Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue 2004

[TheNobleSavage]

This seems to be one of my every day inks. I really think the PR will make this part of their regular line due to the popularity. I really think this is the ultimate in blue IMO

http://img118.exs.cx/img118/8387/dcsupersowblue9ge.jpg

[wimg]

Hey!

 

I got a bottle to go with my Etruria Majestic when at FPH, visiting the US, last July.

 

It is a great colour indeed, but doesn't dry too well, I found. Currently, the Majestic is on a diet of Ottoman Azure You should give that a try, too...

 

It still is the ink of choice for my VP Carbonesque Blue .

 

Kind regards,

Wim

[Leslie J.]

I have one bottle, and I'm hoarding it! :blink:

[KCat]

Leslie J! Use that ink. It's gorgeous and it deserves to be seen. Especially in a snail to your friend in TX.

[Leslie J.]

Would you believe...I'm hoarding my outgoing snails?

[Betty]

The blue I see in your review was the reason I brought this color. I thought I was going to get such a vibrant blue like on the screen, but my bottle of ink came out a pretty regular duller looking blue.

 

Any recs for a blue that is as blue as the scan above?

[Tricia]

Hi, moppie,

 

You might try the PR supershow blue in a different pen. I have it in a Conklin Mark Twain Signature (brand/model of pen) that's a very wet writer, and the color is even darker than the above scan. Definitely one of my favorites.

 

I'm always amazed at how much the color of an ink changes from pen to pen. (Darkest for me is with a dip pen.) Wet writers vs. dry writers, Medium nibs vs. Fine or XFine, EDs vs. converters or piston fill... All of those alter the color of the ink (or should I say 'perceived' color of the ink).

 

And that's not even mentioning paper! A nice smooth Clairefontaine shows off the ink color a bit differently than, say, regular notebook paper.

 

(Now if only I could get my Nightshade to come out the color it is in the bottle! Gorgeous in its liquid state, but a far-from gorgeous brown with a touch of reddishness when written with. I know others have knocked the description of it as the color of old dried blood, but that's exactly what it looks like to me.) <_<

[amin]

I like this blue quite a bit as well, but like Wim have found it to dry slowly. Still, I currently keep my daily writer, a Sheaffer PFM, filled with this ink. If the drying/smearing issues persist, I can see myself going back to Florida Blue or Aurora Blue before too long.

[JimStrutton]

Hi, moppie,

 

You might try the PR supershow blue in a different pen.

I can vote for this idea

 

I had some PR 2004 DC Blue in a Parker 51 English Aero that has a medium nib that runs well to the broad side.

 

The DC Blue just did not work in it, don't know why, but the pen seemed to run out of ink if I wrote fast and the line was not consistent. Coupled with that, what ink there was on the paper took for ever to dry.

 

So I flushed the pen and loaded it it up with some good old Blue/Black Quink, and it writes just fine.........and the DC Blue works just fine in a broad nibbed Sonnet, still takes for ever to dry though, had to get the blotting paper out

 

Jim

[Garageboy]

I still have the 03 stuff, works great in ALL my pens

[Betty]

Forget DC Supershow. I found my new favorite blue - Waterman Florida Blue & Aurora Blue...Now those are the blues I'm looking for!

 

I like Tarzanite too, but I count that as a purple more

[emrecan]

Forget DC Supershow. I found my new favorite blue - Waterman Florida Blue & Aurora Blue...Now those are the blues I'm looking for!

 

I like Tarzanite too, but I count that as a purple more

Hi Betty,

I tried Aurora Blue its nice ink and very generous flowing.It has purple tint to it.otherwise it would be perfect for me.

 

Emrecan

 

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Edited November 30, 2005 by emrecan

[Apollo]

I like the colour of PR DC Supershow Blue, but since I can't find any in my area, I've settled for PR American Blue which is probably my favourite Private Reserve ink next to PR Midnight Blues.

[fabrimedeiros]

This is an astonishing, bright, vivid color! I am a BIG Baystate Blue fan, so I want to purchaise PR DC Supershow Blue as soon as possible.

 

Unfortunately, my job requires an water resistent ink and PR DC SB is not waterproof or water resistent. It's a pity!

[1000km]

I love this blue, but found that it smeared horribly even months after it had dried. My solution was to mix it 50/50 with Sheaffer Skrip blue. It's much better-behaved now and remains vivid with beautiful shading.

[fabrimedeiros]

I love this blue, but found that it smeared horribly even months after it had dried. My solution was to mix it 50/50 with Sheaffer Skrip blue. It's much better-behaved now and remains vivid with beautiful shading.

 

 

Thanks for the tip!

 

Regards,

Fabricio

[Mr_Dirt]

How do you know which year of DC Supershow Blue it is? I have a bottle of it, but I didn't know there were years.

[fabrimedeiros]

How do you know which year of DC Supershow Blue it is? I have a bottle of it, but I didn't know there were years.

 

 

I've just searched in the Review Index.

[bigstick]

ahhhh the problem with looking at monitors. The example in this thread looks exactly the blue that is in my mind, but when someone wrote to me in Supershow, it was way too dark, almost blue-black. My search continues.