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Hello,

 

I extend my thanks to Members who have proposed marriage, written verse and otherwise encouraged & cajoled me throughout the One Of The Ten series.

 

I believe the results speak to those who take the time to see what the inks are doing as they are used with different pens on different papers. Perhaps I am not the only one surprised by some results. (Or did everyone doze off?)

 

SAMPLES

 

It is well known and clearly understood that the ubiquitous swab leaves much to be desired. So I've re-scanned and cropped the NIB-ism samples to depict the down-stroke ↓ samples to show all inks from all pens, and save you the trauma of viewing my hand writing.

 

Pens:

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/Pen_Scans/PEN836.jpg

L → R: Parker 51 Flighter + XF nib; Pelikan M200 + EF nib; Waterman 502 + some-flex № 2 nib; Sheaffer 330 + M nib; Estie + B nib; and the non-nudist Pink Safari + goosed 1.1 nib.

 

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Diamine Imperial Blue

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/ad56c1c5.jpg

 

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Herbin Eclat de Saphir

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/a6332db4.jpg

 

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Montblanc Royal Blue

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/acd7c718.jpg

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Noodler's Ottoman Azure

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/9517a4a0.jpg

 

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Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/21baacdf.jpg

 

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Pilot asa-gao

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/0f514567.jpg

 

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Private Reserve American Blue

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/fe303ae6.jpg

 

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Sheaffer Skrip Blue

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/958407c1.jpg

 

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Visconti Blue

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/84764d1e.jpg

 

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Waterman Florida Blue

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/58f88e6f.jpg

 

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PERSONAL PICKS

 

This is an exercise that I often include in recent Reviews. It does require one to take a close look at each pen + paper combo, hence conveys a pretty fair idea of what I prefer in an ink's character. I encourage each person to give it a go. (And let's not everyone pick the Grocery List, OK? Or try to interpret the splatters on Royal as Rorschach inkblots. LINK)

 

Diamine Imperial Blue : from the 330, on the Rhodia.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/82789e5b.jpg

 

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Herbin Eclat de Saphir : from the 502, on the Rhodia.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/79776da3.jpg

 

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Montblanc Royal Blue : from the Safari, on the Rhodia.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/45eeb334.jpg

 

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Noodler's Ottoman Azure : from the M200, on the HPJ1124.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/f090288d.jpg

 

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Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue : from the 330, on the HPJ1124.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/c0f0dcb9.jpg

 

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Pilot asa-gao : from the 502, on the Royal.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/9dc1f257.jpg

 

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Private Reserve American Blue : from the 51, on the Royal.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/b322a795.jpg

 

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Sheaffer Skrip Blue : from the Estie, on the Rhodia.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/5cd98f6b.jpg

 

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Visconti Blue : from the M200, on the HPJ1124.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/c394543b.jpg

 

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Waterman Florida Blue : from the 51, on the HPJ1124.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN Stuff - 2011/One Of The Ten OOTT Summary and Picks/4e6d3fa0.jpg

 

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I will redo the reviews as I can.

 

Links to Reviews

 

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Links to Comparisons

 

Includes reverse entries. e.g. A::B and B::A

 

