Jump to content

Amethyst - Pelikan Edelstein

visvamitra

By visvamitra
in Ink Reviews

 Share

Recommended Posts

inotrym Vintage

inotrym

Posted
Posted (edited)

Ok folks, I have a chance to grab a bottle of this but already own Diamine Tyrian Purple, MB Lavender Purple and Herbin Poussiere deLune. Is Pelikan Amethyst really different enough from these other three to justify paying a premium price for it?

 

I have all of the above and a few more similar inks. Amethyst is closest to MB Lavender; a little lighter and a lot shadier. It's a bright and vibrant ink that pops beautifully without being tiring. Lavender on the other hand is more reserved (in a wet pen it looks almost black). TP and PdL are dusty and IMO pretty meh...

 

For me, if you have to choose, Amethyst easily takes the win (I have about 4,5 bottles and would buy more if I could), but I can't say that you need to have both that and Lavender. Unless you really love that kind of color and can see yourself going through 2 bottles of it...

Edited by inotrym
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 21
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • inotrym

    3

  • Quadratus

    2

  • truthpil

    2

  • tamiya

    2

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

inkstainedruth Ancient Artifact

inkstainedruth

Posted
Posted

I didn't much care for Poussiere de Lune. The other three (plus Dark Lilac, 4001 Violet, and several other purples -- most recently MB Beatles Psychedelic Purple and De Atramentis Aubergine) are all ones I thought worth the price of a full bottle. I don't have as many purple/violet/lavender inks as blue ones, but I do still have a fair number....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstaineedruth

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33582
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26771
    5. jar
      jar
      26105

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...