De Atramentis Wizard Blue

[saskia_madding]

I've slowly been making my way through the Magic Boarding School inks. So far, I've kind of hated all of them. The Magic Dragon was a nice colour but it smelled atrocious, and the Mandrake was only really rich and pretty one one type of paper. Generally, I had been terribly disappointed with the Magic Boarding School inks (I still love De Atramentis' regular line, and I still do!)

Onto this stage, came Wizard Blue.

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After seeing Halden's review of this ink from so long ago, I was expecting a very purple-blue ink, so I was pleasantly surprised when this came out a deep, rich blue-black.

 

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I was super grateful that the smell wasn't terrible - like a light, slightly odd smelling mint. Although it does give me a twinge of the ickies, it's not too bad and not too strong. Having said that, if I could find this ink in a version without smell, I'd jump on it.

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This ink behaves well on all types of paper - no feathering, no bleed through, and nice shading! I've never really liked blue-blacks, but this ink is a new favourite of mine. So much so that I filled a TWSBI 530 with it twice in a row. That almost NEVER happens.

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As usual, more pictures in my photobucket album here.

Edited October 16, 2013 by saskia_madding

[Laura N]

Nice review. This looks exactly like my DeAtramentis Sherlock Holmes ink. I wouldn't be surprised if they are the same blue, or nearly. Jon Szanto tested a Sherlock Holmes sample against Year of the Dragon, and those two look very similar, too.

 

Sherlock also is a very nice dark blue that behaves well. It has no scent.

[Lloyd]

Nice lookin' ink! Any water resistance?

[IWantThat]

That is a beautiful blue! Thanks for the review. I've wondered about these inks. I like DeA in general but I'm not much into Harry Potter

[inkstainedruth]

Nice review. This looks exactly like my DeAtramentis Sherlock Holmes ink. I wouldn't be surprised if they are the same blue, or nearly. Jon Szanto tested a Sherlock Holmes sample against Year of the Dragon, and those two look very similar, too.

 

Sherlock also is a very nice dark blue that behaves well. It has no scent.

 

I tried a sample of Sherlock Holmes and found that it looks kinda chalky on some paper. Also, on some paper it had a greenish tinge. Is anyone finding either of those to be the case with Wizard Blue?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[georges zaslavsky]

very nice color looks close to diamine prussian blue

Edited June 23, 2012 by georges zaslavsky

[DanielCoffey]

Prussian Blue is greener. This is more like Diamine Denim to my eye.

[ThirdeYe]

That looks like a nice color. Adding it to my wishlist. Thanks!

[fuchsiaprincess]

Another lovely review, Saskia

 

This ink looks beautiful! Very much like De Atramentis Atlantic blue. If you would like to compare the two, please drop me a PM with your address and I'll send some over.

 

Warm regards,

FP x

[amberleadavis]

Just in case you wanted to know, this is one ink that has faded in the sample bottle that was kept out of the light and in a temperate room. The color that I have is gray or blue gray. NOT the the blue-black from above. I'll post samples this week.