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As a dogged hunter of the perfect dusky purple, I can extend a bit further from the typical Diamine Damson vs J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune battle. Color corrected in PS for accuracy. I'd upload a scan as well but my scanner doesn't have a contrast setting - it just whitewashes the paper and makes everything "standard" purple.

 

Does anyone have one of the Franklin Cristoph purples? I'm dying to trade for a sample of one for comparison.

 

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I am also a hunter of dusty purples. I don't own Tenebris Purpuratum but tried it out at a pen show yesterday and didn't find it especially dusty, especially in comparison with Scabiosa or Poussiere de Lune.

 

If you are open to purples with less red and more blue than the ones in your comparison, take a look at Kyo-iro Soft Snow of Ohara and Robert Oster Barossa Grape.

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I am also a hunter of dusty purples. I don't own Tenebris Purpuratum but tried it out at a pen show yesterday and didn't find it especially dusty, especially in comparison with Scabiosa or Poussiere de Lune.

 

If you are open to purples with less red and more blue than the ones in your comparison, take a look at Kyo-iro Soft Snow of Ohara and Robert Oster Barossa Grape.

 

Oooh la la that Barossa Grape looks like an amazing shader on Vanness's website. Definitely picking up a sample. Soft Snow might be a bit too blue for me, especially with a thirty dollar price tag and no store that offers samples. Thanks!

I'm always up for an ink trade!

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Not an exact match but pretty close: Mb Leonardo Red Chalk and SankoDo Kukuozan Red Brown. Red Chalk is a degree more yellow.

 

 

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Not an exact match but pretty close: Mb Leonardo Red Chalk and SankoDo Kukuozan Red Brown. Red Chalk is a degree more yellow.

 

Sadly they are both either discontinued or hard to obtain.. :(

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

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I will have to try them in the same pen, but in the bottle they are identical.

 

http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2016_2_Ink/10-October/slides/2016-10-03_22.jpg

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

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Okay, the big difference is the sparkes.

 

http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2016_2_Ink/09-September/slides/2016-09-22_01.jpg

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

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There should be a doppelganger for De A Steel Blue, but I haven't tried in quite a while and it's not in my collection.

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

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Any doppelganger for Kyonooto Aonibi? Just chanced upon it today and I'm in love... but they're out of stock from Rakuten now

 

 

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Lord Epic...I don't know if you're able to order from Amazon USA but they have Kyonooto Aonibi in stock for $25. USD.

 

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http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2016_2_Ink/09-September/slides/2016-09-22_30.jpg

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

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I thought it was time to get back to work, so here is a comparison between the vintage ( and now largely unobtainable ) Thistle Blue-Black powdered ink) and the inestimable Texas Blue Bonnet

 

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The scan above shows the two inks in three different pens, resulting in the differences. These are also exaggerated when using non-absorbent paper, in my case Kokuyo Campus refill paper.

 

Having posted the above, I then found that I had done something similar some time ago, but hidden it by not using a meaningful title.

 

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Most excellent!

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

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For those looking for a Mb Leonardo Red Chalk look-alike, here's another option. The new Monteverde Red Velvet is very close. Not exact, but extremely difficult to tell apart unless used together. Red Chalk writing is with EF glass nib, Red Velvet with F steel nib.

 

 

 

 

 

As an aside, I've tried a few of the new Monteverde inks and I'm very impressed. Horizon Blue is up there with some of my favourite blue Sailor inks. Bright, saturated, smooth. I'm testing in a TWSBI Eco at the moment for ease of cleaning, staining potential etc.

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