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Noodler's: Concord Bream


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This is another of the 4 new samples sent to be by my good friend and FPN member, this one called Concord Bream.

There haven't been too many reviews I've seen of this ink, one here on FPN from 2009 makes it look much darker than my ink looks where mine is more a pastel violet and far less purple, perhaps it's been reformulated after that one review was posted on FPN but I cannot say for sure.

My friend gets full bottles, not opened or used inks, is very careful to shake them before decanting into my samples, always uses lab-grade brown glass vials too so I know I'm getting exactly the same ink as in the bottles each and every time.

Anyway, on to my hand-written review, of Noodler's Concord Bream, along with a wash-test to follow right below it...

 

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu56/InkaFX/NoodlersConcordBreamReview.jpg

 

And the wash-test, shows is fairly water-resistant and nearly waterproof, but in no way bulletproof as bleach obliterates it just as quickly as it wipes out the GI Green I'd tested the same way. Still, it is a tough ink considering what it went through in my wash-testing before getting to the Clorox and although it is washed out it's also still very legible everywhere but after hitting it with pure bleach!...

 

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu56/InkaFX/ConcordBreamWashed02.jpg

 

Like I'd mentioned in my hand-written review, this Concord Bream seems more of a pastel color similar to dyes I've seen used to decorate Easter eggs. It also looked a bit darker yesterday when I'd finished writing the review, so having last night and today to dry more it has lightened up even more.I've not tried it in a fountain pen with a Fine or Medium nib, so it is possible it gets darker from finer tips than from the Broad Oblique I'd used for this review. Only time and more testing will tell me for sure.

“I view my fountain pens & inks as an artist might view their brushes and paints.

They flow across paper as a brush to canvas, transforming my thoughts into words and my words into art.

There is nothing else like it; the art of writing and the painting of words!”

~Inka~ [scott]; 5 October, 2009

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Nice review, Inka. I like that you add several other colors for comparison, many of which I have, so I can see where this ink falls in the spectrum, so to speak. I also like to hear your honest opinions; I always appreciate the thorough reviews you prepare - I can tell you put a lot of time into them. David

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Thanks, David, always a pleasure to be appreciated for the work I've done.

It's well worth the time, when even one person takes note and gets something of value from what I do, keeps me coming back.

 

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“I view my fountain pens & inks as an artist might view their brushes and paints.

They flow across paper as a brush to canvas, transforming my thoughts into words and my words into art.

There is nothing else like it; the art of writing and the painting of words!”

~Inka~ [scott]; 5 October, 2009

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