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De Atramentis is german manufacturer of calligraphy and writing ink. The inks are hand made (the entire production process is done manually in their manufacturing center) by i's founder - Dr. Franz-Josef Jensen. I believe he uses high quality dyes from well established European companies like BASF and Bayer.

De Atramentis offers a variety of "traditional" fountain pen inks and a broad selection of special and scented inks. I believe they should get more attention as the quality od these fluids is rather good and many of the colors are simply stunning.

Document inks are permanent and waterproof. I confirm - water does nothing to them. Time will tell if light influences them in any way.

The colors are:

  1. Blue
  2. Brown
  3. Dark Blue
  4. Fuchsia
  5. Green
  6. Red
  7. Turquoise
  8. Yellow

Turquoise looks juicy while you write but once it dries the color becomes muted. Waterproofness is stunning, dry time is great, it feathers a little bit on some papers when used in broad nibs. I haven't observed bleedthrough.

Ink splash

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Drops of ink on kitchen towel

 

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Software ID

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Waterproofness (I soaked it for 20 minutes. Water is powerless to distort the text)

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Oxford Recycled, Kaweco Sport Classic, B + Platinum Preppy, M

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Lyreco Copy Paper, Platinum Preppy, M

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CIAK, Kaweco Classic Sport, B + Platinum Preppy, M

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Thanks for the nice review. The color seems more like a blue than a turquoise. Still looks nice though.

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I like this ink in a Pilot Prera Fine. It dries faster than any permanent ink I've found. Here is a water test I did of this one along with a bunch of other inks. https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/278574-water-test-of-my-most-permanent-inks/

Favorite pen/ink pairings: Edison Brockton w/EF 14K gold nib and Noodler's 54th Massachusetts; Visconti Pinanfarina w/EF chromium conical nib and Noodler's El Lawrence; Sheaffer Legacy w/18k extra fine inlaid nib and Noodler's Black; Sheaffer PFM III fine w/14k inlaid nib and Noodler's Black; Lamy 2000 EF with Noodler's 54th Massachusetts; Franklin Christoph 65 Stablis w/steel Masuyama fine cursive italic and DeAtramentis Document Blue; Pilot Decimo w/18k fine nib and Pilot Blue Black; Franklin Christoph 45 w/steel Masuyama fine cursive italic and Noodler's Zhivago; Edison Brockton EF and Noodler's El Lawrence; TWSBI ECO EF with Noodler's Bad Green Gator.

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I got a bunch of samples from Goulet recently, among them De Atramentis Document Turquoise (I'm testing out a variety of waterproof and water-resistant inks). The ink in my sample goes down a bit darker than what I'm seeing in a lot of review pictures (indeed, I can barely distinguish, in my journal, between the passages written in Upper Ganges Blue and the ones written in Document Turquoise). However, one thing I'm seeing that I really wasn't expecting: a very slight dark-red sheen on the edges of where the ink pooled (on Tomoe River, which is the paper I use most regularly). Behavior, so far, has been quite good -- dries readily, no after-dry smudging, feels smooth. Seems to have a big of spread, but as I'm seeing that with a lot of inks I've been testing, I have to wonder if I've just done something to the nib of my Lamys. Or, as many of those inks have been permanent (Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng, Noodler's Hunter Green, Noodler's Upper Ganges Blue, and now De Atramentis Document Turqoise), maybe it's a common feature of this kind of ink.

 

Regardless, I like it a lot -- nice color and behavior, and the sheen is really winning me over. Looks like I have yet another excellent ink for when it's time to write out postcards. :D

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I got a bunch of samples from Goulet recently, among them De Atramentis Document Turquoise (I'm testing out a variety of waterproof and water-resistant inks). The ink in my sample goes down a bit darker than what I'm seeing in a lot of review pictures (indeed, I can barely distinguish, in my journal, between the passages written in Upper Ganges Blue and the ones written in Document Turquoise). However, one thing I'm seeing that I really wasn't expecting: a very slight dark-red sheen on the edges of where the ink pooled (on Tomoe River, which is the paper I use most regularly). Behavior, so far, has been quite good -- dries readily, no after-dry smudging, feels smooth. Seems to have a big of spread, but as I'm seeing that with a lot of inks I've been testing, I have to wonder if I've just done something to the nib of my Lamys. Or, as many of those inks have been permanent (Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng, Noodler's Hunter Green, Noodler's Upper Ganges Blue, and now De Atramentis Document Turqoise), maybe it's a common feature of this kind of ink.

 

Regardless, I like it a lot -- nice color and behavior, and the sheen is really winning me over. Looks like I have yet another excellent ink for when it's time to write out postcards. :D

 

Pictures please!

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Great review again Visvamitra, I had not seen it before because it's called turquoise, serves me right. Looks like a very calm blue.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

 

B. Russell

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Pictures please!

 

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Not the best picture, but I think it at least gets the idea across. And, honestly, it's the best I'm going to do. :D

 

As foreshadowed (as it were) in the picture, though, I've discovered that I'm getting a noticeable amount of bleedthrough. On Tomoe River paper! I was quite startled -- I've never had an ink bleed through before, and I was beginning to wonder if it was even possible.

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Not the best picture, but I think it at least gets the idea across. And, honestly, it's the best I'm going to do. :D

 

As foreshadowed (as it were) in the picture, though, I've discovered that I'm getting a noticeable amount of bleedthrough. On Tomoe River paper! I was quite startled -- I've never had an ink bleed through before, and I was beginning to wonder if it was even possible.

I've only used Document Blue and found it bleed very badly. Even in an EF nib it bleed out to a medium, I was not impressed. I think I saw bleed through on TR paper too.

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I got a lot of ink-spread from Document Turquoise. Gives a bloated, flabby writing line. Not an elegant ink.

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