New Cross Inks

[rh968]

I had an email today from Cross offering free ink with any new purchase. The colours offered for bottled ink included purple, red, green and blue-black, in a smart new look bottle, priced at £14 - much more pricey than the usual Cross ink. Is this new? I cannot find any reference to it in the forum (here or inks) but perhaps I haven't looked hard enough! It looks a bit as though it might be a Pelikan Edelstein copy, perhaps.

[migo984]

Been around for a little while. The purple is nice.

 

Edit to add: sold by Cultpens in the UK, and a few other stockists.

Edited July 18, 2016 by migo984

[cleosmama]

I bought a bottle of the purple, which I really like. It is something of a bear to clean out of a pen.

[Man O War]

I just looked at the Cross website. I haven't seen these on there before other than black, blue, and blue/black. Different bottle labels on all of them too. Are these also made by Pelikan, i.e. 4001 series (Cross green = Pelikan 4001 Vibrant Green, etc)? $15 on their web page.

 

If they are still Pelikan 4001 series, I'll be disappointed in some of the colors, namely red. Brilliant red is a horid orange.

Edited July 20, 2016 by Master and Commander

[dgcom]

I saw new Cross ink in Fountain Pen Hospital today, was told this is completely new arrival...

Anyone have a detailed review of those yet?

[NosmoKing]

Most of the colors are meh....why bother with it....the red.....yuk.....

I'm looking for a true red....not easy to find............but may try Waterman's, Toucan's(hard to find), DeAtramentis Dante Red.....

Time will tell.

[dgcom]

I am more interested in their archival quality claim and mostly looking at the blue one, but can't even find a swab to compare...

[matt49]

I too would be interested in their archival claims , but I cant find anything either ?

Anyone have any ideas about these inks and if they are as they claim to be

[Barkingpig]

Most of the colors are meh....why bother with it....the red.....yuk.....

I'm looking for a true red....not easy to find............but may try Waterman's, Toucan's(hard to find), DeAtramentis Dante Red.....

Time will tell.

 

I think ANDERSON PENS have the Toucan ink; I got a bottle awhile back (not red, but surely they have one.)

[dgcom]

I actually bought a bottle of new Cross Blue-Black in Fountain Pen Hospital last week.

I am using in Platinum Preppy/Plaisir now...

I was thinking of making a mini review of it, but not sure there is a point to it - ink is average, color swab on Anderson Pens is close to actual color.

I want to put several inks up for lightfastness test, but don't have much time...

I was also hoping they have at least some water resistance, but that's not really the case - they behave better than Waterman Serverity and may still be readable to some extent, but expect that most ink will wash out.

[mmg122]

Most of the colors are meh....why bother with it....the red.....yuk.....

I'm looking for a true red....not easy to find............but may try Waterman's, Toucan's(hard to find), DeAtramentis Dante Red.....

Time will tell.

Hi Nosmoking! For a true red, try Shaeffer Skrip Red. It's the truest red I've found.

[visvamitra]

I've reviewed blue black if someone is interested.

[dgcom]

I've reviewed blue black if someone is interested.

 

Thank you. I bought a bottle of it almost a month ago, but since I am not an ink reviewer, I couldn't write much about it

But I like the ink so far - it behaves well in several different pens I tried it - Platinum Preppy, Jinhao 126, Hero Freecode...