  1. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...-imperial-blue/
  2. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...51#entry1832351
  3. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...85#entry1842785
  4. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...-imperial-blue/
  5. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...12#entry1803812
  6. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...27#entry1839627
  7. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...12#entry1814112
  8. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Visconti Blue http://www.fountainp..._1#entry1805019
  9. Diamine Imperial Blue :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...84#entry1965784
  10. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...-imperial-blue/
  11. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...72#entry1721872
  12. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...67#entry1801267
  13. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...001-royal-blue/
  14. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...clat-de-saphir/
  15. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...92#entry1761892
  16. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...55#entry1671355
  17. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Visconti Blue http://www.fountainp...37#entry1702837
  18. Herbin Eclat de Saphir :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...n-florida-blue/
  19. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...51#entry1832351
  20. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...72#entry1721872
  21. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...07#entry1824307
  22. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...28#entry1729128
  23. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...13#entry1716513
  24. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...-american-blue/
  25. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...19#entry1718919
  26. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Visconti Blue http://www.fountainp...anc-royal-blue/
  27. Montblanc Royal Blue :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...ost__p__1899055
  28. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...85#entry1842785
  29. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...ison-eclat-de-saphir-noodlers-ottoman-azure/page__gopid__1801267#entry1801267
  30. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...07#entry1824307
  31. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...ost__p__1802891
  32. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...70#entry1794670
  33. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...67#entry1829767
  34. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...71#entry1798671
  35. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Visconti Blue http://www.fountainp...09#entry1806509
  36. Noodler's Ottoman Azure :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...42#entry1887042
  37. Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...-imperial-blue/
  38. Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...001-royal-blue/
  39. Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...28#entry1729128
  40. Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...ost__p__1802891
  41. Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...kan-royal-blue/
  42. Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...89#entry1763989Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...kan-royal-blue/
  43. Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Visconti Blue http://www.fountainp...65#entry1705865
  44. Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...n-florida-blue/Pilot asa-gao :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...12#entry1803812
  45. Pilot asa-gao :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...12#entry1803812
  46. Pilot asa-gao :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...clat-de-saphir/
  47. Pilot asa-gao :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...13#entry1716513
  48. Pilot asa-gao :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...70#entry1794670
  49. Pilot asa-gao :: Pelikan Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...kan-royal-blue/
  50. Pilot asa-gao :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...-american-blue/
  51. Pilot asa-gao :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...fer-skrip-blue/
  52. Pilot asa-gao :: Visconti Blue http://www.fountainp...27#entry1696527
  53. Pilot asa-gao :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...e/#entry1877597
  54. Private Reserve American Blue :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...27#entry1839627
  55. Private Reserve American Blue :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...92#entry1761892
  56. Private Reserve American Blue :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...-american-blue/
  57. Private Reserve American Blue :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...67#entry1829767
  58. Private Reserve American Blue :: Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...89#entry1763989
  59. Private Reserve American Blue :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...-american-blue/
  60. Private Reserve American Blue :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...93#entry1758593
  61. Private Reserve American Blue :: Visconti Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...-american-blue/
  62. Private Reserve American Blue :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...94#entry1908594
  63. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...12#entry1814112
  64. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...55#entry1671355
  65. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...19#entry1718919
  66. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...71#entry1798671
  67. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Pelikan Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...kan-royal-blue/
  68. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...fer-skrip-blue/
  69. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...93#entry1758593
  70. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Visconti Blue http://www.fountainp...-visconti-blue/
  71. Sheaffer Skrip Blue :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...ost__p__1938063
  72. Visconti Blue :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp..._1#entry1805019
  73. Visconti Blue :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...37#entry1702837
  74. Visconti Blue :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...anc-royal-blue/
  75. Visconti Blue :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...09#entry1806509
  76. Visconti Blue :: Pelikan Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...65#entry1705865
  77. Visconti Blue :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...27#entry1696527
  78. Visconti Royal Blue :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...-american-blue/
  79. Visconti Blue :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...-visconti-blue/
  80. Visconti Blue :: Waterman Florida Blue http://www.fountainp...ost__p__1893139
  81. Visconti Royal Blue :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...-american-blue/
  82. Waterman Florida Blue :: Diamine Imperial Blue http://www.fountainp...84#entry1965784
  83. Waterman Florida Blue :: Herbin Eclat de Saphir http://www.fountainp...n-florida-blue/
  84. Waterman Florida Blue :: Montblanc Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...ost__p__1899055
  85. Waterman Florida Blue :: Noodler's Ottoman Azure http://www.fountainp...42#entry1887042
  86. Waterman Florida Blue :: Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue http://www.fountainp...n-florida-blue/
  87. Waterman Florida Blue :: Pilot asa-gao http://www.fountainp...e/#entry1877597
  88. Waterman Florida Blue :: Private Reserve American Blue http://www.fountainp...94#entry1908594
  89. Waterman Florida Blue :: Sheaffer Skrip Blue http://www.fountainp...ost__p__1938063
  90. Waterman Florida Blue :: Visconti Blue http://www.fountainp...ost__p__1893139

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Thanks for tying it all together, S1. Your OOTT series was a major contribution; I appreciate all of the hard work that you put into it!

 

Thanks to your reviews, I've added one new blue (MBRB) to the rotation that I wouldn't have considered otherwise and decided that I didn't need a couple of other blues that I had been thinking about.

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Thanks for tying it all together, S1. Your OOTT series was a major contribution; I appreciate all of the hard work that you put into it!

 

Thanks to your reviews, I've added one new blue (MBRB) to the rotation that I wouldn't have considered otherwise and decided that I didn't need a couple of other blues that I had been thinking about.

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

It's encouraging that the series has achieved some tangible results: revealing an appealing ink, and keeping some inks out of exile. Perhaps there's some other lessons learned, other than the obvious 'Don't do pro forma Comparisons'. ;)

 

Bye,

S1

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Has anyone compared Ottoman Azure to Noodler's Blue (plain old Noodler's blue)? I can't tell the difference in a line-by-line, side-by-side comparison.

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Thank you, always enjoy your reviews. Which is tops in "majik"?

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs,

is making a chore for the reader who reads.

-Dr. Seuss

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Thank you, always enjoy your reviews. Which is tops in "majik"?

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

Ah - the Majik. Well, that can only be yours alone. So you must do the pick & choose!

:happyberet:

 

Bye,

S1

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Wow! A tremendous effort and wealth of knowledge. Your time is very much appreciated.

