Noodler's Brexit Royal Blue

[TheFountainPenOfYouth]

Can anyone tell me if this ink is quick drying like, for example, American Aristocracy?

 

Also, if anyone has got more pictures of this ink, please post!

Edited January 16, 2018 by TheFountainPenOfYouth

[inkstainedruth]

Is Brexit Royal Blue different from (regular) Brexit?

I have a bottle of Brexit, and it's sort of a flat, slightly chalky lavender. Definitely not Royal Blue. Or blue of *any* description. On crappy, absorbent paper (a Piccadilly sketchbook) it dried in about 8-10 seconds, and has really good water resistance; I appear to have screwed up and didn't do a writing sample on a little Rhodia #10 notepad in it....

I don't have any of the versions of American Aristocracy, so I can't compare.

I will try to get a scan of my review for myself up in a day or two. If I don't, ping me as a reminder.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Runnin_Ute]

A quick google search brought up the following here on FPN:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/318978-four-more-noodlers-aristocracy-bluewaves-brexit-and-squeteague/

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/312193-noodlers-new-ink-brexit/

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/312173-new-colour-noodlers-brexit/

 

https://www.purepens.co.uk/acatalog/Noodlers-Brexit-Royal-Blue-Purple-Bulletproof-Ink.html

 

The top one has both Brexit and Aristocracy and two others

[nigelg]

Is it supplied in a glass or plastic bottle? In other words, is it a hard brexit or a soft brexit.

[inkstainedruth]

Okay, clearly Pure Pens (the 4th link Runnin_Ute posted) has a different definition of "Royal blue" -- because their swab of Brexit looks pretty much like all the other ones (and my test of it). And it's not blue at all (not like, say Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue); it's definitely lavender/light purple.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[TheFountainPenOfYouth]

Is it supplied in a glass or plastic bottle? In other words, is it a hard brexit or a soft brexit.

 

Hmmm not sure. All I know is that Brexit means Brexit!

 

 

Also thanks everyone for your comments and insight. Despite this ink being a bit of a disappointment (just like the real Brexit for some) in terms of the colour, I still picked up a bottle just cause I find the name hilarious and quite a novelty.

 

EDIT: Look at the pictures here https://imgur.com/a/8CM7P. it looks almost like a chalky Diamine Regency Blue. Perhaps there are some weird shoddy batches out there of this ink?

Edited January 17, 2018 by TheFountainPenOfYouth

[The Good Captain]

Here are some scans I did when I bought my first bottle.

 

This one is from Pure Pens

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you find them useful.

Edited January 17, 2018 by The Good Captain

[SallyLyn]

To me the scan looks different from the actual pen use but I find that normal.

 

Would like to see it compared to the old Iraqi Indigo. The writing sample looks familiar but not as strong.

Think the Violet Vote maybe somewhat different from II.

[TheFountainPenOfYouth]

Everyone's pictures either show the ink as blue or really purple. I'm excited to see how mine will look when it comes in the mail.

Edited January 17, 2018 by TheFountainPenOfYouth

[inkstainedruth]

Here are some scans I did when I bought my first bottle.

 

This one is from Pure Pens

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you find them useful.

 

Huh. Yours are the only scans/photos I've seen where Brexit looks blue. Every other one I've seen is definitely lavender -- just like my bottle. And I got my bottle from some dealer from the UK, whose table was kittycorner to the Noodler's table at last fall's Commonwealth Pen Show.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[The Good Captain]

 

Huh. Yours are the only scans/photos I've seen where Brexit looks blue. Every other one I've seen is definitely lavender -- just like my bottle. And I got my bottle from some dealer from the UK, whose table was kittycorner to the Noodler's table at last fall's Commonwealth Pen Show.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Well, here's a new scan just done tonight. Same (original) bottle and a new refill of the TWSBI 580 F pen I use for this ink.

Of course, the bottle was completely and well agitated before filling - it is obvious that a lot of Noodlers inks need this before use.

 

 

I'm not so sure I understand your 'kittycorner' reference though. Here in Great Britain, than can often be applied to somewhere that cats are suppose to go to do their business!

Edited January 18, 2018 by The Good Captain

[Oranges and Apples]

It reminds of a water-downed version for Noodler's Kung-Te Cheng.

[NicolausPiscator]

I would not have believed that this colour would turn out to be interesting for me, but it seems to be - at least in the writing sample - a darker blue with grey, beautiful...

[amberleadavis]

It reminds of a water-downed version for Noodler's Kung-Te Cheng.

 

That's funny, I was thinking the same thing when looking at the pictures.

[inkstainedruth]

 

I'm not so sure I understand your 'kittycorner' reference though. Here in Great Britain, than can often be applied to somewhere that cats are suppose to go to do their business!

 

"Kitty-cornered" means at a diagonal; in this case, the Noodler's table was along one wall at the show, in the corner, and, at an L from them, on the next wall in the same corner, was the UK sellers (sorry, I don't remember who the dealers were) and they were the ones who actually had Brexit for sale, along with Pride of the Commons and another UK exclusive.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[inkstainedruth]

Oh, and as promised -- this is a scan (cropped down for size limits) of what Brexit looks like on not terribly good, absorbent, Piccadilly sketchbook paper; the color seemed to be pretty close without doing any major color tweaking.

This has a lot of blue in it, but is *definitely* still in the lavender/purple family. Which is why I was *so* surprised to have the ink be called "Brexit Royal Blue"....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[The Good Captain]

 

"Kitty-cornered" means at a diagonal; in this case, the Noodler's table was along one wall at the show, in the corner, and, at an L from them, on the next wall in the same corner, was the UK sellers (sorry, I don't remember who the dealers were) and they were the ones who actually had Brexit for sale, along with Pride of the Commons and another UK exclusive.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I understand and thanks for the explanation. I suspect that the UK lot were Niche Pens - Ross and his father, perhaps - where I get my Noodler's from, amongst a rack of other things as well. Along with The Writing Desk, Write Here and Cult Pens.

[Jerome Tarshis]

I'm not so sure I understand your 'kittycorner' reference though. Here in Great Britain, than can often be applied to somewhere that cats are suppose to go to do their business!

 

The formal spelling is cater-corner. People do not always pronounce words as the printed spelling suggests they would, and sometimes the pronunciation is expressed phonetically in writing.

 

Life has this folklorical aspect. There are no doubt people called Affleck, phonetically, who spell the name Auchinleck. At least I hope there still are. And there are Bewleys who do or don't write the name as Beaulieu.

[dcwaites]

 

The formal spelling is cater-corner. People do not always pronounce words as the printed spelling suggests they would, and sometimes the pronunciation is expressed phonetically in writing.

 

Life has this folklorical aspect. There are no doubt people called Affleck, phonetically, who spell the name Auchinleck. At least I hope there still are. And there are Bewleys who do or don't write the name as Beaulieu.

 

You have reminded me of Mrs Bouquet (spelt Bucket).

 

My mother used to live in Beauchamp Ave, Maroubra, pronounced Beecham

[The Good Captain]

 

The formal spelling is cater-corner. People do not always pronounce words as the printed spelling suggests they would, and sometimes the pronunciation is expressed phonetically in writing.

 

Life has this folklorical aspect. There are no doubt people called Affleck, phonetically, who spell the name Auchinleck. At least I hope there still are. And there are Bewleys who do or don't write the name as Beaulieu.

My natural father was born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire where it is pronounced Auchinleck.