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A newish blue (purple-leaning), the lovely Monteverde Charoite. I understand the gemstone it is named after is more purple, but the ink looks pretty blue to me.

 

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Just catching this thread and will like contibute soon. This color really caught my eye tho. Any other samples for comparison? It looks awesome.

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I think the Charoite is quite lovely.

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KWZ Walk Over Vistula. I had read about this ink here on FPN, but seeing it live at the San Francisco Pen Show this year made it a must-buy. My partner found it while spending time at the ink sampling tables.

 

Walk Over Vistula is a deep, saturated blue that runs slightly to teal. It sheens red/purple on Clairefontaine.

 

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Walk Over Vistula is an absolutely lovely shade, I'm enamored at first sight. Love the sheen too!

How does it perform on less than top quality papers? And how does it feel writing, dry or smooth?

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Walk Over Vistula is an absolutely lovely shade, I'm enamored at first sight. Love the sheen too!

How does it perform on less than top quality papers? And how does it feel writing, dry or smooth?

 

I haven't really tested Walk Over Vistula on poorer quality papers yet. It was loaded in my Cross ATX, which is an extremely wet writer so it's hard to judge the ink on its own merits - though it does seem to be a somewhat wet ink. I decided a wet pen wasn't best to bring out the full character of this ink, since the pen puts so much ink down on the page and leaves a dark line without much opportunity for shading.

 

My Lamy 2000 (F nib) is just about out of Monteverde Horizon Blue, so I'll load Walk Over Vistula into it next and evaluate it for feel and performance.

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Sailor Kenshin Museum Piece

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Some of my older (ish!) blues.

 

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My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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Our wonderful Inky leader has asked me to post my photos from the "Into the Blues" thread (https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/348936-into-the-blues/) here as well.

 

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1st line: Monteverde Sapphire Blue

2nd line: Monteverde Malibu Blue

3rd line: Akkerman Cerulean Blue

4th line: Stipula Calamo Deep Blue

5th line: Monteverde Horizon Blue

6th line: Monteverde Caribbean Blue

7th line: J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche

And some others:

WATERMAN SERENITY BLUE

An excellent, everyday ink

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SAILOR MANYO YONAGI

Leans towards teal, but with a strong red sheen, moderately wet with excellent lubrication.

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SAILOR MANYO SUMIRE

Another excellent sky blue, with nice sheen, excellent shading, wetness and lubrication. This is one of my current favorites.

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Diamine China Blue is quite sensitive to how 'wet' or 'dry' a pen/nib is, I reckon.

 

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Same pen, same converter, same fill of ink, no fiddling with the nib or feed during that time, twelve hours apart:

 

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I don't know why the pen/nib got wetter without further user intervention in the twelve or so hours between the two sessions, but something did "happen".

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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JulieParadise Vintage

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For the #50shadesofbluechallenge (link to the hashtag on Instagram), a challenge over at the German PenExchange forum for July & August 2020, I inked up all my pens with all the 50+ blue inks I have. The snapshots I still keep finding in my files (waiting to be posted, ahem) might also be of interest to some here. -- A quick search did not bring me to a dedicated review of this ink, so I just post here: Pilot-Namiki Blue Black (cartridges), just some pretty pictures.

 

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Sina a.k.a. Julie Paradise julieparadise.de | www.instagram.com/wwwjulieparadisede

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Looking great!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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FPN Starry Night Van Gogh

and an Iroshizuku Mix

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Iroshizuku Ama Iro

Montblanc Royal Blue

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Noodler's Goulet Liberty Elysium

Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuyu-kasu and Shin Kai

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Organics Studio Mark Twain Haley's comet Blue and Elements Nickel

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Levenger Empyrean

Mix-QuestIV

Waterman Florida Blue

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Organics STuio

OOPS Accident

Elements Cobalt

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Waterman Mysterious Blue

Montblanc MIdnight Blue

Noodler's Ottoman Azure

Noodler's Benevolent Blue Badger

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Organic Studios Jules Verne

Montegrappa Blue

Noodler's Blue Steel

Diamine Cult Pens Deep Dark Blue

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Noodler's Dromgooles Exclusives Texas Blue Bonnet two versions

Montblanc Diamond

Mix Lightning Peki

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