Such a bummer trying to buy PR and Noodler inks long distance. I rely on computer scans, end up being disappointed, and then have to sell them off, again long distance.

OK. So, Burgundy Mist turned out [at least for me] to be kind of a yucky red-brown. But the used, not-full bottle of Plum I just received (which was supposed to be new and full...) is what I thought the Burgundy Mist would be... rich, magenta-like. Great color.
Question 1: What are Noodler Ottoman Rose, Rohrer & Klingner Magenta, and Noodler Saguaro Wine like in comparison with PR Plum?
Question 2: PR Beaver vs. Caran d'Ache Brown.
Question 3: Noodler Turquoise vs. Noodler Ottoman Azure
Question 4: I like Omas Vespucci Red, as a shade, although it always lacked a bit of intensity/saturation for my taste. What are Noodler Tiananmen and Widowmaker like in comparison?
Thanks!

Eric,

If you'll PM me your address, I will send you a piece of paper with samples of some of the Noodler's colours you mention.

Ray

Fountain Pen Inks: A Sampler, by Greg Clark, is a book of hand-swabbed ink samples from a significant portion of the fountain pen inks on the market. I just got a copy for myself, and it's wonderful!

It costs only $45 USD plus international shipping, an amazing value considering the hundreds of hand-swabbed samples, and considering how much it can prevent the wastage of money, energy and time. The website is http://inksampler.com/ (the URL doesn't start with "www"). Dr. Clark accepts PayPal.

PR Beaver is one of the best brown inks.

It's Noodler's Beaver, isn't it? (Yeah, it is).

These are two completely different inks.

The standard turquiose is closer to blue-green, or an aquamarine. Ottoman Azure, to me, fits in the blue-black realm, it is the darkest of the standard blues produced by Noodlers. (To me, their Blue-black has too much black and looks more like a black-blue)

If I were comparing, I'd call the standard turquoise being closer to Legal Lapis and I would say that Ottoman Azure compares to Quink blue-black.

So that's my SWAG on the topic.

-Bruce

There's standard Turquoise, and there's Navajo Turquoise. I don't have either one, but from the scans the Navajo looks lighter and brighter than the standard.

Bruce, I agree with you about Noodler's Blue-Black; for me, it's too close to black. Maybe there's not enough blue in it; or maybe the blue element should be brighter. I dunno. A lot of people like it, and it's undeniably vintage-looking, but I prefer straight black or Midnight Blue. I've seen samples of Aircorp Blue-Black, and I think it has more individuality than regular B-B.

I can't say that I see any blue-black in Ottoman Azure. I don't see any black component at all. To my eye it's closer to blue suede. BTW, if you mix Ottoman Azure with some La Couleur Royale, you get a nice sapphire blue. La Couleur Royale is good for toning down the green undertones that are visible in many Noodler's blues.

LOL! I stand corrected.

Really? I thought that Noodler's Midnight Blue was darker than Ottoman Azure.

Both are nice inks and I'm using them both in my ongoing experiment to produce a blue ink that I really like that has shading and which has a permanent component in it. And, yes, these are the non-permanent components of those mixes.


Actually, the standard Noodler's Blue/Black ink looks just like the old Skrip Blue/Black, and other blue/black inks, of my youth. Oh, that was one serious ink color, I can tell you. Report cards and notes to your parents were written in that ink color. I still have some of the former and so I can still compare them.

What seems more like a black/blue, as opposed to a blue/black, to me is Swisher's Swishmix Tahitian Pearl. It's much darker than the Blue/Black and the blue is noticeably blue, as opposed to that sort of green result you get from the classic looking Blue/Black. I'm liking Tahitian Pearl a lot.

Well, the Midnight Blue looks like the Blue-Black that Blue-Back should be.....

O.A. Looks to be a pure blue. to me, anyway. (Same thing with Quink B-B, doesn't really seem to be any black in it at all.)

-Bruce