Ink Rambling - Kwz Ig Blue #1 . . .

[Tas]

Could I ask a favour please Tas... could you have a look at your originals for the IG Blue #1 now and let me know how much of the blue is still showing on the writing?

 

The reason I ask is that the swab on the box and bottle that I have just bought has totally dropped all the blue and now shows just as grey. I don't know if it is a feature of the paper/card the box and label are made out of but it would be useful to have a long term review of the colour change.

 

Thanks.

 

Hello.

I just pulled out the page.

 

A lot of the blue has "passed away" but by no means all of it. My page still leans far more to wards blue than just plain grey. I think it is still really beautiful and has a soft gentle aged feel to it. More subtle than KWZ IG Blue Black (no number)

 

My scribbles with ESSRI, Akkerman #10, KWZ IG #4 have lost nearly all of their colour over time.

[DanielCoffey]

Thanks Tas - that is good to hear. I will hold off on getting the KWZ IG Blue Black until I see how the IG Blue #1 goes over a reasonable time.

 

Looking at several pages in my recipe book which were written with a 30's semi-flex nib in a frankenpen using ESSRI, there is quite a wide difference in the "blackness" after a few years depending on how wet the pen was writing that day. It varies from "pencil grey with heavy shading to black at letter ends" up to "dark grey to black throughout. There is even a faint greenish tint to the most faded lines.

 

I am only choosing to rewrite the recipe book because our tastes have changed and it is getting a bit thin with removed pages now. There have been quite a few edits as I have refined the recipes or changed oven type over time.

 

I will do my own review of IG Blue #1 eventually and keep a space for a fade test.

[Tas]

Thanks Tas - that is good to hear. I will hold off on getting the KWZ IG Blue Black until I see how the IG Blue #1 goes over a reasonable time.

 

Looking at several pages in my recipe book which were written with a 30's semi-flex nib in a frankenpen using ESSRI, there is quite a wide difference in the "blackness" after a few years depending on how wet the pen was writing that day. It varies from "pencil grey with heavy shading to black at letter ends" up to "dark grey to black throughout. There is even a faint greenish tint to the most faded lines.

 

I am only choosing to rewrite the recipe book because our tastes have changed and it is getting a bit thin with removed pages now. There have been quite a few edits as I have refined the recipes or changed oven type over time.

 

I will do my own review of IG Blue #1 eventually and keep a space for a fade test.