Standardgraph Holunderblau (elder blue)

[Rhapsody]

Hi, this is my first ink review, so bear with me!

 

I hope the review is legible. My scanner produces really bad scans so I tried to take a photo, but even that is quite hard with a broken display (my cats found that dangling band so interesting) and no view finder.

 

If you wonder why my thumb looks so weird on that photo: I tried to edit the colour of the ink to match the original better, but unfortunately my thumb also changed the colour.

 

I tried several sizes, you should be able to read this but it shouldn't be too big. It's not as easy as I thought before...

 

If there are any questions concerning this review, please ask!

 

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5983/reviewholunderblau.jpg

Edited December 29, 2009 by Rhapsody

[Ed Ronax]

Thanks for sharing, nice colour.

[drifting]

Thanks for the review. It looks to be almost a match to the Clairefontaine grid lines!

 

Ryan.

[StudyAnimal]

What shop in Cologne?

[JMX]

Ortloff near Neumarkt has a wide selection of Standardgraph inks. They also have pretty much all Caran D'Ache, Pelikan and Waterman inks.

Edited January 2, 2010 by JMX

[Rhapsody]

I don't know for sure, since I found that shop coincidently.

But it's quite possible that it was Ortloff.

 

I looked it up now and yes, it was Ortloff.

They have the biggest ink selection I've seen in a non-online shop so far.

[JMX]

If you want to buy Rohrer & Klingner inks in Cologne - go here:

 

Künstlerbedarf Dieter Bachmann

 

Große Brinkgasse 9, 50672 Köln

 

http://www.dieterbachmann.de/

 

They stock all available colors @ 4.35 € 

 

 

[agchristie]

If you check out stift & papier at richmodstr.7 behind the thalia bookshop at neumarkt in cologne, they also have most if not all of the de atramentis inks. I always rotate between them, ortloff and the füllfederzentrale near the gürzenich.

[Ondina]

Is always nice to see new inks around, thanks for the review.

[StudyAnimal]

Thanks for the Cologne shops, found one nice fountain pen shop Füllfeder-Zentrale that unfortunately only had one brand of ink. Actually they had blue and black of a lot of brands, but only one brand with non-standard colors.

[JMX]

Another nice shop is Papelito @ Zülpicher Straße (not far from Zülpicher Platz). They sell Caran D'Ache for 12 €!

 

While they concentrate on paraphernalia they have pens as well, Kaweco Sport and Caran D'Ache IIRC, they seem to focus on calligraphy pens and quills, though.

 

 

Edited January 4, 2010 by JMX

[agchristie]

hey we should open a cologne group as there seem to be quite a few people who come to Cologne regularly, live here or want to visit.

Another great thing about Papelito is that they offer the possibility of buying only one moleskine cahier or volant to try out or if you only need one instead of buying a pack of 2 or 3. no affiliation etc..

[JMX]

Yeah, a get-together would be nice.

 

BTW - isn't a pen show scheduled for march in Cologne? I've never been to one before.

 

 

[lensassaman]

Hmm, after reading this, I think I might have to visit Cologne for the ink! If someone does plan a get-together, I'd be interested in coming.

[agchristie]

check out heres the dates for the pen show http://www.collectiblestars.de/treffen_mein2010.html

If you scroll down it is also all listed in english.

[Rhapsody]

So why don't we all meet there?

I only need to pay my university fees first; I fear that otherwise I wouldn't be able afterwards.

[JMX]

Same here! 

[agchristie]

Heres the topic about the cologne pen show : https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/147723-cologne-pen-show/

so whos going there?

[saintsimon]

It's today and I can't go ... again ...