because it's nowhere near waterproof. Your scans have come across looking very Apache Sunset. I can't tell which one I like more. And they're waterproof?? Result!!

Ok, I need to head over to the recipe zone to see how you created these, on account of I have got try them.

NICE WORK!

t!

Oooh, that Goldfinch is giving me a wee headache but the Caramel and Butterscotch are yummy colours, Ann ...

Thanks for the review Ann. Nice mixes. You've got some phenomenal shading going on there in your mixes! Very .

Hey, any chance of a Before/After water test scan for these mixes?

t!

All waterproof, I understand it well. Did I ever tell ya 'bout the checkbook register I spilled my coffee into when I was on a PR Orange Crush kick? Sad story!

Hey, I'm reading that snail now, just got home from school and trying to relax with a snack before hitting the homework.

Somehow you manage to make even the grey ink along the side of the page look good. Must be because its in your superb handwriting. Even the yellow is quite legible and much more readible than I would have thought. It appears to be darker than that bottle of kings gold I have that is so lightly colored as to be virtually unreadable. Still good for mixing however.

Darn, so many nifty inks to sample.

David

You might want to be careful mixing those two. When I mixed Waterman's Florida Blue with Noodler's Gulf Stream Blue it looked very nice but after a while they reacted and clogged the pen. I had to use ammonia to get the precipitate out. Apparently some of the waterproof inks are sensitive to Ph levels.

Ann, I like your colors!

I like that color too! And your handwriting...

Thanks, everyone...BTW, the Goldfinch mixes are still in my Esterbrook w/9450 nib and my NoNonsense for 3 weeks now since the review and there is no sign of any clogging or drying in the nibs. Both mixes are flowing freely.

Best, Ann

I envy you your handwriting!

The mixes remind me of the Herbin Ambre de Birmanie I've got in cartridges.

About the Goldfinch unmixed: how successful do you think it would be as a highlighting ink? I don't think Noodler's Firefly is waterproof, is it?

Ryan.

Ryan,

Sorry I didn't see your question before now. Sure, you can use Goldfinch as a highlighter. You're correct, Firefly isn't waterproof.

Both inks will bleed through to the other side on thin, cheap paper but work great on paper that's over 20 lb.

Best, Ann