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Carter's Tuliip Purple - Another Look

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I was so inspired by Toaster Pastry's review of this ink and writing quality, that after I recently got a WW-II era quart bottle, I had to give another 'shout-out' review to this ink. It is a very pure purple. Intense and vibrant. The most impressive aspect of this bottle from 1943 is how great of shape it is still in. I inverted the bottle several times, inspected for SITB, sediment, or fading....and saw no bad signs. I first examined a sample under the microscope which showed that it is one of the 'cleanest' inks I have checked to date.

 

Then I pipetted some to a Goulet Pens vial, and used the Brause dip pens to do some writing samples on a number of papers. It wrote smoothly on all of them and was fast drying. I tested it for water fastness by running a sample for 60 seconds under a running faucet. Immediately after applying a drop to a coffee filter paper strip, and dipping in water, there was virtually no movement/separation of colors. I filled a Kaweco with medium nib, and it gives a great, distinct line with great flowing characteristics.

 

I tried my best to capture the actual color, and had to use the incandescent setting on the camera without flash, on tripod. The scanned image is pretty close to original color in person on my monitor.

 

One of the things I found cool was the "PourOut Spout" and the writeup about the war rationing printed on box. I now really wish this company had survived, or that more of their inks were still around....after 70 years, this ink remains a rich, royal purple. That's amazing to me. All this is presented in the images below (thumbnails). For more comparisons to other inks, I refer you to The Toaster's thread.

 

 

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/Carters1s.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/Carters2s.jpg

 

 

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/Carters3s.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/Carters4s.jpg

 

 

 

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/Carters-Scans.jpg

 

 

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/CartersTulipmicro1s.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/CartersTulipmicro2s.jpg

 

 

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With the new FPN rules, now I REALLY don't know what to put in my signature.

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Thanks, this is so interesting. Imagine a time when people bought ink by the quart! Two of my aunts were teachers, and I have a vague memory of watching one of them fill inkwells on students' desk with a big container of ink. I wonder if it was Carter's. Great review.

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Thanks, this is so interesting. Imagine a time when people bought ink by the quart! Two of my aunts were teachers, and I have a vague memory of watching one of them fill inkwells on students' desk with a big container of ink. I wonder if it was Carter's. Great review.

 

It's even more amazing when I was reading the other sides of the box that they also had it in gallons !!! Check these photos I just took:

 

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/Carters5s.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Carter/Carters6s.jpg

 

 

 

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Amazing! I'm curious, how did you come across these bottles?

"Life would split asunder without letters." Virginia Woolf

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Amazing! I'm curious, how did you come across these bottles?

 

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If Nathan could keep up with demand I'd have a quart of Noodler's Polar Black and BSB, so far I've only managed to get a half quart of Polar Green though.

This thread makes me want to try again.

Now that the Warden series has been around for a while I should try for a quart of Bad Black Moccasin too.

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