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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_1848.jpg

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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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_1849.jpg

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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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_1854.jpg

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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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_1856.jpg

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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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_1857.jpg

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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Two years ago, FPNer Shawndo, purchased a lot of samples including every blue ink Goulet's had to offer.

 

http://www.shawndo.com/images/content/forum_stuff/ink-samples.jpg

 

Alas, Shawndo ran out of free inky time. I agreed to do these reviews. So here we are.

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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Okay... it is waterproof...that makes it much nicer!

 

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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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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_1889.jpg

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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Thank you. Seeing that flotilla of ink samples above, can I ask you to name your favourite ink in each of these categories (and perhaps one line to explain why):

 

1) black

2) dark moody blue

3) true blue

4) turquoise

5) green

6) brown

7) dark red

8) purple/burgundy

8) a handful of unexpectedly beautiful inks that don't fit into one of the above

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Oh no, you're killing me...

 

Black ... it isn't in the list, but I like Organic Studios Charles Darwin Black and Noodler's Polar Black.

 

Dark Moodly Blue - For Dark Blue - Noodler's Blue Manhattan; For Dark and Moody, my favorite ink all around, Dromgoole's Blue Steel (Neither of those were samples from Shawndo).

 

For True Blue - Well, I prefer Purple Blues - Every one should try Bay State Blue. I just tried De Atramentis Sky Blue and really liked it. Let me think on this some more and get back with you.

 

Turquoise - Midway Blue by Noodler's. Holds up in my fade tests and gives me no grief. Reasonably water restistant.

 

Green - I love GREENS! Noodler's GI Green, MontBlanc Irish Green, Noodler's eel Green and Penman Emerald are among my favorites. Though, I adore the not available Green Diamond and Green Cashmere by Susemai. If you want a Murky Green, buy MontBlanc Daniel Defoe before it is sold out.

 

Brown - Diamine Saddle Brown is one of the best performing inks I have ever used, and I just don't like it because it is not rich enough or troubled enough.

 

Dark Red - Red Cashmere by Susemai is hands down my favorite. If you were a Penman Ruby fan, you want to get a Red Cashmere. Failing that or if you are in Japan, buy Bung Box Tears of a Clown. Great ink. Diamine Red Dragon is a staple.

 

Purple - Noodler's Purple People Eater ... well, okay, it's just Purple. All around well behaved ink.

 

Burgundy - I just tried the De Atramentis Wine ink - Saint Laurent - stunning. Look also at the Dark Reds.

 

You missed the oranges... and I love oranges... but I'll let you ask about them. Short list, Montblanc Ink of Joy I prefer to MB Gandhi.

 

And handful of inks that should be added: Noodler's Eel - Rattler Red. Not my favorite Red, but one of my favorite inks because it cleans out stains from demonstrators. Noodler's KTC - will out live the cockroaches after Armageddon. Noodler's Ghost Blue is my go to ink for a mixing base. De Atramentis Document inks - CYMK. WOW. Pilot Iro - Yama Budo and Momiji always make me smile. KWZI Iron Gall inks are some of the finest IG inks I've ever used.

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 hope it helps you!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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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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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_1856c.jpg

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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For Detailed reviews.... See these pages.


Every ink for which we have a swab and at least one page of a review is up.

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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Here's a completed Co-Razy view of US Constitution that Amber sent to me along with her sapphire-blue TWSBI 540 fitted with a Pendleton Angel ground on a TWSBI "M" nib:

 

fpn_1416861657__dea_usconstitution_crvwa

 

I did a tiny water test: drops on a grid, and a rinse over the "Rinse Away?" done by applying the contents of a 500ml unitary wash bottle filled with (Brita-) filtered tap water. This ink shows excellent water resistance.

 

The completed CRV prior to the water test can be seen here.

 

-- Constance

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I think that nib prefers a wetter climate.

 

You noticed that the blue is much more resistant than expected.

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It seems to me that I've read that fountain pens perform better in a wetter climate; so maybe it makes sense that ink flow would generally be heavier in Seattle than in Las Vegas.

 

But also, I think I probably write more slowly than you do. When I sped it up the output did get lighter and thinner ... but ... well, it wasn't exactly legible anymore. So I didn't try it on the CRV.

 

I like US Constitution's water resistance very much. I'm planning to order a sample for myself, to test in my wetter pens. You can see that its line was lighter for me in the drier-writing Prera than in the TWSBI, and I do prefer the darker line.

 

-- Constance

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Well, thank you for the CRV!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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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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