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I thought it might be useful to post a writing sample of the Saint-Exupery ink with three different pens/nibs on two different types of paper.

 

From reading comments on here, it seems to be an ink that some people absolutely adore, to one that others find unfulfilling (I am situated towards the latter).

 

I still can't make up my mind about it - the colour is interesting in principle, but in practice it seems a bit confused between purple, burgundy, brown and even pink.  Pics below.  You can see that sometimes it looks like a pinky/purple ink - other times is appears like brown with a hint of purple/pink.  Apologies that this isn't a full review with drying times/waterproof testing etc - it is more to show how the ink may/may not look different when written with a variety of pens on various media.

 

I also apologies for the shoddy iPhone quality/not ideal lighting.

 

 

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Kind of interesting that the color would range from pink to brown. Your examples seem to average out to somewhere around "burgundy."

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~ horationelson:

 

This is an ink which I haven't yet purchased.

Your very helpful images give me a more clear sense of how it writes.

Thank you so much for posting the four photos.

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Beautiful! I was not happy with their label "maroon" because it has more reddish shades. Your pictures makes me want to buy the ink more!

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I have not had the best of luck with burgundy inks (as opposed to red-violet inks). But now that I've seen your pix, I may consider trying a sample of Saint-Exupery if I can find it.

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Some citations from Saint-Exupéry in French written with the Saint-Ex fountain pen and ink:

 

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Beautiful colour and handwriting. Thanks.
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It is very similar to my vintage 1990s MB burgundy. I actually like it.

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Cyrille - is that an M or F nib on your pen? The ink looks quite a bit browner in your photos for some reason - and mine looks like a dark pink in comparison!

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Cyrille - is that an M or F nib on your pen? The ink looks quite a bit browner in your photos for some reason - and mine looks like a dark pink in comparison!

 

It is a M nib.

For the rendering of the color maybe it is related to the lighting but I also notice that on the same paper I have not always the same color so this ink is little "weird" :)

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I just ordered a couple. Im a huge fan of The Little Prince. I even have a tattoo of the little prince so buying this ink is a must. I wish I could afford the fountain pen.

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