While deciding on a new violet ink, I came across the news that Iraqi Indigo has been renamed The Violet Vote. As near as I can determine, nothing else has changed about the ink, but when I saw the new sample picture on the Pendemonium web site...

...the sample for Violet Vote looks much more vibrant than any previous sample of Iraqi Indigo that I have seen online (like this one, also originally from Pendemonium)...

From what I have seen, Iraqi Indigo doesn't appeal to me at all, but the new sample of Viiolet Vote looks like almost exactly what I have in mind. Before I go and drop $24+ dollars on a bottle, can anyone enlighten me as to the cause of the extreme differences in the samples?

Topic covered here. The differences can be caused by the pens used to produce the sample.

Thank you. I neglected to read all the way through that thread when I first came across it. I think I'll go for it. While the "wet" color is really more what I'm looking for, what I really desire is a "bulletproof" violet signature ink, and if The Violet Vote is the closest I can get, well, I'll just have to deal with the suboptimal "dry" color, at least until such time as Nathan can come up with something a bit more vibrant.

My previous experiences with violet inks are with Pelikan 4001 Violet and J. Herbin Violette Pensée, both of which I like very much, but also both of which are not in any way shape or form permanent.

Violet Vote looks like violet denim when it dries. I've seen this color from indigo dyes, but it's neither classic "denim" nor is it strongly violet. It's somewhere in between.

Since my last post, my long-awaited bottle of Polar Blue arrived. After seeing the color change from wet to dry (it gets a bit lighter), and the difference between the included Platinum pen (medium lightness) and my Pelikan M800 medium (deep dark Prussian Blue), I can see more clearly how the ink could change characteristics greatly depending on the flow properties of a particular pen. I'm going ahead with The Violet Vote.

You could always punch it up by adding in a small amount of one of the more vibrant regular Noodler's colors. Violet, Purple, and Saguaro Wine come to mind. The ink would still be mostly "eternal".

I would be bummed out if I can't get the Indigo anymore. That basically looks like Lermentov. If they want to be politically correct that's fine, but don't change the color.

They didn't change the color.

I use Iraqi Indigo as one of my signature inks. I use a Duofold Centennial with a B italic nib, and I usually get a result on paper that looks like your first writing sample.

I had not known that Noodlers was changing the name of the ink. Thanks for the info.