Pelikan Edelstein Moonstone

[MissCellany]

Well, I've been looking for a nice grey that's a bit lighter than my Diamine Earl Grey, and now you go and post this! Gorgeous review, thank you so much! I'll for sure have to pick a bottle up and try it out in my M405 Stresemann. >.>

[The Good Captain]

How about Diamine Graphite?

[northvandave]

Another really nice grey I have discovered recently is Sailor 223. Medium shading, lovely flow and more than legible on the page, especially on TR paper. My only beef with Sailor inks is how expensive they are, but sadly, worth every penny.

[lapis]

Quadratus, have you had the chance to try out a sample of Hieronymus' Grey inks? Among the DARK GREY and LIGHT GREY, you might find one to suit your needs. I like them both!

[Karmachanic]

I like a strong colour on the page ................ So perhaps I just prefer a "deeper" ink.

 

 

 

Have a look at Diamine Quartz Black.

[Eclipse157]

 

 

Have a look at Diamine Quartz Black.

+1 Amazing dark grey if you can get past the "black" label

Edited May 18, 2020 by Eclipse157

[inkstainedruth]

Quadratus, have you had the chance to try out a sample of Hieronymus' Grey inks? Among the DARK GREY and LIGHT GREY, you might find one to suit your needs. I like them both!

 

I just looked at their prices....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Tas]

 

I just looked at their prices....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I know. Their videos are soooo lovely though

[lapis]

H's prices are even topped off by their shipping costs. No wonder how come they can't find any company and/or store here in Germany who is willing to take over their imports.

[Quadratus]

Many thanks, all, for the recommendations for "strong" grey inks! As always there is an embarrassment of choice...!

[Bo Bo Olson]

Well, I'd have to needle load it into a cartridge on one of my nice springy regular flex Pelikan cartridge pens, ( forgot my 200's have nice springy regular flex nibs also) in I still have one perhaps two, cartridges of very old '90's grey and silver grey, both of whom I liked a lot. I had been hoping they would try to match either of them.

Run it though three or so papers. Three widths of nib too.

 

Gee I'd have to learn how to make pictures too.....sigh cubed.

Going to have to go on line to find out if my pen shop is open...............in I want my pen shop to stay open, I buy new from it, and not on line.

[AidenMark]

H's prices are even topped off by their shipping costs. No wonder how come they can't find any company and/or store here in Germany who is willing to take over their imports.

 

H's ink is made in Germany (probably in romantic Wuppertal or the picturesque Rhein village of Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim).

 

It must be a thing to behold as it travels down the A5 sloshing about in the back of a DHL truck. All is calm as it reaches Basel and joins the A3. Yet during this final part of the journey it magically transforms itself: no longer mere 'ink' but now precious 'writing culture fluid'. When the consignment is off-loaded in Zurich it's worth 50 CHF for a 30ml bottle.

[Intensity]

Montblanc's elixir inks still have those beat on 'precious liquid' prices. I actually like all the 01-level hues--did not know about that line, but thanks to the discussion on page 4, I've now looked through multiple reviews. Probably won't be getting any at that price.

[sebastel23]

 

Gee I'd have to learn how to make pictures too.....sigh cubed.

 

Going to have to go on line to find out if my pen shop is open...............in I want my pen shop to stay open, I buy new from it, and not on line.

 

 

pictures: just do it. if you have a mobile phone, that should be a good starting point. observe light and shadow. yes you can!

 

shop: garlic is open. they took delivery of moonstone some weeks ago. bring your mask.

Edited May 26, 2020 by sebastel23

[Tas]

 

 

pictures: just do it. if you have a mobile phone, that should be a good starting point. observe light and shadow. yes you can!

 

shop: garlic is open. they took delivery of moonstone some weeks ago. bring your mask.

+1

[Thymen]

I bought a bottle of Moonstone yesterday. Put it in my Pelikan M1000 with an F nib, and as mentioned here before, it is very 'pencil-like'. Although not an every-day ink, it is nice for leisurely writing.

 

I bought it to try out an Edelstein in said pen for it's perceived smoother writing experience. And because I did not have a gray ink yet.

 

Indeed, the inks writes smoother than the Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black. But when this fill is through, I'll put Moonstone in another pen and use the BB in the M1000 again.

[LanceSaintPaul]

Will have to order this one. Had planned to get some at this year's Hub, but the email sent from them on May 26, 2020 stated this:

 

"Normally the registration would start within the next days. But we think it would be careless to ask people worlwide actively to meet, when the risks of spreading Covid-19 are still rated very high worldwide.

That is why we decided with a heavy heart to cancel this years Pelikan Hubs event and concentrate on looking forward to meeting all close Pelikan fans at Pelikan Hubs 2021 again! With joy, cheerfulness and a good feeling!"

 

So already cancelled.

[Misfit]

I put Diamine Grey in a pen with, well I don’t remember the nib size, but F, M maybe B. It too looked like a pencil. It wasn’t until I put it in a pen with a 1.1mm nib that I saw it had more character, even shading. I like gray inks, and will eventually get Moonstone.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Sebastel23, I got to Garlic............sigh the price of Edelstein is 1 1/2 Euros more than last year. New gray cap.

 

Moonstone is the driest ink I own, very much pencil like in my regular flex '90's 400 (tortoise, the first M I could grab). There is some shading.

But I think I'll have to load a semi-flex B. It too is tortoise, but a lighter more green shade. The same shade as my 500. It is not a sea green pen..........(some day.)

Still dry and squeaky when writing, and when one plays with a semi-flex to get shading, one really needs to match ink and paper.

The paper is 90g.....copy paper and my vintage early '50's tortoise B writes like a M. It is normally a wet nib. Not with this ink. It does shade well for a semi-flex.

If I'm my normal a bit heavy handed, it does write to a B, how ever the ink dries to a more bluish gray shade than the M which seems a tad browner gray.

 

As Sandy1 has often shown us, width of the nib makes a big difference on the same paper. The difference between the '90's regular flex M and the '50's semi-flex B...the ease of flex makes for a wetter line.

The tone difference between the two nibs surprised me.

Often a regular flex nib is better for shading because it is not as wet as a semi-flex. Not in this case. I'll be staying with a semi-flex B when I run out of ink in the regular flex M.

[rudyhou]

👍 for the ink comparisons