An Ode To Organics Studio Nitrogen

[mikehodgman]

I just recently got a bottle of Organics Studio Nitrogen, a very saturated, true blue. I am a big fan of the more saturated inks and this one really hits all the qualities in an ink I like.

 

It is an absolutely wonderful blue, very saturated, manages to shade quite nicely, dry time is very reasonable, and it won't break the bank to get it! I have used it nonstop since I got it and it's becoming my staple blue.

 

Only minus so far is that it is a fairly wet ink, so I cannot use it on any gusher pens I have. I guess that would be a plus for a dry pen though.

 

If you like the color and enjoy saturated inks, this one is for you!

Edited February 8, 2014 by mikehodgman

[Sblakers]

Thanks for the review. How is it on bad paper and is there any water resistance. ?

[mikehodgman]

Negative on the water resistance. I splashed some drops on it and the ink took off in a hurry! Feathers a bit on cheap paper. I would not call it "Moleskine friendly" unless you didn't mind some feathering.

[lapis]

Thanks, nice review. Still, I see a hint of teal. Big pro (teal aside): also reminds me of Noodler's "Blue" but dries much much quicker...

[dannystr78]

Nice color. Thanks for sharing. Looks like a bit of a darker version of PR Naples Blue.

[dooooooor]

I just got a bottle of this and it is indeed super wet. I need to find a dry pen to put it in, it was gushing out of my Lamy Safari (which is strangely very wet). It looks a lot more true blue than teal and it's very saturated. It also feathers on the Apica paper I have.

Edited February 9, 2014 by dooooooor

[mikehodgman]

I just got a bottle of this and it is indeed super wet. I need to find a dry pen to put it in, it was gushing out of my Lamy Safari (which is strangely very wet). It looks a lot more true blue than teal and it's very saturated. It also feathers on the Apica paper I have.

 

Yeah, it is a wet ink! On the scan it appeared with a little more green teal than it should. It is pretty close to a true blue with just a hint of teal/green.

 

I absolutely love Apica paper but some inks feather on it. I have found that Syrah feathers pretty badly on it too. Probably 80% of my writing is done on Rhodia and that can handle most inks just fine and Nitrogen looks great on it.

[rudyhou]

a very nice color. kinda reminds me of Noodler's Navy.

[figment7]

it looks as though this ink really shades well. I read in another review that Organic studios inks are based on the following properties. Inks named after a Mineral or Element are shading inks. Inks named after Master Writers are more pigmented than the Mineral or element named inks. The inks named after Master Scientists are heavily pigmented inks. Based upon your review of Nitrogen this description may be true. I am going to have to try to determine if it's true by looking deeper into the matter. NO, I'm not going to buy all their inks. I will have to depend upon ink reviews and other means.

[blopplop]

I realize I'm coming in very late in the game in my comments, but I wanted to make a remark about this blue. I've run a couple fills through wide, good flowing nibs and have to say that this blue is almost identical to the old Parker Penman Sapphire Blue. When I have the chance, I'll make a scan of both so you can see.

 

Dave

[Dr.Lowbrow]

Thanks for writing out samples with two different nibs. It looks great in the wider nib!

[DrDebG]

Nice review. This seems nice, but doesn't really "speak" to me.

[white_lotus]

Old review of the old pre-shutdown OS inks.