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There's a wide variability in the scans available (ranging from an indigo to a lightly toned blue-black to a bluish grey) so I'm having a hard time matching more accessible inks or making a blend with all the variables involved so I thought I should crowd-source this since I'm sure others have tried, with the end goal of finding an alternative or a series of alternatives much like the Faux Penman Sapphire series.

 

A modern, affordable clone will do or a blend of such inks. From what I have gathered, the following are supposedly close:

 

  1. 50% Quink blue-black, 40% Waterman blue-black, 5% Quink blue, and 5% black (Quink or Pelikan) by JRG
  2. Diamine Denim
  3. OS Manganate V (this is hard to get by though)
  4. 5:1 Quink Blue to Quink Black
  5. Quink Blue-Black with a red ink

 

 

I've looked into getting a bottle myself but there isn't a more recent bottle available* or it's just too expensive to ship internationally**.

 

*Post-Super Quink, with the same bottle shape as the current one so that we can rule out evaporation.

**It will cost me more than two bottles of Iroshizuku, which is more than this student can't afford. I don't even own one bottle of Iro.

Hero #232 Blue-Black is my Waterman Florida Blue.

 

Your Kilometrage May Vary (#ykmv), a Philippine blawg about ink and fountain pens.

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Diamine Midnight Blue somewhat watered down. Classic Quink Blue-black showed blue as you added water. Diamine Denim might work as well. Midnight Blue is a blue that is so dark, and intense, that it almost looks black. Lighten it "a bit", and you are within range of old Quink.

 

Maybe try Camlin Royal Blue to lighten the Diamine Midnight or Denim. Camlin has ad additive that smells like Solv-X and probably is the same formula as Solv-X.

 

Here's a review on FPN from 2015. Last I looked, Camlin was $5 with free shipping to the US. I don't know about the Phillipines, but it must be inexpensive compared to Iroshizuku inks.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/291459-indian-camlin-royal-blue-ink/

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This post has a fairly accurate scan of Parker Quink Blue-Black w/Solv-X

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/317490-week-3-15-jan-when-old-loves-rekindle-2017-weekly-ink-project/?p=3767148

 

Click on the image to get a full-size image.

 

If you were trying to mix recipe #4 above, I would make sure I was dealing with Permanent Blue and Permanent Black, as the Washable versions of those inks are quite wishy-washy.

Adjust the Blue and Black ratios to match the image.

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Diamine Midnight Blue somewhat watered down. Classic Quink Blue-black showed blue as you added water. Diamine Denim might work as well. Midnight Blue is a blue that is so dark, and intense, that it almost looks black. Lighten it "a bit", and you are within range of old Quink.

 

Maybe try Camlin Royal Blue to lighten the Diamine Midnight or Denim. Camlin has ad additive that smells like Solv-X and probably is the same formula as Solv-X.

 

Here's a review on FPN from 2015. Last I looked, Camlin was $5 with free shipping to the US. I don't know about the Phillipines, but it must be inexpensive compared to Iroshizuku inks.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/291459-indian-camlin-royal-blue-ink/

This post has a fairly accurate scan of Parker Quink Blue-Black w/Solv-X

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/317490-week-3-15-jan-when-old-loves-rekindle-2017-weekly-ink-project/?p=3767148

 

Click on the image to get a full-size image.

 

If you were trying to mix recipe #4 above, I would make sure I was dealing with Permanent Blue and Permanent Black, as the Washable versions of those inks are quite wishy-washy.

Adjust the Blue and Black ratios to match the image.

Thank you for the leads! I'll try to blend some this weekend

Hero #232 Blue-Black is my Waterman Florida Blue.

 

Your Kilometrage May Vary (#ykmv), a Philippine blawg about ink and fountain pens.

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Quink Blue/Black with Solv-X. You don't get that odour these days.

I don't know how the latest Quink blue/black compares to a late 1970's in formulation?

I assume the shade used to contain some iron-gall in the past to keep the shade the same.

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While I do not have a bottle of the older blue-black ink, I find that to my eyes the current rendition of Parkers blue-black seems to be pretty close to what I remember using years ago!

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I saw a vintage bottle of Parker Quink Blue-Black on ebay earlier today. I assume it will still be OK to use.

 

Which eBay listing are you referring to? There are many listings of Parker Quink Blue-Black ink that are for sale on there.

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Which eBay listing are you referring to? There are many listings of Parker Quink Blue-Black ink that are for sale on there.

 

OP wants a replacement for vintage Quink Blue-Black, yet the original version is sometimes available if required. The one I saw was a vintage bottle of Quink Blue-Black with solv-x. I spotted it when I was looking for Quink Blue. The point I was making that vintage Quink Blue-Black is available on ebay.

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Does anyone use that Chelpark Blue?

I wonder if it has The Smell?

Anyone who ever used old Parker ink from the 1970's or 80's will know what I mean.

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Does anyone use that Chelpark Blue?

I wonder if it has The Smell?

Anyone who ever used old Parker ink from the 1970's or 80's will know what I mean.

I havent used it, but I know the smell. I scored a NOS set of blue,black and red Quink with solv-x off eBay and have been rationing it.

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Does anyone use that Chelpark Blue?

I wonder if it has The Smell?

Anyone who ever used old Parker ink from the 1970's or 80's will know what I mean.

 

I bought (and used,of course) Chelpark and Camlin when when Fountain Revolution sold their inks. Both have That Smell.

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I use Diamine Denim but it's darker than vintage Quink Blue-Black. I have four bottles of vintage Quink B-B left. I've yet to find anything that matches exactly. Denim is a nice B-Bish ink to my eye, although not a true B-B.

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