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Oh, thanks for the heads up, I'll stay away from that one.

 

I get that especially from wet flowers (wet flowing nibs, not the plants)

 

Akkerman Diep Duinswaterblauw is the latest culprit! Beautiful colour most of the time, but sometimes - ugh!

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I agree. I like a little sheen but with a wet nib and an ink like Sargasso Sea or Majestic Blue, I don't like how the sheen dominates the colour.

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Then stay away from Sailor Jentle Ink yama dori. Unless you want a turqoisey ink with red sheen.

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Another one to stay away from is DCSS Blue. Even on lousy paper it sheens. OTOH, it smudges even after it should be well and truly dry long since....

It's too bad, because the color is amazing. Unless you're Veltri, of course....

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What about these?

 

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So use Quink Black...

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Akkerman Shocking Blue is a bit of a red sheener

Brad

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So use Quink Black...

 

Nahh, that shows a red sheen too, under the right conditions, as does PQ Permanent Blue.

 

Inks that don't sheen - Noodler's Blue and Ottoman Azure, PR Lake Placid Blue,

 

Also, if your pens are too wet, or the inks too concentrated, that can bring out the red sheen. Set your nibs to be a bit drier, and dilute your inks (take 5mls and add 1ml water to see how that works for you).

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Some people love sheen, others (and the set probably includes some of the former set) love shading.

 

Still others (poor, tortured souls) dislike either or (heaven forfend) both.

 

Some people drink warm beer.

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“Them as can do has to do for them as can’t.


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I generally dislike sheen and I love shading. If I have a shading ink that sheens at the very end of strokes (where the ink pools), I actually like the effect.

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Please package up all the sheen out of your blue ink and send it to those of us who like it. We'll add it to ours!

 

I love anything I can get: sheen, shading, line variation, etc. that makes the ink more interesting than monoline, monochromatic ballpoint ink.

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Some people love sheen, others (and the set probably includes some of the former set) love shading.

 

Still others (poor, tortured souls) dislike either or (heaven forfend) both.

 

Some people drink warm beer.

Oh, I want to see *that* Venn diagram. Especially including the "warm beer drinkers" subset.... :lol:

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Oh, I want to see *that* Venn diagram. Especially including the "warm beer drinkers" subset.... :lol:

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I can't do it with circles.

To include all possiblities ( i.e. Likes Sheen, Dislikes Shading, Likes Warm Beer) I ended up with some drunken ghosts...

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“Them as can do has to do for them as can’t.


And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.”


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Some people love sheen, others (and the set probably includes some of the former set) love shading.

 

Still others (poor, tortured souls) dislike either or (heaven forfend) both.

 

Some people drink warm beer.

 

I only started to read this thread so that I could find out about inks with the sheen; As the culprits are identified I'm making a list. :puddle:

 

I detest any-temp beer. :sick:

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I couldn't get PR Naples Blue to stop sheening. Had to trade it off because it became distracting while reviewing.

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I can't do it with circles.

To include all possiblities ( i.e. Likes Sheen, Dislikes Shading, Likes Warm Beer) I ended up with some drunken ghosts...

Sounds as if you should post your results to the "A Few Ghosts..." thread!

:lol:

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