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I've got the grand canyon, which is a beautiful ink (great tones and a rich dark brown - almost muddy!). When I was in Selfridges the other week they only had Blue Sky - you might want to ring them first. I got mine at the Pen Shop in Leadenhall. If they now have storm in stock at Selfridges let me know I might send my daughter to get some in her lunch hour!

 

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Storm....yes, they had some last night at Selfridges. They didn't have it in the Pen Shop so it wasn't one that I tested. It was only reading the reviews here, that made me 'WANTIT'!

 

I'll be heading there at lunch anyway. As I guided the Mrs round last night I was taking great interest in all the little 'OOooohs' she made. I'm going back to buy said items for her Christmas surprise stocking fillers. (chocolate jazzys, cherry things, new Justin Timberlake CD...).

 

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D'oh - I now have to go all the way to Selfridges (I work at Oxford Circus) to buy a bottle of ink! That Storm looks great...

 

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Hmm, didn't make it at lunch. That darn work thing got in the way.

 

What's the bet, that now that I've mentioned they have Storm at Selfridges on here, there'll be none left when I get there later!!

 

Oh, and forgot to say, Will - from your description think I might try Grand Canyon as well.

 

Have been using Blue Sky all day, and I'm thinking its like Quink washable blue with 5-10% purple added.

 

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D'oh - I now have to go all the way to Selfridges (I work at Oxford Circus) to buy a bottle of ink! That Storm looks great...

 

Chris

Oh dear...

 

You live in the land of temptation.

 

So much, so close.

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Anyone know where you can see samples / swatches of these inks on-line?

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Anyone know where you can see samples / swatches of these inks on-line?

Southpaw

 

Michael Richter has some on his site:

 

http://people.freenet.de/pensninks/CDA/CDA.html

 

Neil

YES!! NO!!!!!! (Must . . . . . resist . . . . don't . . . . need . . . . more . . . . ink)

 

Thanks :P [as he's typing in Pam's website address]

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is pam the only seller? I like working with Pam - just wondering if there were other sellers in the US.

 

Not that I need more ink. But the Storm looks very tempting. I've looked a long time for a not-quite-purple-but-not-muddy burgundy/bordeaux and been consistently disappointed.

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KCat,

Have you tried my "Umbergine" mixture? (or variations thereof).

 

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YES!!  NO!!!!!!  (Must . . . . . resist . . . . don't . . . . need . . . . more . . . . ink)

Pull yourself together and stop this crazy talk! Of course you need more ink.

 

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YES!!  NO!!!!!!  (Must . . . . . resist . . . . don't . . . . need . . . . more . . . . ink)

Pull yourself together and stop this crazy talk! Of course you need more ink.

 

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KCat,

Have you tried my "Umbergine" mixture? (or variations thereof).

 

Don

I have not. how close to Tanzanite is the Iraqi indigo?

 

I haven't mixed in a long time. I think I'm getting lazy and hoping someone will just make the color I'm looking for. The Suarigo (sp?) looks interesting as well.

 

My early mix that gave me exactly what I wanted was Vespucci Red, something purple and a tiny bit of Levenger cobalt.

 

But my neighbour pointed out that it was barely different from PR Plum. Actually what she said was "How is that different from this?" as she wrote with the fresh bottle of Plum I had given her. <_< I've since decided that Plum is too red. :)

 

Maybe after Christmas I'll break out the 6-well plate and the syringes again. :)

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KCat,

Have you tried my "Umbergine" mixture? (or variations thereof).

 

Don

I have not. how close to Tanzanite is the Iraqi indigo?

 

I haven't mixed in a long time. I think I'm getting lazy and hoping someone will just make the color I'm looking for. The Suarigo (sp?) looks interesting as well.

 

My early mix that gave me exactly what I wanted was Vespucci Red, something purple and a tiny bit of Levenger cobalt.

 

But my neighbour pointed out that it was barely different from PR Plum. Actually what she said was "How is that different from this?" as she wrote with the fresh bottle of Plum I had given her. <_< I've since decided that Plum is too red. :)

 

Maybe after Christmas I'll break out the 6-well plate and the syringes again. :)

I haven't had Tanzanite in a long time, but I doubt that it's anywhere close to Iraqi Indigo.

 

If you like, I'll send you vials of Umbergine and Saguarigo to try out.

 

 

Don

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OMG OMG OMG. I need the Carribean Sea. NOW. I saw it on Art Brown's site. I can find the URL for Pam Braun. Anyone have it handy????? I mean it. THIS is the turquoise I have wanted!!

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I haven't had Tanzanite in a long time, but I doubt that it's anywhere close to Iraqi Indigo.

 

If you like, I'll send you vials of Umbergine and Saguarigo to try out.

 

 

Don

That would be lovely. Don't put yourself out, though.

 

And for goodness sake, don't be honest at the PO like I was. "yes, there's a little vial of ink in the package."

 

Well, can't accept it. T.S.

 

(but that's another long rant for a different thread someday)

 

I would guess Tanzanite is a lot "bluer".

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I have the Caran d'Ache ink in Storm.

 

Caran d'Ache is either a French or Swiss company and their products are astounding, wonderfull, great quality.

I was given a tin box of their colored pencils in the first year of high school or maybe the last year of middle school, one sure thing, I was in my teens, and they were used a lot in Geography class and for color coding my essays.

 

They lasted me past high school, college and trade school.

I studied Geography in college and the pencils were used daily to color code rock formations.

I transfered the pencils from their tin box, to a vinyl case when I needed to transport them to school and they sill looked new when I last went to visit France.

 

 

I bought the Storm ink for the bottle. When it's empty I'll use it as an inkwell, maybe with my own brew of bordeaux.

 

I can assure you that if I were to transfert the content of an Herbin ink bottle into that tiny ink boat it will overflow.

 

I believe that the ink contains no more than 3 or maybe 4 refills for the biggest Pelikan. Dry writers and c/c fillers might get more out of it.

 

I don't remember how much I paid for the bottle but I found it was cheap for a beautiful inkwell.

 

 

Pens, inks, inkwells this hobby sure can keep on giving!

 

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Hi chupie, glad to see you back on FPN. Pam's site is www. oscarbraunpens.com. I don't have the Carribean Sea ink, but I have been using the others for a while now. I can tell you that the inks are very well behaved, no problems in either vintage or modern pens. Enjoy!

 

Larry

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Hi chupie!

 

I got the Caribbean Sea yesterday and it's gorgeous! I will scan a sample tomorrow at work and post it here.

 

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