Noodler's Navajo Turquoise

[Sandy1]

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Figure 1.

Swabs & Swatch

Paper: HPJ1124 24 lb.

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NIB-ism ✑

Paper: HPJ1124.

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Pens: L ➠ R: 45, M200, PFM, 530, NPS, 3776, 330.

Figure 3.

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L ➠ R: HPJ1124, Rhodia, G Lalo white, Royal, Staples 20 lb.

 

WRITTEN SAMPLES - Moby Dick

Ruling: 8mm.

 

Figure 4.

Paper: HPJ1124.

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Figure 5.

Paper: Rhodia.

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Figure 6.

Paper: G Lalo, Verge de France, white.

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Figure 7.

Paper: Royal - 25% rag.

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Figure 8.

Paper: Staples 20 lb. multi-use

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Grocery List

Paper: Pulp. One-a-Day calendar page.

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Even though I did not take a poll, some practitioners may consider NNT to be more of a Blue than a Turquoise. Consequently I have included Written Samples, excluding the Grocery List, to support on-the-level ad hoc comparison to most of my previous Reviews of Blue inks.

 

Figure 10.

Paper: HPJ1124.

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Figure 11.

Paper: Rhodia.

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OTHER STUFF

 

Figure 12.

Smear/Dry Times & Wet Tests. ☂

Pen: TWSBI

Mark-making interval for S/DT is five seconds.

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

 

Type:

• Dye-based fountain pen ink.

Presentation:

• Bottle.

Availability:

• Available when Topic posted.

Daily writer?

• A contender.

A go-to ink?

• When one is so very tired of blah Blues.

USE

 

Business:

(From the office of Ms Blue-Black.)

• An ink for days when one arrives at work with a surfboard [still] lashed to the roof rack.
• Suited to topics which require more energy and animation than gravitas, so should suit downward and lateral correspondence. (Don't wake the boss.)
• Definitely suits personal work product, and its readability is quite high and brisk.
• Use on 'lowest bidder' paper should be acceptable, although results from the TWSBI+Staples combo could be used single-sided only.
• In the low-to-middle densities, NNT would be an excellent pick for editing and mark-up of Black-printed text, but another colour should be considered for editing Blue-centric text.
• Not enough zap for error correction or grading.

Illustrations / Graphics:

• Seems to suit all manner of applicators - even from a swab its lustre is apparent.
• A possible for animated small-ish secondary figures; and when diluted can be used for grounds.
• Might be a bit tricky to use as a transitional colour, so perhaps best used as a foil to other somewhat energetic colours.
• Line quality is all right on the smooth papers, and does well enough on the textured papers, but do watch for some degradation on low-calendered open-surfaced papers such as the Royal.
• Shading seems unpredictable, so run samples if lines of even density are required.

Students:

• In there somewhere.
• Definitely suits general notes, especially if they may be subsequently marked-up.
• As mentioned, the use of a dry-ish pen seems to be required if two-sided use on 'lowest-bidder' copy paper is contemplated.
• A poor choice if water resistance is a priority; and is of the sort that if wet, should be kept wet until all ink that came adrift can be gently rinsed away.
• Very suitable for brief hand written assignments.

Personal:

• No doubt.
• Has the nice side-step away from even the most lovely of Blue inks.
• Highly convivial, one could write at length without undue risk of the recipient dozing off - they might be waiting for a punch line of sorts.
• Not my choice for pro forma personal business writing.
• I have found this ink to have no reasonable limit to the nature of the nibs used, though I have found that for those over 1.0mm, I prefer a rather dry nib to keep the ink from bogging down.
• Billets doux? No.
  

PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE & CHARACTERISTICS

 

Flow Rate:

• Middling.

Nib Dry-out:

• Not seen.

Start-up:

• Immediate.
• With confidence.

Lubrication:

• Perfectly adequate.

Nib Creep:

• Not seen.

Staining (pen):

• Not seen.

Clogging:

• Not seen.

Bleed- Show-Through:

• Staples 20lb: 530 LINK
• Royal: M200

Feathering / Woolly Line:

• Royal: M200.

