Noodler's Ottoman Rose - A Review

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Hi Roy,

 

One of my favourite colours too! I just love the shading characteristics, and the way it dries. It definitely is one of these inks you can watch dry forever...

 

BTW, my description of the colour always has been "young claret", so far. I think this is how Kev (winedoc) got hooked on it . But then, rose coloured is very apt, too. Like those old fashioned deeply coloured roses, that haven't got all the smell bred out of them, and that show a variety of colour in newer and older petals. I love it.

 

Warm regards,

Wim

[Leslie J.]

I like the vintage look to it. I need to check on my bottle and make sure it's not growing anything, per KCat's experience. I like the look of Diamine claret and Noodler's Saguaro Wine too. I have oodles of reds, and I don't like any of them.

[mchristi]

Thanks for the review, Roy. It looks great, too. I'm looking forward to the arrival of the sample.

 

Mark C.

[mchristi]

Thanks to a sample from Roy, I've been enjoying this ink. I've loaded two pens with it. One a finer pen and a wet writing pen. The color on the page is quite different, and both very nice themselves. In one of my Platinum Workhorse pens, Ottoman Rose is a nice dusty rose color. In my Swan, I get a deep red rose color. Both shades are wonderful, especially that which comes from the wetter, broader nib. I find the flow good and the color dark enough to be easily legible and photocopyable even with the lighter shades from the finer nib.

 

I also have anecdotal evidence that the ink is a beautiful and striking color. The other day I had to sign some transit pass forms for HR, and choose my Swan filled with Ottoman Rose to do so. When I went to hand in the forms, the receptionist took a look and immediately commented on the color of my ink. She really liked it and wanted to know if the company had pens filled with that color. I don't often get compliments on my ink at work (but then most of my writing consists of my own notes or notations on paperwork that goes right into the files), so this rather stood out.

 

Below are two samples, each on a different paper and using both pens.

 

http://www.winternet.com/~mchristi/ORose1.jpg

 

http://www.winternet.com/~mchristi/ORose2.jpg

 

Mark C.

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http://moo.havican.com/Pens/IR-NOR.jpg

--Roy

Just curious if it is a true dark rose color or is my monitor not calibrated. I'm not a big red ink fan but the burgundy/ dark reds are what I like.

 

Kurt H

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Hi Kurt,

 

It is more of a young claret colour, with nice shading characteristics, from a dark rose to a very deep, dark burgundy. One of my favourites.

 

HTH,

Kind regards,

Wim