Parrhesia's real Waterman Blue-Black

[Goodwhiskers]

Parrhesia's real Waterman Blue-Black

 

"This is going to be sacrilege, given the popularity of the ink, but Waterman BLUE-BLACK always gives me massive bouts of cognitive dissonance, insofar as to my eyes at least, it is neither blue nor black, but some weird green mutant of an ink. This also goes for Parker's BB, though to a far lesser extent.

I don't mean to offend anyone who loves this ink; its qualities are beyond reproach. But as a lover of blue-blacks, I just can't get used to that odd color. I love Waterman's ink, but I finally resigned myself to mixing some Florida Blue with some Black to come up with an actual, though unofficial, Waterman BB (4:1, for those who are interested in trying it out).

Have a great day,

 

David "

Edited June 13, 2012 by saskia_madding

[CaptainGroovy]

If we are to be honest with ourselves the ink currently known as Waterman Mysterious Blue and formerly as Waterman Blue-Black is not a true Blue-Black ink and the same can be said of it corporate cousin Parker Blue-Black. They are both inks made of a combination dyes that are trying to imitate the appearance of their noble Iron gall based grandparents.