Diamine Steel Blue (very brief review)

[Garageboy]

Had this in my Sheaffer Triumph, so here goes nothin'

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/roofdweller49/IMG_4737.jpg

[Passion]

Beautiful ink, I love the shading. Thanks for the review!

[Margana]

Steel Blue is a great color. I have it in a Sailor Sapporo fine nib today and it is the perfect marriage of nib and flow. Even with the very fine Japanese nib, it shows nice shading. The paper makes a big difference in drying time so it can be a little slow on Clairefontaine but fine on Apica 6A10. As a right-handed writer I can use it anywhere but wonder if that would hold true for a lefty.

[BobR]

Thanks for that. I saw the first couple of lines and said: "It's just like Naples Blue!!" Then I saw your comment to the same effect. It's a great color but I guess I won't get it until I've used up my Naples Blue.

[Penache]

Wow. That's a fabulous shade. I'm such a sucker for inks in the turquoise/blue-green range.

[adam11]

On my screen looks very similar to my Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku ink.

[GreenVelvet]

Wow. That's a fabulous shade. I'm such a sucker for inks in the turquoise/blue-green range.

 

Ditto, and me too - I wonder how this compares with PR Blue Suede. Looks very similar on my monitor to Blue Suede in real life.

[Margana]

Wow. That's a fabulous shade. I'm such a sucker for inks in the turquoise/blue-green range.

 

Ditto, and me too - I wonder how this compares with PR Blue Suede. Looks very similar on my monitor to Blue Suede in real life.

Not long ago I posted a comparison of several turquoise and aqua inks. Consider it a relative comparison. Hard to get that sort of scan perfect.

[GreenVelvet]

I don't know why, but I never think of color swatches as truly representative of writing. I need to see the inks in a pen in order to get a sense of the color (and certainly of the shading).

[Federalist Pens]

How does it compare to Diamine BB?

IMO, that is also along the shade of a Teal.

This does look a little darker.

[Garageboy]

I have Blue Black somewhere, but in all my wet writing pens, it gunks up on the nib. Blue Black is darker and less turquoisy

[Peter from Sherwood Park]

I bought this ink expecting something a bit different (a gray-blue was what I was after). I decided I liked it anyway, even though I am not a fan of most "teal" inks.

[inky]

Gorgeous color!

[seanruss]

what happened to the review?

[lapis]

Yeah, I want to see it too. 2 1/2 years later. Maybe we need a new photobucket upload?

 

A "very brief review" is always more than okay, but I think you're exaggerating here....

 

Mike

Edited April 2, 2012 by lapis