Waterman Ink Rename South Sea Blue Now Called "limited Edition" Blue Obsession Or Turquoise Ink

[bleair]

Fahrney's catalog advertises a new a waterman ink color - Obsession Blue.

 

http://www.fahrneyspens.com/Item--i-51060BS

< last one in the list of colors >

 

 

I really like the behavior of Waterman's ink so I was excited to try a Waterman "new" ink out. It turns out though that in every way I can tell, Obsession blue is exactly the same as South Seas Blue.

 

I had a writing sample made up, but since it just looks like two lines of the same ink I'm not going to even bother posting it.

 

So, if you want South Seas blue ink, with different label (maybe to go with the waterman Obsession pen) this is your ink. Otherwise know you don't need to buy this one. Gotta love marketing departments.

Edited May 23, 2016 by bleair

[publishing guy]

And South Sea was such a good name, described the color.

[Gofixmix]

What, they first renamed it to "Inspired blue" and now to this. They list BOTH on their page, in description of Obsession blue they say

"Rediscover the Waterman Inspired Blue ink and allow your imagination to flow in a wave of Blue Obsession"

 

Obsessed with changing labels more like...

[sheeptotherescue]

Here's a link to the official Waterman site: http://www.waterman.com/en/ink-bottles/243-blue-obsession-ink-bottle-inspired-blue-fountain-pen.html

 

You'll note that they have not removed Inspired, aka South Seas, Blue, just added this new one. It seems to be linked to a larger promotion they're doing: commissioning art, special edition pens in a blue color, etc.

[lapis]

Thanks for the link.

Sooo.... what this means is that "Blue Obsession" is not a rename but rather just a re-offer of "Inspired Blue". And that is supposed to help me rediscover both ("South Sea Blue" and "Inspired Blue") ?

[praxim]

Thanks for the link.

Sooo.... what this means is that "Blue Obsession" is not a rename but rather just a re-offer of "Inspired Blue". And that is supposed to help me rediscover both ("South Sea Blue" and "Inspired Blue") ?

I am taken with the Inspired Prospect of Blue Pacific contrasted with Obsessive Seas leavened by the delicate tone of South Florida from Blue Man of Water.

 

I shall buy them all at once. Do they come in gallon bottles?

[lapis]

No, but you can get your pool filled with them.

[Old_Inkyhand]

South Sea Blue -> Inspired Blue

Inspired Blue = Blue Obsession

Weird. Like the new Hemispheres. Old pen, new finish. The Emperor's New Clothes

 

The old names were really better IMHO. South Sea looks like it should, Florida Blue is also an adequate name, Blue-Black tells more about the properties of the ink than 'Mysterious Blue'.

 

But the weirdest thing of all is:

The Blue Obsession colour (the colour of the collection) it faaaar more similar to Florida - ehm... Serenity Blue - than to this turquoise ink. In fact, those pens are even less purple than Florida. The colour resembles MB Leo Tolstoy ink, I th-Ink.

Edited May 30, 2016 by Old_Inkyhand

[lapis]

Ach.... just old wine in new wineskins....

[Wandering Man]

I should have read this thread a week ago. I now have a bottle of Blue Obsession with a bottle of South Seas Blue on the way.

 

Well, at least I like the Color.

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[AndyYNWA]

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Blue-Black tells more about the properties of the ink than 'Mysterious Blue'.

 

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The mysterious thing about that ink is how the colour changes as it dries. It goes from a cornflower blue, to a blue teal. I like it...

[Old_Inkyhand]

The mysterious thing about that ink is how the colour changes as it dries. It goes from a cornflower blue, to a blue teal. I like it...

I see your point.

 

I used to write with Mysterious Blue at the beginning of my inky journey and my notes didn't fade to teal. They were blue-black at first and faded just a little bit to become less vivid, but still blue-black.

 

Recently I've put a new Mysterious Blue cartridge in my Jinhao 159 copycat and the results are totally different. The text faded very quickly, it was dark blue, then just blue, then teal and finally it became green. Like very diluted J. Herbin Vert Empire.

[sciumbasci]

 

The mysterious thing about that ink is how the colour changes as it dries. It goes from a cornflower blue, to a blue teal. I like it...

Just like Parker Blue Black?

[inkstainedruth]

 

The mysterious thing about that ink is how the colour changes as it dries. It goes from a cornflower blue, to a blue teal. I like it...

 

And, depending on the paper, it actually looks green sometimes. I had people in my local pen club absolutely convinced they were writing with green ink. "Nope -- it's *definitely* Waterman Mysterious Blue. I know what's in that pen...."

Why is it that so many "blue-black" inks seem to have a component in them which makes them look teal? That's not the color I would think of when I see the words "blue" and "black" together....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth