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Anderson Pens Oshkosh Denim

Color: Blue to Blue-Black

This ink was provided by amberlea. Thank you!

 

 

Background

I am relatively new to the hobby, but I’ve been immersed and obsessed since November 2019. This is my first ink review. I am beginning to understand my own preferences but do not yet have a command of the vocabulary used to describe everything.

 

I couldn’t find a ton of info on Anderson Pens Oshkosh Denim. It appears that Anderson Pens had a house line of inks made somewhere around 2014? I found references to Scribal Workshop. They may have made the ink for Anderson Pens. As a newcomer to the hobby, it was interesting diving into a name that I hadn’t heard of and that is no longer as prevalent in the space.

 

Color

I think the color fits the name. I get deep dark blues as well as lighter hues that reminded me of a new vs old pair of jeans.

 

Flow

This is the most memorable aspect of this ink. It feels very dry. The nib does not glide across the page in the same way as I get from other inks. I would not use this ink in a new pen as the dryness can make for a scratchy first impression. In a wet pen, it works great. I would consider the ink to be very match up dependent. In the wrong pen, it does not feel good. One interesting aspect of the flow is that I can write finer than I ever have with a fountain pen. The flow was consistent, and I did not experience skipping.

 

Shading

I think that my print handwriting lends itself to bringing out the shading in inks. This had a good amount of shading that would be more pronounced in a different nib. After originally preferring no shading, my tastes are changing. I am beginning to see the attraction of an ink with character.

 

Drying

I found this ink to dry quicker than my average ink. I am a bit sensitive to dry times and especially smearing afterwards and this ink performs well for me.

 

Summary

I will use this ink in pens that are wetter and broader than I prefer. It will serve as a good balance between higher flowing inks I have from Noodlers.

 

 

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Thanks for your review! I love this ink! The color is right up my alley. It looks fabulous in a stub nib - shading galore. After trying a sample from Amber, another kind FPNer generously sent me a whole bottle. :)

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Thanks for the review....

For the photos use the rotate tool in your photo app, rotate your image,( even if it's in the right orientation).

Save the image then upload.

For some reason vertical images are sometimes posted in horizontal mode...manually rotating and saving them does the trick...

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Thanks for the review....

For the photos use the rotate tool in your photo app, rotate your image,( even if it's in the right orientation).

Save the image then upload.

For some reason vertical images are sometimes posted in horizontal mode...manually rotating and saving them does the trick...

 

I find that happens when I'm taking photos with my phone. Landscape format gets wonky sometimes. But at least in iPhoto I can do the tweaking that photos need -- rotating the image, adjusting the color, sharpening the image, cropping out the extraneous background, resizing to fit the Upload feature maximum (or smaller), etc.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

ETA: Oddly, when I clicked on the link, it opened up in the correct orientation.... :huh:

Oh and thanks for the review, Aditlojs. Yes, the Anderson Pens inks were a limited run. I really liked Green Bay (and according to my notes, yes, they were made by Scribal Workshops).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Glad you are enjoying it!

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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I thought for sure, given the name, that this ink would be like Private Reserve's Blue Suede. But it's really not at all. It's more blue and more gray.

 

Thanks for the review!

 

Erick

Using right now:

Visconti Voyager 30 "M" nib running Birmingham Streetcar

Jinhao 9019 "EF" nib running Birmingham Railroad Spike

Stipula Adagio "F" nib running Birmingham Violet Sea Snail

Pelikan M1000 "F" nib running Birmingham Sugar Kelp

 

 

 

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When I clicked on the image it rotated to the correct position (happily!). And I could also enlarge it. That made me see better what there is to like about this ink: plenty. I have a lot of similarly colored inks. So, welcome to the club of dark blue/blue black lovers, I guess...

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When I clicked on the image it rotated to the correct position (happily!). And I could also enlarge it. That made me see better what there is to like about this ink: plenty. I have a lot of similarly colored inks. So, welcome to the club of dark blue/blue black lovers, I guess...

 

Oh, yeah, it's a slippery slope from here on out.... Trust me, I know.... :blush:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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