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this is really pretty, but I'm not sure it warrants getting a whole bottle. I tried writing an entire page of it in my journal, but it's kind of annoying to read afterward.

eta: holy moly. I am now discovering the frustrations of trying to get a true colour scan. OK, the background paper looks pink, but it's not. But I'm not sure how to adjust it otherwise to get the ink color to show correctly. Suggestions?

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My wife would love that!

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Yay! A very kind FPN member, dwmatteson, corrected the image so it actually looks like it should. Many thanks, Don! See, with the proper white contrast it looks even *more* girly :D

 

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limesally, I wish I could tell you what you would need to do to get the paper to not appear pink. I will do a review of Rose Cyclamen, too, and see if it comes out the same way. If it does and I can correct it, I will let you know what I did. I'll do this within the next 2 weeks--maybe sooner than later!

 

My experience is about the same as yours with this ink, though to my eyes it is a slightly purplish pink. I'll show it with a different pen.

 

Best, Ann

 

Oh! I see you've got it corrected--hooray!!!

 

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Ya but a HOT Girly! Sure does look a lot like the samples that I've seen. The shading is nice. Thanks for posting it. It is one that I've been considering.

I'm not a real girly type but it's still pretty and different.

 

Cedar

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Ok,

 

I have to admit that once, when no one was looking, I actually filled a pen and wrote with this ink for a week or so...

 

I think it's my wife's favorite FP ink color :wub:

 

 

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Tom

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I found this ink to fade rapidly under sunlight.

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

Oscar Wilde

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I found a canister of this ink locally, and immediately had to have it. I love this color. It is exactly what I was looking for--HOT pink. I also have a bottle of Shah's Rose, which online, looks like hot pink...but it more of a bright rose. I will try to do a comparison of the two when I return home after the holidays.

 

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Wow, now that is hot pink. My sister will love this ink colour. Thanks for the sample Limesally. :)

~ Manisha

 

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Now, THAT is girlie! Wowzer. And I thought Noodlers Socrates was girlie. Hah! It's not even close compared to this ink. I'll have to tell my daughter about this one.

I looked on the Noodler's website and did not see Socrates. Is it a color from a certain seller?

 

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Now, THAT is girlie! Wowzer. And I thought Noodlers Socrates was girlie. Hah! It's not even close compared to this ink. I'll have to tell my daughter about this one.

I looked on the Noodler's website and did not see Socrates. Is it a color from a certain seller?

 

Mike

 

Among USA-domiciled stores, Noodler's Socrates is an exclusive for Pendemonium. None of the store-exclusive colors (at Pendemonium, Art Brown, Swisher pens, Airline International, The Writing Desk, The Fountain Pen Ink Shop, and one in Germany?) are listed on the official Noodler's website.

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this is really pretty, but I'm not sure it warrants getting a whole bottle. I tried writing an entire page of it in my journal, but it's kind of annoying to read afterward.

 

 

I use it for corrections and marginal notes. Pink is useful because it doesn't show up when photocopied. Unfortunately, this stuff has a touch of blue in it.

 

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Okay, I really want this ink now! Thanks for the scan -- can't believe I didn't buy it earlier today. :)

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Thank you for a good review, limesally. This is yet another review I somehow missed when it was first posted. I guess it was a busy Christmas season and I missed a lot of stuff on FPN.

 

I do not give a flip how girly this ink might be, I love it! I have always seen it as "rose," but it is definitely "hot." It has a shimmering, fluorescent quality in person that I doubt can be captured in a scan. It seems to be alive on paper. I do a lot of writing for organizational and church newspapers and newsletters, and I do a lot of editing. This has been my favorite editing and notation ink for many years. I shall use this ink for as long as Herbin makes it.

 

In another thread, a FPNer asked what the most romantic ink color might be. My wife loves pink. Whether or not I think it is a romantic color, she sure does. I write my cards and notes to her in this ink and she thinks they come straight from Heaven. :thumbup:

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I bought this color for my wife after testing it at a local shop. WOW! "Alive" is definitely the right term for it.

 

I know a lot of men think pink is "girly" but I am assured that it is not at all a girly color in Japan. This ink reminds me a lot of "Cherry Blossom Red." This is the color chosen by Subaru for their STi division, and thei STi badges feature it. I have a glowing STI badge in the center of my tachometer that greets me with this color every morning.

 

It's grown on me.

 

I don't know if I'd ink up with it, though if I do I certainly would have to doodle STi logos all day :)

 

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What a lotta 'sexist labelling' ;)

 

I have this ink and just think it's a beautiful colour.... I wouldn't use it for a whole lot of writing, and NOT on pink paper!

 

(Nice for your Valentine cards!)

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

 

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