Aroma:

• Slightly sharp.

Hand oil sensitivity:

• Not seen.

Clean Up:

• About normal speed with plain water.

Mixing:

• No stated prohibitions.

Archival:

• Not claimed.

Smear/Dry Times & Water Resistance:

• Please see Figure 12 above.

THE LOOK

 

Presence:

• Alert.
• Convivial.

Saturation:

• Rather higher than expected at times.
• Ability to over-write feint lines on the Rhodia S/DT sample was inconsistent.

Shading:

• Quite attractive when encouraged.
• Possible from narrow nibs on modest paper.
  

Variability:

• Pen+nib combos used:
  • A bit more than one might expect.

  [*]Papers used:

  • Low.

  [*]Malleability:

  • Not so much - but interesting.
  • One's choice of pen is the primary factor, so wetness of the pens can alter the perception of the colour: in pale tones it will appear more Cyan than Blue.
  • Shading seems to be somewhat random - as ever! But wide nibs are by no means the only route to shading. Indeed, the 3776 with its 3-tine MS nib was expected to deliver far more shading than the M200+EF or the rigid-nibbed PFM.

Hi-Res Scans:

Originals are approximately 53x34mm.

 

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45 on HPJ1124

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PFM on Rhodia

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TWSBI on G Lalo

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3776 on Royal

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Blue-Centric Samples:

Originals are 60x30mm.

 

M200 on Rhodia

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330 on HPJ1124

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FIDELITY

 

Is the name appropriate?

• Not to my way of thinking seeing - much too Blue.

Consistency with the marketing company's depiction/s?

• Even though Noodler's site sample was found wanting, the ink shown here is quite consistent that depiction. LINK
  

 

OTHER INKS

 

Comparisons:

• For the recent Turquoise inks which I have reviewed, an effort was made to use several of the same pen+paper combos, and a format supporting side-by-side comparison through manipulation of browser windows. The same effort was extended to embrace Blue inks.
• I hope this is sufficient to meet most ad hoc comparison requirements. If not, I welcome your request via PM. Additional scans may be produced, but additional inky work is rather unlikely.

Swab Swami:

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Left ➠ Right: Sheaffer Skrip Turquoise, Pelikan 4001 Turquoise, OMAS Turquoise, Sailor Jentle Sky High.

 

PAPERS

 

Lovely papers:

• As a personal preference, I would keep to the crisp neutral-warm whites, so long as they suppress bleed- show-through.

Trip-wire Papers: ☠

• Any that cannot suppress bleed- show-through.
• Papers loaded to the gunnels with optical brightening agents may also influence the Blue-Cyan balance of the ink's appearance.

Tinted Papers:

• Well, there is just enough saturation from a wet writer to support use on many tints, and enough Blue to allow use on Ivory to Champagne tints at high saturation, but I would trend away from any Buff or Brown tints.

Pre-Printed Papers:

• Forms, etc.
  • Possible.
  • The brightness of the ink makes it more suited to forms with few text entries. e.g. Tick-box forms ☑.
  • The ink's line quality should take lowest bidder paper in stride; if not, try inverting the nib.

  [*]For charts & graphs:

  • Possible.

Is high-end paper 'worth it'?

• For this one, I would say 'Aye'.
• If one pursues shading and/or wants to suppress bleed- show-through from a wet writer, then the high-end papers should be called upon.

ETC.

 

Majik:

• 'fraid not.
• While NTT has considerable range, it doesn't bring anything so very special to the party.

Personal Pen & Paper Pick:

• PFM on the HPJ1124.
• The line displays a nice bit of shading that makes for an attractive narrow line. The overall density is a bit pale, allowing the placement of what's written to come close to the plane of the page.
• The paper allows a bit of snap, and supports generation of shading.

Yickity Yackity:

• A bit more Blue than expected, but done so nicely.
• Ah kushbaby, this one would looove to go out dancing with Ghandi.

