Chesterfield Sapphire

[P.A.R.]

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A good purplish blue ink from xfountainpens. Constructive criticism on my handwriting would also be nice.

Edited January 29, 2012 by P.A.R.

[senzen]

Thank you for a very original and useful review; interesting how the colour looks different in the splashes and the handwriting - which I find very legible (which is something very positive coming from someone who had 100% illegible handwriting).

[rockydoggy]

Great picture--thanks for sharing.

I bought this ink expecting to put it to regular use. However, I find that I don't reach for it all that often--I think it's a little too light for my taste, so I'll probably gift it to someone.

By the way, was any consensus reached re: the Diamine ink to which Chesterfield Sapphire corresponds (since Chesterfield is rebranded Diamine)?

[P.A.R.]

I haven't bought any diamine ink, so I wouldn't know what the correlations are.

 

I just got a tapered craft syringe from the art store to use for refilling cartridges, and found out that if one presses forward the plunger fast enough a mist can be produced for about 4 seconds - I was very bored :roflmho: . I thought it would be fun to make notebook covers/art with ink - a bit of inspiration from Gouletpens' logo.

[The Good Captain]

The only Diamines I've that are relevant are these.

I haven't got the Imperial purple but I don't tend to use inks of that colour anyway.

[funkypeanut]

On my screen it looks rather like Diamine Lavender.

[Uncle Red]

Good review PAR. I love the ink spot.

[P.A.R.]

I just got some Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue at the store today, and it looks almost exactly like the Chesterfield Sapphire - a pity, I was hoping for something a little more basic blue. Seems to be working well though, and for a 2oz bottle for $5.02 you can't really go wrong. The store I get it from for some reason has the pricing for 30ml bottles even though they're selling the 62.5 ml ones - not that I'm complaining. One of my friends also works there, so she often lets me use her %25 employee discount.