De Atramentis Aubergine

[declanh]

Just got this ink last week and I must say I like it. Its very similar to MB Violet (if MB ever stop production this could become my default purple).

Drying time is excellent and so is flow. Wetness is "about right" in a Hero 700 - not tried it in anything else.

 

For comparison Ive included a sample of MB Violet to show how similar they are.

 

Got this from Rolf at missing-pen.de - he was a pleasure to deal with - I'd recommend him wihtout question.

 

http://www.hisdancingleg.com/temp/IMG_deatramentis_aubergine.jpg

[Inka]

That ink also looks very close, if not exactly like, my Caran d'Ache Storm [violet] when used in a wider than Fine nib pen.

When I use it in my inexpensive Levenger; Plumpster, with a Bold nib I'd ground/smoothed/polished into a M Cursive Italic, my Storm looks identical to your scan of De Atramentis Aubergine, including the nice shading I see!

So what nibs and nib-tip sizes did you use to write these with? My M800 has a Fine nib and with Storm, it looks like your example written with your HERO pen.

Makes a world of difference what nibs are used to get results, so I'd really like to knw what you had used, please.

[Inka]

By the way, I did a review of Cd'A Storm [violet] using my Pelikan M800 with M800 F nib, found by clicking here.

My Scanner glass needed cleaning so the Storm didn't come out as dark, the shading wasn't seens as well either, but it is very close.

[declanh]

That ink also looks very close, if not exactly like, my Caran d'Ache Storm [violet] when used in a wider than Fine nib pen.

When I use it in my inexpensive Levenger; Plumpster, with a Bold nib I'd ground/smoothed/polished into a M Cursive Italic, my Storm looks identical to your scan of De Atramentis Aubergine, including the nice shading I see!

So what nibs and nib-tip sizes did you use to write these with? My M800 has a Fine nib and with Storm, it looks like your example written with your HERO pen.

Makes a world of difference what nibs are used to get results, so I'd really like to knw what you had used, please.

 

Hero 700 was with a "medium" nib bit in reality its closer to a fine than a medium

The Pelikan 800 sample is with a medium nib, which I would say is probably more like a real medium.

 

From what I have see CDA Storm is a bit more chalky/grey than the more vibrant MB voilet.

 

See scan of CDA storm here

http://thewritingdesk.co.uk/showproduct.ph...amp;subr=purple

 

TWD purples

[saintsimon]

My old scan might help again (MB Violet got a bit too wet):

 

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4470/aubergine1gk5.jpg

Edited August 21, 2009 by saintsimon

[Inka]

My old scan might help...

Nice comparisons, thanks for that!

Cannot buy any more inks at present, but I’ll file this scan [if you don’t mind me saving it to my computer?] so I can have it to look over later when the time comes that I can afford more ink/s.

Since I also do ink-swapping with a good FPN friend, if he ever gets any I’ll be sure to ask for samples and send him more samples of the ones I have on-hand.

Ink-swapping is such a great idea, even if I only do this with one person right now, the best way to "try before you buy" too, or just try the ones you *can't afford to buy [*as is my position right now].

Thanks again, much appreciated!

Edited August 21, 2009 by Inka