I am in the process of building my collection of inks and currently have Waterman Violet & Havana, plus Mont Blanc Racing Green and Parker Blue, Blue-Black and Black.

I am going to order a bottle of Diamine Claret, but am also after a Turquoise and would welcome any suggestions from the Forum as to which brand/colour.

WHOOPS....Sorry, posted this in the wrong section.....how do I move it out of "Ink Reviews"?????????????

I like Watermans South Seas Blue and Noodlers Navajo Turquoise as both do not have a green tone to them, but are more a pure blue turquoise..
Not only that but they mix well with virtually no color shift at all...

Visconti Turquoise is a great colour and it's a nice bottle for your collection.

Watermans South Seas Blue is great bright Turquoise. It's a bit too light for my taste, so I add some black and Florida Blue in it...

cheers,
Nenad

My favorite turquoise is MontyB. It has a shimmering translucent quality that makes it seem alive on paper.

Consider Daphine Blue by Private Reserve

I have a bottle of MB, its nice, but when I run out I will try the Visconti...

I'll second the vote for Visconti Tuquoise.

J. Herbin Bleu Pervanche

See my review of Visconti turquoise http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=50920. I also have MB turquoise. Both are excellent inks and almost the same. The Visconti in my opinion is a tad more vibrant, while the MB has more shade variation. If you go for the Visconti 'mushroom' bottle, you get a great bottle also. MB's bottle is also very nice.

Yeah folks, but what you don't seem to realize is that every time I get another color ink, I must get a pen to match (or vice versa). What would be some good pen choices to match these cool Turquoise shades? The Noodlers' Navajo looks nice, indeed.

You can buy a blue Pelikan souveran series. There are some other lovely blue pens too out there. I really do not bother to match the ink to the pen.

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=22742

I show some at the above link. Be warned though - the pics are big.

Please also look at the Ink Review Index in addition to the Comparisons and Scans sub-forum.

Chris

Montegrappa Micra in turquoise celluloid.

That is a nice pen, though the silver section looks a tad slippery.

You'll never be wrong with Noodler's Navajo Turquoise... Just try it. It's so magic... Let me know what you think about it when you try.

Rita

I'm not a fan of metal sections, but in a pen that pretty, I might put up with it.

I also adore both of these...the Waterman is more electric and vibrant, and the Noodler's has a rich depth to it. I like both of them for their blue clarity, though, and they both write very well.

Thanks Deirdre. I'll check it out. Surely, somebody stateside carries that pen. Very pretty.

I recommend Waterman South Seas Blue (a great behaving, safe, and inexpensive ink) and Lamy Turquoise (gets some great shading and the bottle has a very useful design.

I just wrote to someone describing Waterman south seas as electric and vibrant!
I like more muted colors and found South seas to be too intense. I ended up mixing it with Florida blue for a nice blue. I thought other turquoises would be about the same, so I excluded turquoise for the longest time. Then on a whim I bought Montblanc turquoise, a calmer but still beautiful color and loved it. It's my favorite ink currently.

If you want a turquoise which Does Have a greenish tone to it then I reccomend Caran d ache Carribean sea. Great color (imho) and a cool bottle!!

I have just two turquoise inks, Lamy and Pelikan. I see no difference between them. Both are very bright and beautiful. I like to use them in summer and for correcting text written in red.

I put thi up in another thread recently:



Hope this helps.

Larry

My favorite is kinda an off turq, Naples Blue

Thanks LarryT. Nice scan.
Is there much difference betwee the first two?
They look very similar on my screen.

I really like J. Herbin's Bleu Pervenche. It's a great color and the ink has great flow characteristics. The only downside is the J. Herbin bottle - probably the worst bottle design I can think of out of all of the major ink brands. I haven't tried it yet, but the Noodler's Navajo Turquoise is very close to Bleu Pervenche.

Greg~

Hi jeen,

The old Peacock blue is just a little darker than the Montblanc, but the color quality is very similar between the two. The later Sheaffer turqoise is a little bluer than the Peacock is.

Larry

I like Noodler's Eel Turquoise a lot!

I have 1/2 dozen Turquoise inks but like Caran D'Ache Caribbean Blue best!

Of the inks I have that might be considered a Turquoise:

Noodler's Navajo Turquoise
MB Turquoise
Waterman South Seas Blue
? PR Daphne Blue? (maybe more of a light blue)

I think I like the Navajo Turquiose best because it's darkest. I find that with thinner nibs, the turquoise inks just look too light.

I guess I'm just not a turquoise fan.

What color paper do you like to use with turquoise? White, ecru, or something else?

Yet another vote for South Sea Blue

The fact that it tends a bit more toward blue than green improve the contrast, that's how I feel it anyway. I do not get tired of reading pages and pages written with it.

I would also like to add South Seas Blue to the pot. I just tried this and it is absolutely wonderful

I only have N's Navajo T, I'm not a "turquoise boy" (it's a Sonic Youth song, check it out Turquoise lovers!), and I will comment that it is one of those "holy wow!" stand-out inks. Very vibrant, but doesn't hurt your eyes. I would put Skrip Red, DCSS, Green Marine, and Sherwood Green in the "holy wow!" category. (Haven't seen Baystate yet, but it probably belongs in that category too!)

But the Pelikan (in that really helpful scan, above) looks real nice from where I'm standing!!

Gonna have to second PR Naples Blue. I adore it.

I found Daphne Blue a little light; Shaeffer Skrip is rather pleasant, and the best one in my stable is Naples Blue. Quite gorgeous.

Couple of not so common nice turquoise:

1) Rotring Turquoise. Excellent
2) Bexley Turquoise. This is essentially a PR ink - anyone knows which one?

Noodler's Navajo (sic.) Turquoise is the best ink I own. It is a clean, crisp, deep saturated colour, with only the slightest hint of green. I'm also convinced they added some oil or lubricant to it because my fine-nibbed Parker Sonnet just glides over the page when I use it, which doesn't happen with other inks I've used in the same pen.

Pelikan 4001 Turquoise is quite nice - high viscosity, high colour saturation

It's my main user, but I find it too dark & dilute it 50:50 with water. Unfortunately then it's very flat & boring. It fades quite fast too. I tried diluting it even more, but then it just wouldn't work in my pens - all scratchy & dry.

Regards

Richard.

I have just seen the Navajo Turquoise "in action" and it is a fabulous color. It is on my wish list.

deb

J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche and Pilot Clear Blue (Petit1), they are almost the same, and really nice turquoise color.

Thanks for all the help, everyone!

With all the excellent suggestions, it was difficult to make a choice, but I plumped for the South Sea Blue (at least as a starting point!!).

Cheers, guys