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Good morning to everyone here!

I have a question to ask and everybody's answer might help me. Well, I have two kinds of ink: Blue Parker Quink and a Black Pelikan 4001. I am wondering if I could add some drops from the black Pelikan ink into the blue Parker Quink in order to produce a relative blue-black ink. I will start by addind a few drops of black pelikan ink to ascertain the effect and then I can add much more. Has anyone here ever tried it? I am asking because I don't know if the two kinds of ink are compatible one to each other, ie. after mixing if there is any possibility for solids to be produced which would be able to clog my pen (pelikan 650).

Thanking you advance.

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Good morning to everyone here!

I have a question to ask and everybody's answer might help me. Well, I have two kinds of ink: Blue Parker Quink and a Black Pelikan 4001. I am wondering if I could add some drops from the black Pelikan ink into the blue Parker Quink in order to produce a relative blue-black ink. I will start by addind a few drops of black pelikan ink to ascertain the effect and then I can add much more. Has anyone here ever tried it? I am asking because I don't know if the two kinds of ink are compatible one to each other, ie. after mixing if there is any possibility for solids to be produced which would be able to clog my pen (pelikan 650).

Thanking you advance.

 

I've poured some Noodler's Manhattan Blue into a vintage Mont Blanc Black ink which was half full beause I wanted to get a Blue/Black, not even shaken or stirred!. Filled a Sheaffer sovereign with it. Turned out a nice colour in fact, Three months of writing letters, I've never experienced any problems. Modern inks are made with dyes, I inherited a bottle of Waterman's which must have been at leat 60 years old and it was still good without any solids at the bottom.

 

Having said that, I do have a 'go for it tendency'. Most discoveries have been made while intending on a different pursuit.

 

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Pickwick

They came as a boon, and a blessing to men,
The Pickwick, the Owl and the Waverley pen

Sincerely yours,

Pickwick

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Thank you very much Pickwick for your instant answer! I experimented and I am satisfied with the resulting blue-black colour. Of course, anyone's else opinion is delightedly expected.

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