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Majestic Blue has dried in some of my F/EF nibs and feeds, but it's never been all that hard to wash out. Honestly, my P51s and P21s are less ink picky than my P45s.

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I use Pelikan Blue-Black in my 51 Special and it works fine and an EDC. It's possibly a touch dry, but it works for me. I wouldn't be shy of putting most Pelikan, Parker, Sheaffer or Waterman inks in it.

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Oh, I don't know. The blood of your enemies would be quite good. You would have to put an anticoagulant in it. I was thinking of Warfarin. It would be great for poison pen letters, don'tcha think?

 

 

EoC jokes. Even with warfarin impeding all the many irreversible clotting processes of blood, there are too many solids in blood to use it in a fountain pen.

 

As I have said elsewhere, using a leech is a practical idea. It will take just enough ink blood to give you one decent size fill, and will automatically add an anti-coagulant. However, I agree that all those messy cells could clog your pen, but you need the red ones at least to get a nice red colour. You could macerate the cells to break them up to reduce/eliminate that problem.

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For the sake of good order I emailed Diamine to ask if their Majestic Blue was safe for use in a vintage Parker "51" or would they recommend a different colour as I wish to take no chances. The response received was as follows:

 

Thank you for your email and this ink is a really good choice and shouldn’t give any problems.

 

While I expected such as response from them, of course, as a manufacturer of inks it's still nice to see that they gave a firm answer to a direct question with a name and contact details provided (which I've removed). I like that.

I shall advise on my experience for the benefit of everyone. Thanks for your input.

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For the sake of good order I emailed Diamine to ask if their Majestic Blue was safe for use in a vintage Parker "51" or would they recommend a different colour as I wish to take no chances. The response received was as follows:

 

Thank you for your email and this ink is a really good choice and shouldn’t give any problems.

 

While I expected such as response from them, of course, as a manufacturer of inks it's still nice to see that they gave a firm answer to a direct question with a name and contact details provided (which I've removed). I like that.

 

I shall advise on my experience for the benefit of everyone. Thanks for your input.

 

 

Majestic Blue is quite a dark and saturated ink. It can take up to 40% water, to give you a 'safer' ink, and a beautiful medium dark blue. However, I have had Private Reserve American Blue in one of my Aerometric P51s for months without any problems, and it is a much more saturated ink that anything Diamine produces. If it can handle that without any problems, then Maj. Blue. will be a doddle.

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As I have said elsewhere, using a leech is a practical idea. It will take just enough ink blood to give you one decent size fill, and will automatically add an anti-coagulant. However, I agree that all those messy cells could clog your pen, but you need the red ones at least to get a nice red colour. You could macerate the cells to break them up to reduce/eliminate that problem.

Feh. If one must write with blood, use a dip pen. Or else Dolores Umbridge's detention quill.

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With an aero "51", I feel comfortable using a wide range of inks. I generally avoid nano pigment inks (Platinum and Sailor) in all but my Japanese pens (which are designed to use them). I've started testing IG inks in my user-grade "51", and I've been pleasantly surprised with the performance to date. I've used a wide range of inks (including your Diamine Majestic Blue), and the aero "51" just keep loading and writing.

 

If you decide to get a vac "51", I recommend taking more care in choosing your inks. I now use inks from the time period like Waterman, Sheaffer, Pelikan, and Montblanc in my vacs.

 

Enjoy your "51"!

 

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Two points:

 

1. This Diamine Majestic Blue looks wonderful on the paper

 

2. I checked this colour specifically with R. Binder in reference to his 'Good, Bad, and Ugly' article that lists Diamine as one of the most user-firendly inks to see if it is covered by his blanket statement on the brand, given I've read some folks have troubles with it. He confirms that it is included within his positive assessment of Diamine.

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