Sailor Jentle Ink: Blue

[Signum1]

The first blue leading off for tonight is batting for the Far East team (Sailor). And he hits a line drive for a standing up double on second base.

 

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[Goodwhiskers]

This is the darkest image I've seen of this ink, on two different monitors (my eMac's old-school color CRT and my fiancee's HP flatscreen). I haven't tried it myself yet or seen it on paper yet. Is it really that dark? Very cool!

[dcwaites]

This is the darkest image I've seen of this ink, on two different monitors (my eMac's old-school color CRT and my fiancee's HP flatscreen). I haven't tried it myself yet or seen it on paper yet. Is it really that dark? Very cool!

I have some of this ink, and find it to be more towards a blue-black than a true blue. It looks like a nice blue, until you put it besides an ink like Visconti blue.

 

It is, though, a nice, well behaved ink, working well in both fountain and dip pens.

 

 

[Signum1]

This is the darkest image I've seen of this ink, on two different monitors (my eMac's old-school color CRT and my fiancee's HP flatscreen). I haven't tried it myself yet or seen it on paper yet. Is it really that dark? Very cool!

 

Goodwhiskers,

 

I can take a second scan for comparison, before you buy the ink later in the week. To be honest, the initial scan looks like what I have on the physical copy. This Sailor Blue is pretty consistent with either a fine nib or broad italic nib. Perhaps other members on the board can chime in with their two cents about the Sailor Blue.

 

The Sailor Red Brown looks much better with a broad nib. Read my Sailor Red Brown review on how different nibs changes the appearance of the Sailor Red Brown.

[Goodwhiskers]

Goodwhiskers,

 

I can take a second scan for comparison, before you buy the ink later in the week.

Thanks but inks and pens are not in my budget until sometime next year.

[mitz009]

I just purchased this ink recently (I'm going through a "blue period") and I was surprised by the darkness of the color. On my Rhodia paper with a NVP fine nib, the ink looks very black. I'd say the scans above are representative of my findings. On the same page I have a MB Royal Blue and a Pilot Blue, and this ink is darker than both. It seems to start blacker and shade bluer as I write more. I was hoping for something a little bluer. It's actually quite comparable to the MB Midnight Blue (blue black iron semi-permanent) from my vantage point.