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Holy moly! I just inked up a pen with Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite. What a great color! It's a beautiful deep, dark blue-black that leans a little purple, and the flow is wet and silky. It flows at least as well as the Iroshizuku inks I've tried (asa gao, and take-sumi). I really wish I'd tried this ink before.

 

 

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Yup, one of my favourites. Even though it's a good five years old. IMO (still) one of the "best" Edelsteins. (If you haven't already checked it out, take a look at my review of it.)

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Most recently I had Tanzanite in a Pelikan M405 with an EF nib. Really well behaved ink. I have a feeling that I may need a second bottle at some point in the near future....

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It's one of my tried and true dependable inks. Especially great with a fine or extra fine nib.

You might also like to try Aurora Blue Black. A little more blue/purple. Cheaper and easier to clean up.

I use it in the medium and thicker Montblanc pens.

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Yup, I traded a sample and there was honestly no reason why I'd like Tanzanite as I don't care about blue blacks, but I have since bought a bottle and it quickly became one of my favorite inks.

 

Smoky quartz was also a surprise, as I hated it from reviews, but now I absolutely love it since I got a bottle.

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Yes, a superb blue black. Sometimes I think it may be a bit too dark and swap to Caran D'Ache Magnetic Blue which seems a little grey and so it's back to Tanzanite again.

 

Also, my M600 had become stained, but after a couple of weeks Tanzanite had cleaned it beautifully.

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Yup, I traded a sample and there was honestly no reason why I'd like Tanzanite as I don't care about blue blacks, but I have since bought a bottle and it quickly became one of my favorite inks.

 

Smoky quartz was also a surprise, as I hated it from reviews, but now I absolutely love it since I got a bottle.

 

 

Recently received a letter written on a cream colored smooth paper with a needlepoint nib in a pen filled with Smoky Quartz... the most "vintage" looking letter I've ever seen. It reminded me of some of the handwritten names and notes in some old books I inherited. A very cool look indeed.

 

Tanzanite is another with such character, imho. Love them both.

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I love Smoky Quartz as well, especially in my Renaissance Brown. I bought two additional bottles, since it's a limited edition ink.

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I am using it right now in a vintage Pelikan 400 with a rather wet nib and it works perfectly well with this pen.

 

Usually I am using Pelikan BlueBlack with these vintage birds, but Tanzanite is becoming my favourite well behaving blueblack ink suitable for vintage piston fillers.

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I am using it right now in a vintage Pelikan 400 with a rather wet nib and it works perfectly well with this pen.

 

Usually I am using Pelikan BlueBlack with these vintage birds, but Tanzanite is becoming my favourite well behaving blueblack ink suitable for vintage piston fillers.

both of them are great inks:

Pelikan 4001 Blueblack, dry ink, lighter than Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite

Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite, medium to wet ink, darker than Pelikan 4001 Blueblack

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I discovered Tanzanite recently as well, and I fell in love immediately. One of my favs right now. Smokey Quartz is simply amazing, the best brown ink I have tried so far. Amethyst was great too. If Pelikan would open the palette of colors of these Edelstein inks, it would be really really great because their behavior is as good as the Japanese inks all we love.

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Holy moly! I just inked up a pen with Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite. What a great color! It's a beautiful deep, dark blue-black that leans a little purple, and the flow is wet and silky. It flows at least as well as the Iroshizuku inks I've tried (asa gao, and take-sumi). I really wish I'd tried this ink before.

 

 

I like this ink as well, a really good behaved ink! Just that I don't detect very noticeable purple tint at all, to me it looks like a pure form of dark blue.

 

The bottle looks good as well, but I wish they improve the cap a bit, the black plastic looks a little bit cheap, otherwise this bottle will be a very nice object on my desk, ok, its already quite nice :)

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PR Tanzanite is without question a purple for the dozen bottles I've used, many argue it's blue though, the ultimate shade in YMMV...

 

I will look into this brand, thanks for the update!!!

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An ink that impressed me, too. I have an Anderson sample that's going to be followed by a bottle purchase.

 

It grew on me pretty fast.

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Wait -- Tanzanite SHEENS? How did I not know this? Because *clearly* I'm going to have to now be getting a backup bottle.... Just to make sure I never run out (yeah, yeah, I know, it's not an LE, but still...).

@ Jan2016 -- what paper are you using, there?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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This is a splash on Mnemosyne Word Card

 

Generally for sheen any non absorbent paper will do, Tomoe River is my favorite.

A fire hose as pen also helps. :D

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