Noodlers V-Mail Midway Blue

[penguinmaster]

Disclaimer: This is a handwritten review with one pen. The color may not always match perfectly what you see in your pens or on your screen. I try very hard to color match as much as I can with my reviews, but I cannot account for all variables. If there are huge discrepancies please discuss in the thread!

 

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[GeeTee]

Thanks for all the great reviews penguinmaster. This is the one i like best. I'm not too impressed with the v-mail colours. I wonder how it compares to Ottoman Azure.

[Thornton]

This is the one i like best. I'm not too impressed with the v-mail colours.

 

I have to agree with you. The color is very fresh looking. I think the name and the color complement each other quite well.

[HenryLouis]

It reminds me of an Ottoman azure without the green.

[all my hues]

lovely!!!

[Limerick]

Thank you for your great great review! Very well done and lots of useful information provided.

 

How bright is it compared to American Eel Blue or Baystate Blue? Because judging from the scan, its brightness is far from Baystate Blue, even Eel Blue looks brighter. I'm currently looking for an ink whose brightness lays somewhat in between Baystate and Eel ...

[penguinmaster]

Thank you for your great great review! Very well done and lots of useful information provided.

 

How bright is it compared to American Eel Blue or Baystate Blue? Because judging from the scan, its brightness is far from Baystate Blue, even Eel Blue looks brighter. I'm currently looking for an ink whose brightness lays somewhat in between Baystate and Eel ...

 

I actually just posted a review of Baystate Blue (BSB) that was done in the same series of reviews. BSB is definitely a brighter ink than Midway Blue. BSB is also much more of a saturated blue, where I'd classify Midway coming closer to a teal color. By itself Midway does look somewhat bright, put it next to BSB though and you'll definitely see BSB is brighter color.

 

American Eel is also a vibrant color. If i had to choose in my eyes of brightness it would be BSB, American Eel, then Midway.

 

Regards,

 

Tom

[youstruckgold]

I love the colour, and given I have too many problems with BSB this is a must try! Thanks

[Limerick]

Tom, thank you for your quick reply. Though it's a pity for me that it's not the ink I was hoping for! Keep up the great work.

[tnmike1]

I tried to fall in love with this ink but just can't. Love the color, very vibrant and alive. BUT using it on my Rhodia tablets I notice it bleeds through on that premium paper. When I wet it under water, the bleedthrough was even worse. Tried with my Pelikan "M" nib pen and another Pelikan with a Binder Itali-fine nib and the results were always the same. Pity, because the color is really exceptional

[Richard]

I'm another who failed to fall in love with Midway. The color is wonderful, but the ink doesn't go a week in a pen without drying up. I've tried it in several pens without success.

[penguinmaster]

I'm another who failed to fall in love with Midway. The color is wonderful, but the ink doesn't go a week in a pen without drying up. I've tried it in several pens without success.

 

 

I'd actually agree. I know I talk about it flowing nicely, and I think it does as long as the pen is used regularly. Once it sits it tends to dry up.

 

-Tom

 

 

[lambertiana]

I like this ink a lot. In my F nib Sapporo, it is darker blue than this review, and I find it to be a very nice color. I also do not have any issues with it drying out in my Sapporo, even though it will sit for days between use. I had it in a Pelikan M200, and it exhibited the same behavior in that pen, too.