Comparison: Pilot 'asa-gao' :: Noodlers Ottoman Azure

[Sandy1]

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As the patches are neutral gray, their colour on your monitor should also be neutral gray.

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• Wintel PC http://www.calibrize.com/

Figure 1.

Gray Scale.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/InkyThoughts2010/INK576-1.jpg

Figure 2. Swabs

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• Pilot asa-gao x3
• Ottoman Azure x3
• Pilot asa-gao x2
• Ottoman Azure x2
• Pilot asa-gao x1
• Ottoman Azure x1

Figure 3. Other Stuff

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• Left Side: Pilot asa-gao
• Right Side: Ottoman Azure

Written Samples - Moby Dick

 

Figure 4. Written Samples on Rhodia

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• Left Side. Pilot asa-gao: Nine lines from the M200+EF; then ten lines from the 330+M; then ten lines from the Safari+1.1i .
• Right Side. Ottoman Azure: Nine lines from the M200+EF; then ten lines from the 330+M; then ten lines from the Safari+1.1i .

Figure 5. Written Samples on HPJ1124

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• 1st Line: Pilot asa-gao from the 330+M
• 2nd Line: Ottoman Azure from the 330+M
• 3rd Line: Pilot asa-gao from the Safari+1.1i
• 4th Line: Ottoman Azure from the Safari+1.1i

High Resolution Scans

 

As I do not wish to have the sobriquet 'Queen of the Bandwidth Bandits', these are Links only.

• Pilot asa-gao from 330+M on Rhodia.
  • http://i783.photobuc...re/4545a7f0.jpg

  [*]Ottoman Azure from 330+M on Rhodia.

  • http://i783.photobuc...re/da9e15c7.jpg

  [*]Pilot asa-gao from Safari+1.1i on Rhodia.

  • http://i783.photobuc...re/66a73cec.jpg

  [*]Ottoman Azure from Safari+1.1i on Rhodia.

  • http://i783.photobuc...re/52ff035b.jpg

  [*]Pilot asa-gao and Ottoman Azure from 330+M on HPJ1124.

  • http://i783.photobuc...re/3305d821.jpg

• Pilot asa-gao and Ottoman Azure from Safari+1.1i on HPJ1124.
  • http://i783.photobuc...re/275b5a55.jpg

Observations:

 

• These are the things which are not apparent from the Images.
• These observations may differ ever so slightly from the Ink Review/s that may be in place.
• My contribution was to generate enough reasonable samples, then capture the appearance of those samples.
• If you'd like more detailed information, please send me a PM; I'll do what I can. (Within reason - you naughty FPN boys).
• I leave it to each viewer to interpret what is seen, and/or to initiate discussion in the usual way.

Type:

• Both are dye-based FP inks.

Flow Rate:

• Both inks are OK.
• Pilot asa-gao is slightly higher.

Nib Dry-out:

• Both inks are OK.

Start-up:

• Both inks are OK.

Lubrication:

• Both inks are OK.
• Pilot asa-gao is definitely superior.

Nib Creeping:

• None for both inks.

Staining:

• None after three days for both inks.

Clogging:

• Not seen for both inks.

Bleed Through:

• Pilot asa-gao showed none.
• Ottoman Azure did bleed through HPJ1124.

Show Through:

• Pilot asa-gao showed none.
• Ottoman Azure did bleed through HPJ1124.

Clean-up:

• Both cleaned-up within a reasonable time with plain water.

Densitometer Readings - From the Ink Reviews. (FWIW)

 

• Pilot asa-gao:
  • Red 91
  • Grn 119
  • Blu 226
  • Lum 135

  [*]Ottoman Azure:

  • Red 65
  • Grn 105
  • Blu 183
  • Lum 113

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MATERIEL

 

Paper:

• Written Samples:
  • Rhodia
  • HPJ1124
  • Glossy card

  [*]Other:

  • Glossy paper
  • HPJ1124
  • Royal - 25% cotton rag

Pens:

• Pelikan M200 + M200-series g-p steel EF
• Sheaffer 330 + steel M
• Lamy Pink Safari + a rather wet steel 1.1i

IMAGES:

• Scans were made on an Epson V600 scanner; factory defaults were accepted.
• Figures shown were scanned at 96 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Images linked were scanned at 300 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Scans went straight to the file sharing thingy.

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Edited December 21, 2010 by Sandy1

[Sandy1]

Ink Review Lynx:

• Pilot asa-gao
  • http://www.fountainp...-pilot-asa-gao/

  [*]Noodler's Ottoman Azure

  • http://www.fountainp...e/#entry1783713

Edited December 21, 2010 by Sandy1

[hawkgnat]

They looked very similar to me up until the actual writing samples. After that, not so much.

[Sandy1]

They looked very similar to me up until the actual writing samples. After that, not so much.

Hi,

 

I very much agree.

 

I have found that the common swab, or any 'non-pen' sampling of ink is really flaky inaccurate.

 

Unless one is using a swab-stick as their writer, why put so much weight on such an inaccurate tool & method?

 

Oh yes, the swabs are perfectly fine for gross comparisons, as I sometimes show in my IRs & Comparisons. But for the One Of The Ten series, I am making an effort to do in-depth IRs & Comparisons, which is mostly about Written Samples - not swabs.

 

Also a tip of the foulard to those who have identified dip pen nibs that strongly emulate FPs.

And are not so time-intensive (duration more than man-hours of labour) to discourage their use.

 

Bye,

S1