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30 Blues Compared (Two-Year-Old Comparison!)


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Hey all,

 

Have you ever started something and found yourself unable to finish it? I've had these scans and photos on my computer for over two years now! I was initially hoping to write a detailed comparison and then things got nuts so I kept pushing it off and completely forgot. This comparison is so old that it dates back to the very start of my Sailor obsession :doh: At the time, I really wanted to see how many of the blues that I had read so much about compared when placed side by side. I wanted to look at a range of basic blues and also included a couple indigos. Hopefully the comparison will still be helpful after all this time! The 30 inks compared are:

Aurora Blue

Caran d’Ache Idyllic Blue

Diamine Majestic Blue, Diamine Sapphire Blue, Diamine Sargasso Sea

J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir

J. Herbin 1670 Bleu Ocean (Original Formulation)

Lamy Blue

Montblanc Royal Blue

Montegrappa Blue

Omas Blue

Pelikan Blue

Pelikan Edelstein Sapphire

Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai, Pilot Iroshizuku Asa Gao, Pilot Iroszhizuku Tsuyu-Kusa

Pilot Namiki Blue

Rohrer & Klingner Konigsblau

Sailor Bung Box Sapphire

Sailor Jentle Blue, Sailor Jentle Nioi-Sumire

Sailor Kobe #14 Maya Lapis, Sailor Kobe #37 Island Blue

Sailor SankoDo Ozone Blue, Sailor SankoDo Port Blue

Sailor Shousaikan Sei-Ran

Sheaffer Blue

Stipula Deep Blue

Visconti Blue

Waterman Serenity Blue

 

The writing samples were done using a 1950s 146 and were tested on Rhodia paper.

 

 

SCANS

 

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/Scan%201_zpspcxwwkbb.jpeg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/Scan_zpsetspxgxa.jpeg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/Scan%202_zps3tuy9vv0.jpeg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/Scan%203_zps4ep73ddz.jpeg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/Scan%204_zpstmyap70k.jpeg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/Scan%205_zps6bt6vnyi.jpeg?1488081421898&1488081424613&1488081437127

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/Scan%206_zps0zvzhpzd.jpeg?1488081890075&1488081893405&1488081901400

 

 

 

PHOTOS IN NATURAL LIGHT

 

 

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/IMG_0112_zpsdiuwypxu.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/IMG_0111_zpskxybhefg.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/IMG_0113_zpsqd9qk6uq.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/IMG_0114_zpsx5owomej.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/IMG_0115_zpsjigvzevr.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/IMG_3976_zpsuiwcajdw.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/emrys1221/IMG_3975_zpsj1twkgss.jpg

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for this amazing comparison of my favorite color - I especially like the difference between your scans and the photos under natural light.

Amazing how much of a difference that makes.

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A wonderful comparative review and thanks very much indeed.

I have some of them myself.

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Excellent comparison. It's just what I wanted and contains many of my target blues. Thanks.

Relax, it's a short life.

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