We can trust the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. - Immanual Kant

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So impressive. So much that I won't even make the light-hearted comments about being data-deficient. One of the things that floors me is the simple line test: assuming you didn't have 10 pens of each of those six different models, that is a hell of a lot of work to clean out each pen and re-ink it with the next candidate.

 

You do get out, right? :)

 

I so recently come to have a deep appreciation for how an ink can change personality in different pens, so I very much appreciate all of that particular effort. Am I correct in viewing the examples that the Ottoman Azure has a fairly high degree of shading? I haven't been looking for a new blue, but that certainly caught my eye (for that reason).

 

Again, thanks!

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snip



that is a hell of a lot of work to clean out each pen and re-ink it with the next candidate.

 

You do get out, right? :)

 

I so recently come to have a deep appreciation for how an ink can change personality in different pens, so I very much appreciate all of that particular effort. Am I correct in viewing the examples that the Ottoman Azure has a fairly high degree of shading?

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Hi,

You are right in that generating the Written Samples takes less time than cleaning the pens - they must be totally clean to use for subsequent Reviews. What one does not see is the effort to make samples from many pens in order to select the six pens used.

 

And I do get out plenty. :happyberet:

 

The aspect of inks' changing 'personality' is one of the key things that I try to portray - using common pens & papers. It can be used for by person with a certain ink to guide their choice of pen & paper, or to guide the choice of ink by a person using pen & paper in hand.

 

As for the NOA shading: Attractive shading can be generated or suppressed. e.g. The 330 on the HPJ1124 & Rhodia generated shading that was attractive, and not so extreme as to be distracting or make the use of shaped nibs a shaky proposition.

 

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S1

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This is the best thread ever.

:blush:

Thank-you.

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S1

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Honestly, this effort is worth a master's degree. I hereby confer the title of "TwINKling INKling" to the great Sandy! Sandy's fine and dandy work would come handy for generations. Of all the posts in this forum, Sandy's work is the Candy - as pristine as Mahatma Gandhi.

 

Great work! Hats off.

 

Warm regards,

Brahmam

 

This is the best thread ever.

:blush:

Thank-you.

Bye,

S1

Oh! my dear, dear Free-will!

Tell me really, "Will I ever be free?"

Allow me until my body becomes still,

To sacrifice as a still standing tree!

- Just another tumble weed!

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Honestly, this effort is worth a master's degree. I hereby confer the title of "TwINKling INKling" to the great Sandy! Sandy's fine and dandy work would come handy for generations. Of all the posts in this forum, Sandy's work is the Candy - as pristine as Mahatma Gandhi.

 

Great work! Hats off.

 

Warm regards,

Brahmam

Hi,

 

Many thanks for the kind compliments! :blush:

 

Bye,

S1

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This is the best thread ever.

 

Ditto!

Is it fair for an intelligent and family oriented mammal to be separated from his/her family and spend his/her life starved in a concrete jail?

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I'm not sure how I missed this final comparison of The Ten.

 

This budding inkophile, at least, has found these reviews and comparisons very enlightening and useful.

 

Thanks for all the time and hard work! :clap1:

Music, verily, is the mediator between intellectual and sensuous life, the one incorporeal entrance into the high world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. -Ludwig van Beethoven

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I'm not sure how I missed this final comparison of The Ten.

 

This budding inkophile, at least, has found these reviews and comparisons very enlightening and useful.

 

Thanks for all the time and hard work! :clap1:

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

I've carried forward the same basic format and approach to subsequent Ink Reviews. Other Blue inks are planned to be reviewed using at least a few of the same pens & papers used in the OOTT series. Rather than do pro forma stand-alone Comparisons, I'll only do them as I see fit and/or upon request. e.g. Sky High :: kon-peki. LINK

 

Bye,

S1

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Having tried a six pen, five paper ink review. I begin to understand some of the work involved.

 

I think I'll write the Queen and ask you get put on some sort of list. Many get there for just paying taxes.

 

In an attempt to limit the inks I buy, I'd cut it off with only French and German inks...those being local markets, and English Diamine being too large a selection.

 

I'm Ruined....when I go to the States in January; I'll have to drive across Virginia...I got an ink connection's County address. I've not done that Civil War battle as is. It's either that or have him mail it to General Delivery Mananas. At least gas is cheap in the States.

 

 

 

I need Noolder's Ottoman Azure. :thumbup:

 

I always knew I needed Visconti Blue, but here it shaded. So I need that paper too.

 

MB Blue is now needed.

I'll have to get Herbin Sapphire first, but it is tied with Diamine Imperial blue.

 

A great review 'of course'.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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I'm not sure how I missed this final comparison of The Ten.

 

This budding inkophile, at least, has found these reviews and comparisons very enlightening and useful.

 

Thanks for all the time and hard work! :clap1:

 

exactly what TWRDO said! :notworthy1: :notworthy1: :notworthy1:

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