De Atramentis Steel Blue

[Morbus Curiositas]

De Atramentis Steel Blue

 

 

 

 

I first started using this ink when De J sent me a Diplomat Aero Fountain Pen in Blue as a thank you for the great ink comparison of all De Atramentis inks I made. Somehow I find this Steel Blue ink quite well fitting to the Blue of the Fountain Pen

 

 

Before I start I hereby mention that that I will compare this ink with Diamine Majestic blue soon. The reason for this is somewhat peculiar, both inks smear strongly when a drop of water is spilled on it, even after a long period of drying. But no worries both inks are very beautiful. So I will not only post a comparison of both inks, I will also write a review of that lovely Diamine Majestic Blue ink

 

De Atramentis Steel Blue Ink

As with most De Atramentis ink it is a smooth writer. The ink flows nicely and does not feather (I said most because sometimes there are badges of some De Atramentis inks that do)

Again as with most De Atramentis Inks it dries very quickly…With less than 2 seconds the Steel Blue is an ultra-fast drying ink which should be perfect for left-hand writers

 

 

 

 

 

points 1-5 1 = 5=

 

Fountain Pens: Diplomat Excellence A medium Nib / Online Best Writer 1.8 Italic Nib

Paper: Waldmühle Reflex Premium

Drying time: ULTRA fast points 5

Flow: very smooth points: 5

Lubrication: smooth in both pens points: 5

Bleeding: absent) Points 5

Shading: medium points: 3

Waterproof: Keeps staining with water points: 3

Package: Nice bottle points: 4

 

 

 

 

Text Sample

 

 

 

 

Fluid smooth writing well saturated and…

Funnily it is a medium shader but it is a nice sheener to 😊

 

 

 

 

Sheeny confusion

 

 

 

OOPS I am a pillock The ink stain in the middel is of course De Atramentis STEEL BLUE, the Diamine Majstiv blue is in the upper right corner... Mommie it sheeeeens!

 

 

In Vomitus Veritas

 

 

 

 

 

Ink Comparison

 

 

Availability

 

 

La Couronne du Comte I guess Dennis and Rik would even travel to the moon to get it for you (just pay them a million or 2) Well it is safe to say that they do almost everything to satisfy their customers… Considering

http://www.lacouronneducomte

 

Bankers have Rothshield Ink lovers have the Goulet Pen Company. Rachel and Brian carry the almost* largest assortment of ink on earth an it's near surroundings

http://www.gouletpens.com

 

(*almost Dear Amberlea Davis carries the largest assortment in the universe but is not a seller

 

Larry Post of Australia is a Great Supplier of Stationary and Artist Equipments. They carry a lot of De Atramentis Inks

http://www.larrypost.com.au/

 

The same applies to Singapore based Arters of the utterly friendly Yitpeng and WeetekOng

http://arters.com.sg

 

 

 

Conclusion

 

I much like this ink. It is a blue that makes me want to use Blue inks more. I always thought that blue inks were boring and more biro writers but this medium dark blue made me enthusiastic with it’s shading sheening and nice saturation Together with the Blue Diplomat Aero Fountain Pen it makes a perfect marriage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Eclipse157]

Thanks for the review. The ink seems to be ok but the color is just meh to me, a bit too green.

 

So did you use the Aero in the picture or the Excellence in the end?

[Morbus Curiositas]

I calibrated my monitorand cannot see the green hue neither on paper nor on the scan

[katerchen]

I love the color, but I've always found the ink finicky. It would dry and gel up in the nib and as you point out : smears.

 

-k

[Morbus Curiositas]

I love the color, but I've always found the ink finicky. It would dry and gel up in the nib and as you point out : smears.

 

-k

 

The silly thing is this drinks dries very fast like most De Atramentis inks but it smears like few Se Atramentis inks