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Pharmacist's Darkening Absinthe (Iron Gall)

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drgoretex Vintage

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Cool. You saved me the effort of doing one myself.

 

I absolutely love this ink! Not only does it have all the properties so needed for my line of work (no showthrough, permanent), but it allows me to lay down a very fun and whimsical colour of ink on medical charts, yet withing a couple of days, everything I have written is a nice, sober green-black. It is perfect for my uses.

 

Two thumbs up from me!

 

Ken

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foiled_again NOS (New Old Stock)

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I've been really curious about this ink--in particular about how green it still looks after it oxidizes. Do you know how long the paper was sitting before you took the picture?

 

I love the look of Darkening Absinthe in this review and in Pharmacist's calligraphy, but I'm worried that when I look at my notes later on I'll see a color not terribly distinguishable from the black or blue/black which I may have also used on the page.

 

 

Either way, thanks for doing these reviews of Pharmacist's colored inks! I've been quite curious about them.

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paolino_paperino Extremely Rare

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This color has become my favourite. I actually like it best after it has had time to fully darken.

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daoud62 Rare

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Where can you buy this stuff? Google hasn't helped me

 

Send fellow FPN member Pharmacist a PM. It is a wonderful ink...

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inkstainedruth Ancient Artifact

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Amazing color. Would like give it a try.

 

Unfortunately, Pharmacist seems to have fallen off the planet. A couple of years ago he had a batch go bad, and then his dad was hospitalized for a while. Then he resurfaced just long enough to say that he was traveling a lot for work (he lives in Belgium).

I really wish that his life settles down enough to start brewing ink again -- he was the first one, AFAIK, to be playing around with IG colors besides blue-black.

If you like Darkening Absinthe, you should see Turkish Night, which starts as cyan and oxidizes to green :wub: -- and much as I hoped it would be a substitute, KWZI IG Turquoise is just NOT the same. Sigh.

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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abastian NOS (New Old Stock)

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Thanks for the answer inkstainedruth.

 

Regards...

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lapis Museum Piece

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The last time he was here (somewhere on the forum) was 2 days ago, so I'd say why not just send him a PM and ask what's up. He does and/or did have a waiting list or ten.

 

Mike

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