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I have some NOS Sheaffer Script Blue ink in the old glass bottle. It hadn't been opened till I got it and I made a sample for my ink catalog and was wowed by the color (please see the attached image).

 

I don't have any blue inks like it nor have I seen any blue/grey inks that match it. It's blue, not aqua, and medium toned, like a grey. Many blues go aqua, or deep blue, blue black or burple.

 

The image I attached is as close as I can get to what I see. It's on Clairefontaine paper.

Can anyone recommend a modern alternative that's close in color?

 

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Can't help you, but I would love to have that glass bottle! C. S.

 

Haha, you can pry it from my cold... dead... hands... :lol:

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The best thing might be to buy more of the vintage Sheaffer blue... it shows up a lot on fleaBay..

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Your scan is not like the classic USA Sheaffer Blue that I know so I wonder if another bottle would be this color. Your scan reminds me of R&K Salix.

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