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Here are the various blue-tone inks I currently have in pens, including Visconti Blue which has been so horribly maligned above :mellow:. I would have a hard time distinguishing Asa-gao and Visconti Blue on a page, if not told which was which.

 

(Also gave me a chance to use the UPLOAD feature for the first time - pretty cool; works great!)

 

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How small of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
— Samuel Johnson

 

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No regrets! In all sincerity, it's your monitor or mine. On paper, my asa gao is much lighter, greener. My South Sea is very much lighter, very, very much greener, almost turquoise. My Visconti is much closer to yours, but less grey, more of a "true blue".

 

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Hey I was just kidding anyway.

 

I agree, though, that the SSB is more turquoise than shown on the sample, which is from an iPhone photo transferred over, so no flash, bad lighting, etc. I just wanted to show the relative color differences between the three. On my paper, the Visconti and Asa-gao are virtually identical. Asa-gao has been a favorite, but I'm now using Visconti Blue just as much.

 

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How small of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
— Samuel Johnson

 

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Noodler's Bay State Blue. But my favorite is Aurora Blue. I found the Waterman's to be, a little, well watery :rolleyes: . No offense to the company or fans of this ink, but perhaps I just have not had the right color blue in that brand to suit my tastes.

empyrean Conklin,Stipula Pyrite, Bon Voyage & Tuscany Dreams Siena, Levengers, Sailor 1911,Pelikan M200, Bexley BX802, AoLiWen Music Notes pen, Jinhao's,1935 Parker Deluxe Challenger, 1930s Eversharp Gold Seal RingTop, 1940s Sheaffer Tuckaway, 1944 Sheaffer Triumph, Visconti Van Gogh midi, Esties!(SJ, T, and J),Cross Townsend Medalist & Aventura, 1930s Mentmore Autoflow, A bunch of Conway-Stewarts 84, Platinum 3776 Chartres Blue(med); Montegrappa Elmo (broad nib), Delta "The Journal" (med nib), Conklin Yellowstone (med nib)
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Noodler's Bay State Blue. But my favorite is Aurora Blue. I found the Waterman's to be, a little, well watery :rolleyes: . No offense to the company or fans of this ink, but perhaps I just have not had the right color blue in that brand to suit my tastes.

 

Speaking of empyrean, Levenger Empyrean is a beautiful dark blue ink.

With the new FPN rules, now I REALLY don't know what to put in my signature.

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Noodler's Bay State Blue. But my favorite is Aurora Blue. I found the Waterman's to be, a little, well watery :rolleyes: . No offense to the company or fans of this ink, but perhaps I just have not had the right color blue in that brand to suit my tastes.

 

Speaking of empyrean, Levenger Empyrean is a beautiful dark blue ink.

hahahah...i forgot my own namesake!....duhhhhhh :headsmack: it was the first ink purchased with my levenger pen; very nice color!

empyrean Conklin,Stipula Pyrite, Bon Voyage & Tuscany Dreams Siena, Levengers, Sailor 1911,Pelikan M200, Bexley BX802, AoLiWen Music Notes pen, Jinhao's,1935 Parker Deluxe Challenger, 1930s Eversharp Gold Seal RingTop, 1940s Sheaffer Tuckaway, 1944 Sheaffer Triumph, Visconti Van Gogh midi, Esties!(SJ, T, and J),Cross Townsend Medalist & Aventura, 1930s Mentmore Autoflow, A bunch of Conway-Stewarts 84, Platinum 3776 Chartres Blue(med); Montegrappa Elmo (broad nib), Delta "The Journal" (med nib), Conklin Yellowstone (med nib)
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+1 for Levenger Cobalt. Levenger Empyrean is more of a blue-black or at least to me it is. Love both colors.

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of the ones i own: PR DC Super Show Blue.

 

edited: oh wait, PR DC Electric Blue and Midnight blue are also very saturated.

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