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Thank you Amber for getting me to see Private Reserve Ebony Purple. It went from unknown-to-me a minute ago to straight on the to-buy list.

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Is Diamine Damson considered purple-black? If it is, then it is certainly one of my favourites :)

 

+1 here, ut its more like black with a hint of purple though

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@PurplePlum, thank you.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Do we have some pictures of Eclipse?

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lamy Dark Lilac (yay!)

 

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I have a couple more that would suit here... let me try and find pics

 

 

(Diamine Purple Pizzazz, Cult Pens Deep Dark Purple, maybe Oster Purple Rock - more of a purple-grey)

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Diamine Amazing Amethyst. It goes on dark and settles to a dusky purple.

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I think "Ink of the Witch " would pass for black for just about anyone. I can't see any purple in mine at all.

 

YMMV

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This is odd, I have been thinking about this question today, while pondering the next inking of a Nakaya Piccolo. And now here I find this same question on FPN. Must be fate.

 

So my answer is....... Robert Oster Barossa Grape.

Greetings,

Christina

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I have a lot of dark purples, but they're not quite purple-black: Poussiere de Lune, Lamy Dark Lilac, and Franklin Christoph Tenebris Purpuratum. Although the F-C comes closest to purple-black in a wet writer.

 

Franklin Christoph Noir et Blue is supposedly a blue-black, but with every nib/paper combo for which I've used it, it skews decidedly purple-black. Which is why it's one of my very favorite blue-black inks.

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Robert Oster Barossa Grape.

 

In what pen? I had high hopes for this ink, but in pen after pen, it turned out to be a pale liver color.

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I thought that since it's FP Day, I'd go gind some ink. And I got distracted and spent money on buying nibs that use more ink. :)

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In what pen? I had high hopes for this ink, but in pen after pen, it turned out to be a pale liver color.

 

actually, in every pen I have used it in. Currently in a well tuned Mottishaw Stub, but also in less exotic nibs like all kinds of Twsbis. It has been a favourite of mine and runs dark and juicy every time.

Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the ink as much. Maybe a batch problem?

Greetings,

Christina

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actually, in every pen I have used it in. Currently in a well tuned Mottishaw Stub, but also in less exotic nibs like all kinds of Twsbis. It has been a favourite of mine and runs dark and juicy every time.

Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the ink as much. Maybe a batch problem?

 

Thank you. I suspect that TWSBIs are wetter than any of my pens. I also have difficulty getting a bold line out of Rohrer & Klingner Scabiosa, which is similar in appearance. Here's an interesting comparison review:

 

https://vanness1938.com/blogs/news/robert-oster-barossa-grape-rohrer-klingner-scabiosa-ink-review

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