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I have both Akkerman #10 and Diamine Registrar's and they look absolutely the same, fresh on the paper as well as months later. I got them last year directly from Akkerman and Diamine.

 

After some testing with Registrars and Akkerman #10, I am convinced that they are exactly the same formulation. Which is great because a 100ml bottle of Registrars is much more value than 60ml of Akkerman. Although the Akkerman bottle is pretty great!

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Platinum blue black in bottles is another alternative with mild ferrogallic content. I found it v well behaved with zero tendency to drop sediments. Similar was the Montblanc blue black but it has been discontinued. DRI I was a great fan of, used up their large 100ml plastic bottles regularly back in the day but the ink used to drop a v large amount of sediment. It was such a problem that I could later on use the ink only in my eye droppers which could be taken apart fully with no harm. Finally I stopped using this ink.

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...Strong IG inks like Akkerman #10, DRI and ESSRI require some more care as they have a tendency to develope a sediment when in contact with oxygen....

 

This is true in the bottle, not just in the pens. The image below was a sheet I created two months ago to make a choice from my three IG inks. It shows what Diamine Registrars looks like once it precipitates out in the bottle. The other bottles haven't displayed the same tendency over many years. Knock on wood.

 

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... a 100ml bottle of Registrars is much more value than 60ml of Akkerman. Although the Akkerman bottle is pretty great!

If you really want to save dough, get into a 60-ml bottle of Hero's No. 232.

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If you really want to save dough, get into a 60-ml bottle of Hero's No. 232.

 

I would be interested in picking one up, but I haven't seen it in stock anywhere.

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I got my last bottle from Aliexpress. Hero 232 is one of my favorite inks and very well behaved.

 

I would be interested in picking one up, but I haven't seen it in stock anywhere.

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