Noodlers Subway Series Sepia

[penguinmaster]

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[Peter from Sherwood Park]

To my eye, the only difference between this ink and Noodler's Walnut is the slightly greenish cast that Walnut has. Has anyone tried these inks side by side?

[WillSW]

I'd also enjoy seeing a comparison with Herbin's Lie de The.

[daoud62]

I've just filled my Pelikan Toledo with this ink and it is totally gray. I don't detect any brown in it at all. I also shook the bottle well before filling the pen. I wonder if there are such pronounced differences in the various batches.

[ExcaliburZ]

Where do you get this ink?

[daoud62]

Where do you get this ink?

 

From Art Brown Pen Co. in NY (I have no connection other than being a customer).

[daoud62]

I've just filled my Pelikan Toledo with this ink and it is totally gray. I don't detect any brown in it at all. I also shook the bottle well before filling the pen. I wonder if there are such pronounced differences in the various batches.

 

I emptied the Toledo and just inked up the Noodler's Ahab Flex Pen, and the ink is as close to black as you can get. Again, I am wondering, where is the brownish tinge?

 

 

Has anyone else had this problem?

[torstar]

I dread to ask how sepia shading reminds us of the subway...

[asdf]

I dread to ask how sepia shading reminds us of the subway...

 

The Art Brown website lists this ink by its full name - Subway Series Sepia - and describes it as a replica of Carter's Ink from the 1930s.

 

The term "subway series" refers to a baseball World Series contested by two teams from New York City. There were two subway series in the 1930s (1936: Yankees def. Giants 4-2; 1937: Yankees def. Giants 4-1), as well as three during the 1920s, three during the 1940s, and five during the 1950s.

 

Others may have a better explanation than I do, but my guess is that Noodler's and Art Brown were just trying to come up with a catchy, alliterative New York name that could be vaguely associated with the heyday of Carter's Ink Company.

Edited January 13, 2012 by asdf

[Viseguy]

I dread to ask how sepia shading reminds us of the subway...

The term "subway series" refers to a baseball World Series contested by two teams from New York City. There were two subway series in the 1930s (1936: Yankees def. Giants 4-2; 1937: Yankees def. Giants 4-1), as well as three during the 1920s, three during the 1940s, and five during the 1950s.

 

And one in 2000.

[rmullins]

For anyone trying to get Subway Series Sepia, the Burma Road Brown is the exact same ink.