Abraxas Anthracite (Anthrazit)

[savarez]

It's exciting to open a bottle of ink and have it be an ink color you've never seen before. As Iroshisuku's Tsuki-Yo doesn't look quite like any other blue ink, Abraxas Anthracite doesn't look like any other gray I've seen.

 

This is a very unique ink. Every time I look at it I see something a little different. Sometimes it looks gray with green undertones, sometimes gray with bluish undertones, and sometimes it looks like a pure charcoal gray. I really do like this ink! I keep wanting to compare it to Noodler's El Lawrance, but I think to do so would be a disservice to the Abraxas. The Anthracite does not quite have the same "oil-slick" color that the Lawrance has, and none of the brown undertones.

 

I feel as if I am doing a poor job describing the color of this ink accurately, but, here are the pics. On my monitor, the colors in the scan seem pretty true to the original, so I'll let the images speak for themselves!

 

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Edited September 9, 2008 by savarez

[Imzadi]

I need to add this to the wish list. Cool color.

[zquilts]

Well, this has to go on my wish list too - what a great color! Thanks for posting about it !

[Inkanthropist]

Thanks for the review and scan. I also have this ink, and, like you, I keep seeing different things in it. It's a really difficult one to describe, but I think you've done the best job possible.

 

Neil

[lovemy51]

cool color and nice shading. thanx for the review!

[The penner]

 

A particular point in the transition between Parker Quink solvex Blue and Quink Black looks very much like, if not exactly the same, as this. Try mixing some!

 

[kimtiffany]

Thnx for the review, I must say.

This color of gray reminds me strongly of grey.

It is just too sad that I cannot buy this in my country!