Akkerman's Bekakt Haags

[JMichael]

Is there some translation of the color names somewhere?

 

 

I may certainly hope not. It'd be like completing/ruining a joke by adding the explanation

(you can always PM me for a specific translation)

 

Go to "inky Thoughts" and look at the post "B to Y of Akkerman Inks" for information on the meaning/background of color names.

[Dave Johannsen]

I picked-up a bottle at the DC Supershow last weekend. So, far, I am quite pleased with this ink. It's a bit slow drying and seems maybe to bleed through cheap photocopier paper, but has been free flowing and hasn't shown feathering. So far, I'm a big fan of this ink. Also, it cheers me to look at the bottle on my desk!

[migla9]

In fact let me labour this just a little so that it is absolutely clear.

 

Think of the word "jewel".

If someone is covered in jewels they are said to be "bejeweled".

The "be" in Nederlandse is exactly the same as the "be" in English. The -t suffix is exactly the same as -ed in English. In this sense "be" could also be thought of as "smeared".

 

Bearing in mind that Dutch is a very concrete language and that the English word khaki and the children's word "ca-ca" both come the same Dutch word I think that you will now have a complete understanding of the name of this ink.

 

I do hope this isn't one of those scented inks then.

[hoppes no9]

^^^

[ruurd]

 

 

This ink is awesome, one of the most enjoyable browns I have. And the name.... .....the name...... ....I can't help laughing every time I see it. Those with Dutch or other Germanic backgrounds will understand! Prismatically brilliant sense of humor, whoever picked the name.

 

Especially if you pronounce them in the way that that particular people would pronounce it. Then it gets even better...