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Confessions Of A Blue-Blackaholic - A Few Inks Compared

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I am a huge blue-black fan. I like Noodler's Air Corps BB, though I find it needs be diluted a bit with water to get good flow and it appears more of a teal-black to my eye. Pilot BB is probably my favorite, because it remains blue-ish rather than grey.

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Current collection: Pilot Vanishing Point, TWSBI Vac 700, Kaweco Al Sport, Lamy Safari, Nemosine Singularity

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I'm a blue-black fan too. If you can get it, try "Bleu sibyllin" by Louis Vuitton. I know I can be seen like a monomaniac. But this ink is really amazing.

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Not often mentioned, but Platinum has a lovely blue/black ink that shades well but does not darken as much as many of the other iron-gall inks.

I discovered this ink on a whim, soon got to enjoy its virtues & now Platinum's blue-black is in my ink rotation. (I have more ink than pens, therefore it's the inks that get to rotate & not the pens.)

*Sailor 1911S, Black/gold, 14k. 0.8 mm. stub(JM) *1911S blue "Colours", 14k. H-B "M" BLS (PB)

*2 Sailor 1911S Burgundy/gold: 14k. 0.6 mm. "round-nosed" CI (MM) & 14k. 1.1 mm. CI (JM)

*Sailor Pro-Gear Slim Spec. Ed. "Fire",14k. (factory) "H-B"

*Kaweco SPECIAL FP: 14k. "B",-0.6 mm BLS & 14k."M" 0.4 mm. BLS (PB)

*Kaweco Stainless Steel Lilliput, 14k. "M" -0.7 mm.BLS, (PB)

 

 

 

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Also, we'd love to see any images posted here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/282538-inky-t-o-d-color-swatches-blueblack-please-post-your-pictures-and-tell-us-your-thoughts/?do=findComment&comment=3239951

 

Did I mention, I adore Dromgoole's Blue Steel?

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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Tom Traubert's Blue-Blacks. There, at long last. Somebody had to say it.

Very well done 😃

 

I've picked up a few more BBs. Just got to clean and load up a couple of pens and then I'll update this thread.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

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I'm a blue-blackaholic too. Currently I have Parker Quink and Lamy Antique Blue (Also called black blue). The Lamy is a bit more on the black side, but it doesn't fade to teal like the Quink.

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Very well done

 

I've picked up a few more BBs. Just got to clean and load up a couple of pens and then I'll update this thread.

Turns out that it took me two and a half months to clean those pens!

 

Here's my considerably larger blue-black collection!

 

Scan:

http://i.imgur.com/Bb5JQm5.jpg

 

Photo (iPhone 6s Plus):

http://i.imgur.com/An3t9Ch.jpg

 

Don't know why I took this but I'm glad I did:

http://i.imgur.com/7pdUgjF.jpg

 

The pens involved:

http://i.imgur.com/h4pJi8A.jpg

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

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