Paradise Pen Turquoise

[yogalarva]

I picked up a bottle of this ink quite a while ago, probably back at the beginning of summer. There is a Paradise Pen in the Mall of America, which is the mall that my manfriend and I frequent when I am in Minneapolis. PP is definitely not my ideal pen store, but I like to pop my head in and since they carry Leuchtturm and Rhodia it’s good if I “need” a notebook in a pinch.

 

 

This ink is just meh. The color is nice and it’s pretty readable for such a bright ink, but the behavior was slightly subpar. It writes well in a medium nib, but in my 1.5 mm that I used for the review it was reluctant. Not so dry as to be unusable, but certainly not enjoyable either. Looking back at my review of Pelikan Turquoise, it looks like that ink was also a bit dry in the same pen. Perhaps it’s just something about turquoise inks?

 

As you can see there was also no water resistance and it bleeds a bit and shading is lacking, at least for what I prefer.

Given that this is the only PP ink I’ve tried, I certainly won’t write off the entire line, but I do regret a bit buying an entire bottle of this color. It runs $8/30 mL, so it’s not a huge investment, but I fear that I will never touch it because it’s not a color I use much and this ink is not that nice to write with. As to whether anyone else should try it, that’s a tougher call. If you happen to be in a PP and want to grab a bottle, I say go for it - like I said, they are pretty cheap and so if you hate it you are only out the cost of a fancy coffee and scone. Just don’t expect to be amazed…

This ink was purchased with my own money and I am not being compensated in any way for this review. All opinions expressed above are my own and you are free to disagree with them if you like.

[MKeith]

I purchased this ink about two weeks ago, I was told by the staff that the ink is made by Private Reserve. I believe it. This ink takes about 45-60 seconds to dry on Rhodia, and at least 20-30 seconds on cheap absorbent paper, where I also seen some feathering also. The only redeeming factor I found is that the color is very nice. It doesn't seem to be a turquoise when compared to Pelikan 4001 and Sheaffer Turquoise, but rather a light purer blue, with a bit of pop. I can't seen any green leanings with my eyes.

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for the review.

[InkSniper]

This looks very much like Sheaffer Turquoise.

[Pentulant]

Nice review....and it really does seem that with so many inks around in this same color family, that finding something more interesting shouldn't be too difficult.

[TheLacOperon]

This ink reminds me of spongebob, just look at the water test!

[napalm]

Looks like Namiki Blue to me... except that Namiki is quite water resistant.