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NUTS & BOLTS

 

Pens

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Written Samples:

• Parker 45 + steel XF nib.
• Pelikan M200 + g-p steel EF nib.
• Sheaffer Pen For Men I + PdAg nib. (Z
  ♡
  RN-ed.)
• TWSBI 530 + steel M nib.
• Notorious Pink Safari + steel B nib.
• Platinum 3776 + three-tine 14K MS nib.
• Sheaffer 330 + steel M nib. (Blue-centric samples only.)

Lines & labels:

• Pelikan Brown from a Pilot Penmanship + XF.

Papers:

• HPJ1124 24 lb. Laser Copy.
• Rhodia.
• G Lalo, Verge de France, white.
• Royal, 25% cotton rag.
• Staples 20 lb. multi-use.
• Pulp. One-a-Day calendar page.

Imaging

• An Epson V600 scanner was used with the bundled Epson s/w at factory default settings to produce low-loss jpg files.
• Figures shown were scanned at 200 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Hi-Res Images linked were scanned at 300 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• No post-capture manipulation of scanner output was done, other than dumb-down by Epson, Photobucket & IP.Board s/w.

Densitometer Readings:

(HPJ1124)

• Red 52
• Grn 154
• Blu 223
• Lum 146

Fine Print

The accuracy and relevance of this Review depends in great part upon consistency and reliability of matériel used.

Ink does not require labelling/notice to indicate (changes in) formulation, non-hazardous ingredients, batch ID, date of manufacture, etc.

As always, YMMV, not only from materials, methods, environment, etc., but also due to differences between the stuff I used and that you may have; and manner of working.

Also, I entrust readers to separate opinion from fact; to evaluate inferences and conclusions as to their merit; and to be amused by whatever tickles your fancy.

 

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Tags: Fountain Pen Ink Review Noodler's Navajo Turquoise Blue Sandy1

 

Edited May 4, 2012 by Sandy1

[mrt77]

Thanks for this review! Navajo Turquoise is indeed a gorgeous ink. Always well behaved on the paper I've used.

[777]

Thank you for the excellent and thorough review of one of my favorite blue inks. Navajo turquoise is lovely.

 

A tip for you all - dilute this one 50% with water. You get double your ink for the money ( ), and it looks a lot more like turquoise. I love it diluted, and have been using it that way ever since I discovered it.

[terminal]

Anyone tried it back to back with the waterman turquoise?

[Uncle Red]

Thanks for another great review Sandy. I'm not fond of Turquoise in general so I don't think I'll rush off and buy some. At first I was surprised at how blue it is but it's not blue enough.

[Sandy1]

Thanks for this review! Navajo Turquoise is indeed a gorgeous ink. Always well behaved on the paper I've used.

 

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

Thanks for sharing your experience with NNT.

 

Bye,

S1

[Sandy1]

Thank you for the excellent and thorough review of one of my favorite blue inks. Navajo turquoise is lovely.

 

A tip for you all - dilute this one 50% with water. You get double your ink for the money ( ), and it looks a lot more like turquoise. I love it diluted, and have been using it that way ever since I discovered it.

 

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

Thanks for sharing your experience, and the tip about dilution.

 

I found that if one seeks a less-saturated pale tone, the dye-based Noodler's inks can be diluted with little penalty. One should be more conscious of the base-tint of the paper though, especially as NTT is poised on the cusp of the Blue end of [what I consider to be] Turquoise.

(See also Dilution Swab in Figure 1; and note the perceived colour difference between the wetter NPS and the drier 3776, especially on the warm Rhodia.)

 

Bye,

S1

 

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Dilution of Noodler's Burgundy

[Sandy1]

Thanks for another great review Sandy. I'm not fond of Turquoise in general so I don't think I'll rush off and buy some. At first I was surprised at how blue it is but it's not blue enough.

 

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

For those without a penchant for Turquoise, your description of the colour is very apt indeed.

 

Bye,

S1

[wpb]

Nice to see a Sandy1 review of one of my top 3 favorite inks. NNT is a beautiful shade of blue that I love to see in turquoise. It shades nicely on Clairefontaine paper in my fine and medium nibs.

 

Nathan has on the label "speciality issue". Not sure what that means, but I hope it's not a limited edition. If so, I'm going to buy about 10 bottles.

