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Kind webgeckos sent me this ink, and I just recently had the chance to try it out. As the name insinuates, it's a true blue

http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq22/Andy_Quaen/%203%20%206_zpsnyjytfbd.jpeg
Ink sploosh - the plunger on my syringe recently broke and I had to painstakingly eyedrop the ink onto the paper and blow on it to make these less-than-ideal splashes.

In all honesty, I'm not terribly impressed, and certainly not in love. It does sheen (Typical, somewhat matte magenta sheen) profusely and the color is quite nice, but it seems like a doppelgänger to Noodler's blue, a much more accessible ink (Which also, in my experience, sheens a similar shade on the right paper).
I'm more than healthily addicted to the smell of Phenol in these inks, though - I just can't get enough of the smell! KWZ inks smell like cough syrup in comparison.

I'm also quite suprised on how different, in the scans, the ink looks on different paper. Strange...

I recently re-installed the original flex nib onto my Conklin, and thus the pen is wetter than ever. My handwriting with flex nibs is horrible, although I do appreciate the soft feel (I don't use the nib to write flex - I just enjoy the softness, and never really push it).

 

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Staples bagasse

 

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Kokuyo loose leaf paper

 

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Daiso paper

 

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Marumann mnemosyne

Bonus: while I was doing the writing, I accidentally dropped a large drop of Sapphire right in the middle of it. Here's the result:
http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq22/Andy_Quaen/EPSON014%20_zpsd9zgohl5.jpg

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Very nice review! Thank you for sharing it. I do love the color, and it shades and sheens very nicely. But, truthfully - and I am sure I am the only one who would say this - I prefer a blue that is a bit less saturated. Perhaps the formulation makes up for the highly saturated color.

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I don't know if anyone else would share this opinion, but I have not had Sapphire for long, and I recently changed from a fairly broad nib to a Sailor XF, and to me the appearance of the ink is more pleasing in the finer line.

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Is that how Parker penman sapphire looks like? What is all the fuss about? It doesn't look that great.

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Just compared Noodler's blue to this hatsukoi. They're..... close enough.
(Cut-up ink pools on daiso paper)

http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq22/Andy_Quaen/_zps1rgzryew.jpeg

I'll just say that I actually like Noodler's blue more. I recently used up my bottle, though.
I think it also looks closer to what I imagine PPS would look like, too.

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N's "Blue" is still one of my absolute favorite blues, and easy to get. Ordering and getting any Bungbox by comparison is for me a pain in the ahh, y'know. Still, it is a good looking blue. Does it at least dry halfway fast?

 

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nice review. seeing as i have the bung box and the noodlers is so close i don't think i'll be getting it until i use the bung box stuff up. it won't be anytime soon as i don't really like or use blue that much. blue just doesn't do it for me.

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This is a nice blue, a bit more shading than the Noodler's Blue (which does have some shading). I can afford the Noodler's, but I can't justify Bung Box prices.

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I'm not sure those pictures really do the ink justice. A large part of the appeal to me is the vibrancy of the ink and of course the sheen, both of which are much easier to appreciate by the eyes and are hard to scan or photograph. Then again, a large part of the appeal to many is the rarity and difficulty in obtaining the ink.

 

I think I may need to try some Noodler's Blue though!

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To be honest, I agree - some of the pictures fail to do the ink justice. But this ink isn't as vibrant (at least in my experience) as many other reviews on the internet show (I think because they are scanned on a color corrected "text" setting, while I tried to scan these as photos). Noodler's blue is indeed a very close match.
I actually thought the sheen was a bit too much (the photo makes it look nicer than it really is - in reality it's just a thin film of magenta-ness), and it simply distracted from the otherwise nice color and reminded me of ballpoint ink.

http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq22/Andy_Quaen/IMG_1732_zpso9gqeumz.jpg

I prefer the type of sheen that's forms an outline around the ink pools, so we can admire both it and the original ink color.

Noodler's Blue will also sheen on very ink-resistant paper.

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Is that how Parker penman sapphire looks like? What is all the fuss about? It doesn't look that great.

That's how an attempt to make a Parker Penman Sapphire "replica" looks like,

for comparisons with the real PPS please check the following thread:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/293633-the-super-duper-co-razy-parker-penman-sapphire-comparison-psp/

 

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Plain Noodler's Blue is an underestimated, inexpensive, fun, vibrant, nicely shading blue ink.

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Love Noodler's Blue. I will have to see if I can make it sheen.


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Just compared Noodler's blue to this hatsukoi. They're..... close enough.

(Cut-up ink pools on daiso paper)

 

http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq22/Andy_Quaen/_zps1rgzryew.jpeg

 

I'll just say that I actually like Noodler's blue more. I recently used up my bottle, though.

I think it also looks closer to what I imagine PPS would look like, too.

 

 

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