Vintage 1940's Blue Black & Green Quink V Modern

[thewritingraven]

Have done a comparison between modern Quink Blue Black & Green with the 1940's Quink Blue Black & Green

Personally I prefer the 1940's Quink as the modern Quink seems rather brash, in your face and loud a bit like life today

I have also posted this in the Parker thread, this being where I had started the original topic about my wonderful find of 12 Parker Vintage inks. However now having familiarised myself a little more with the various threads, I realise I should have perhaps posted it here ... Please forgive a newbie just learning the forum etiquette

[carlos.q]

Nice comparison! I haven't seen Parker Quink Green for sale on this side of the pond.

 

Have you considered the possibility that some of the difference between the way the inks look could be because you are using different pens? Many times the same ink will look totally different using a dry fine nib in comparison to a wet medium nib.

[thewritingraven]

I managed to find the modern green Quink on the Amazon US website it worked out about three times the price though ..

That's a good point however I tried all the inks in all my pens just because of that very reason. That's why it took me a little while from receiving the vintage inks to doing the comparison as I wanted to make sure that the nibs didn't make a difference in the colour.

I tried the vintage green in my 51 broad nib it was thicker & wetter but when it dried (which is exceptionally quick) There was no difference in the colour between that and my fine 51.

[KellyMcJ]

Goodness that is a difference. If the colors I am seeing on my screen are accurate the modern quink BB is more turquoise than blue black!

 

I'm with you in preferring the old. I like to look at turquoise inks, but I wouldn't commonly write with them. I'm a die hard old school BB fan.

[eharriett]

I recently sold my 1940's bottle of Parker Quink green. I thought it was so muted as to be faded from years and sun. But your results look fairly close to what I saw. Glad to know it was probably OK.

[Chrissy]

Parker new inks must surely contain different ingredients due to safety and legislation. I wonder if the old Solv X made any difference to the colour? Also permanent ink compared with washable ink can have an effect on the colour.

[amberleadavis]

Interesting to see the difference. Along with Chrissy, I'd hypothesize that the Solv-X made a difference, though I agree the dyes have likely changed. Even though I prefer the more vibrant colors, Solv-X is amazing for removing stains.