 

I highly recommend this ink if you like more of a blue rather than green turquoise.

 

Bill

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for the amazing and in depth review!

[Sandy1]

Nice to see a Sandy1 review of one of my top 3 favorite inks. NNT is a beautiful shade of blue that I love to see in turquoise. It shades nicely on Clairefontaine paper in my fine and medium nibs.

 

Nathan has on the label "speciality issue". Not sure what that means, but I hope it's not a limited edition. If so, I'm going to buy about 10 bottles.

 

I highly recommend this ink if you like more of a blue rather than green turquoise.

 

Bill

 

Hi Bill,

 

Out of the thousands of inks, I finally hit upon one of your favourites!

 

Thanks for confirming the shading potential of NNT on the 'high-end' Clairefontaine. Is that the paper found in their bound products, or is it the Triomphe?

 

Bye,

S1

[Sandy1]

Thank you for the amazing and in depth review!

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

Bye,

S1

[wpb]

Hi Bill,

 

Thanks for confirming the shading potential of NNT on the 'high-end' Clairefontaine. Is that the paper found in their bound products, or is it the Triomphe?

 

Bye,

S1

 

It is on Clairefontaine's journals, so their bound products. It's the only paper I use for journaling and with NNT, a wonderful ink/paper combination, IMO.

 

And thanks again for the review.

 

Bill

[mhphoto]

Great review of a great ink! Definitely one of my favorite light blues.

[Sandy1]

Hi Bill,

 

Thanks for confirming the shading potential of NNT on the 'high-end' Clairefontaine. Is that the paper found in their bound products, or is it the Triomphe?

 

Bye,

S1

 

It is on Clairefontaine's journals, so their bound products. It's the only paper I use for journaling and with NNT, a wonderful ink/paper combination, IMO.

 

And thanks again for the review.

 

Bill

 

Hi Bill,

 

You're welcome, and thanks to you for letting us know the paper you are using!

 

Bye,

S1

[Sandy1]

Great review of a great ink! Definitely one of my favorite light blues.

 

Hi,

 

Thanks for your kind words.

 

. . . And someone[else] considers this to be Blue!

 

Bye,

S1

[delphi303]

Thanks again for another page-turning (page-scrolling) review!

 

Based on the appearance of your scans on my monitor, NNT seems similar (in colour, perhaps not performance) to Diamine Mediterranean Blue.

 

This does look like a Turquoise to me, albeit a very bluey turquoise. I'm never quite sure where light blues end and turquoises begin.

[Sandy1]

Thanks again for another page-turning (page-scrolling) review!

 

Based on the appearance of your scans on my monitor, NNT seems similar (in colour, perhaps not performance) to Diamine Mediterranean Blue.

 

This does look like a Turquoise to me, albeit a very bluey turquoise. I'm never quite sure where light blues end and turquoises begin.

 

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

Thanks for mentioning the similarity to Diamine Mediterranean Blue. I do not have that ink, so cannot add a comparison at this time.

 

I agree that the colour of NNT can and is considered as a Blue by more than one person - indicating that naming / categorising colours is best left to the person viewing the ink!

 

Bye,

S1

[ravantra]

I fell for this ink during last years "unlabeled" Inkdrop. It was my favorite out of the unidentified ink samples. I was going to have the Goulets send me a full bottle in an unmarked bottle.

 

It has been one of my daily use inks. I currently have a bright blue TWSBI Vac 700 filled with it.

[Sandy1]

I fell for this ink during last years "unlabeled" Inkdrop. It was my favorite out of the unidentified ink samples. I was going to have the Goulets send me a full bottle in an unmarked bottle.

 

It has been one of my daily use inks. I currently have a bright blue TWSBI Vac 700 filled with it.

 

Hi,

 

Receiving a batch of unlabelled ink samples seems a rather interesting adventure, especially when NNT is included!

 

I'm glad to read that it has become one of your "daily use inks".

 

You must let us know if NNT proves to be a good match to the Vac 700 - especially as the 530 used here did very well.

 

Bye,

S1