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Ok, so here goes my first ink review. Received this as a free sample from an order. So far, seems a nice ink. I tried matching the colours the best I could on my monitor (this is one of mine that isn't colour calibrated). YMMV

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Oh my--it looks like a very fresh fill of Noodler's Navy. I like.

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Looking at my review from another monitor makes this ink look really turquoise. In reality, its midway between turquoise and lapis...if you can imagine that.

 

Yes, I did get it from xfountainpens.com (didn't want to make my review look like an advert.)

 

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Reminds me of my Diamine Torquoise, nice review, thanks.

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Reminds me of my Diamine Torquoise, nice review, thanks.

 

It probably is!! As Chesterfield ink is rebottled Diamine ink! One of my favorite blues, really stands off the page!

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From earlier posts about Chesterfield ink, Zircon/Xircon is Diamine Aqua Blue. Can anyone confirm?

 

That was from my own comparisons between the swatches on the Diamine site or The writing Desk and those on xfountainpens.com, it could be something else as Diamine has so many blues that have very subtle differences. Since Chesterfield does have an ink named turquoise I would think that would be Diamine turquoise. Taking different screen settings into account, this review does look like the Diamine turquoise I have used, but the OP did say it wasn't as bright as some screens show, so it being another Diamine Blue is possible. Aqua Blue was my best guess at the time, and is equally as bright of a blue, see the review for it in the index!

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I compared the OP's scan with Glen Marcus' scan of Diamine WES Kensington Blue, and they appear to be the same ink. It looks to me as if Aqua Blue is not quite as dark as the Zircon/Xircon.

 

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I have a bottle of Chesterfield XIRCON and I use it off and on when I want a real nice blue. It flows well in my pens and is not hard to clean up. It is a little scratchier though than the Quink is, though it still writes nicely!

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Wow, looks like a cross between an indigo and turquoise. Very pretty ink with shading. I have been VERY impressed with Chesterfield Capri-beautiful blue with lots of shading for a sane price.


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