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I recently ordered some items from Fountain Pen Hospital, among which was their exclusive, Noodler's Old Dutch Colony Sepia. The package arrived today, and let's just say that the sepia is most definitely not sepia...

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I reached out to FPH and they quickly apologized and are sending a new bottle. Since it was in the box, there's no way they could have known.

 

But that still leaves the question ... what ink is it, since it's definitely not sepia... anybody have any ideas what it might be?

 

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And it looks great. I really liked Ellis Island and Manhattan Blue.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Thanks, but I don't think it's Ellis Island, because I ordered that too.

 

Here's the "Mystery Ink" lined up against every Noodler's dark blue in my collection. None of them really seem to fit. Weird.

 

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Sometime noodlers shows some variation in colors .

Looking to your swaps here above, my prime of the common look much more green than your, for example.

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I don't have Ellis Island, but it could still be that, or possibly Manhattan Blue (which is a lighter, and while it has a teal undertone is still mostly dark blue).

I didn't have that problem, but the first time I went to FPH, I bought a bottle of Old Manhattan, and then went to Art Brown's (back when they were still open) and bought a bottle of Manhattan Blue (which was formerly an AB exclusive). When I went to refill the pen that had Manhattan Blue I accidentally opened the wrong box and refilled the pen with Old Manhattan.... :blush:

Part of the problem is that I was given a random Noodler's box at the AB checkout counter. So if you go by the box I have something completely different from the actual contents, and I had to write on the top of the box what it actually was.

But completely mislabeled? That's a new one on me....

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I do think it's a beautiful color. I'm with UDog.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

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And I'm with both UDog and Amber. It does look like a great color -- just not sepia.... ;)

I wonder if FPH could contact Nathan for you and find out what ink it was supposed to have been.... Given that Noodler's is basically a one-man show, and how busy Nathan is (especially recently with all the new exclusives and LE inks), I'm actually amazed that there aren't more goofs of getting the wrong labels on bottles.

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