Caran D´Ache Saffron

[jorgerp1]

Hello,

 

Thos my little review of a great orange.

 

The scan show the colour more red tan orange but the real colour is more like the ink of the numbers of dry time: a real saffron.

 

Regards,

 

Jorge.

 

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[Ed Ronax]

Thanks for sharing, nice review.

[Ondina]

This is such a different, intense, luminous color. Caran D'Ache prices keep putting me off purchasing them despite the very attractive bottle and great ink quality. But this color in particular may push me over the edge. Thanks for the review.

[buffalowings]

me like the drying time, thanks for posting this review

[jorgerp1]

me like the drying time, thanks for posting this review

 

 

Yes, the dry time is very good since my Aurora 88 is a nice wet writer.

[PhotoJim]

Reminds me a lot of Private Reserve Shoreline Gold.

[MicheleB]

Looks like it pops off the page and has shading. I like it! Not a big oragne fan and have one orange - Ndlr Habanero but next orange may be this one. Thanks.

[Milan]

I use this very often, love this colour in my MB 144 which is also a very wet writer.

[jorgerp1]

3 days more with this ink using it on the office and it is WONDERFUL !!! I can stop of write with this stuff.

 

I need to show you a pic of this ink at the light of sun

[vikram]

Reminds me a lot of Private Reserve Shoreline Gold.

 

Yes you are right. Caran D'Ache Saffron is more intense and darker than Private Reserve Shoreline Gold. If you want to go for cheaper option then Shoreline Gold is a good choice.

[jgrasty]

This ink is excellent in a pen with a wet noodle. Stunning color variation from light orange to red. I scanned some of my scrawls but the scanner wasn't capable of showing the subtle variations at all.

[GouletPens]

I've found this color to be one of the most challenging to scan or photograph and have it look ANYTHING like it does in person. Good review though, but I think the physical properties of our computer monitors leave out a lot of the characteristics of this ink. It's such a bright and vibrant color, it's really wonderful.

[encremental]

It really is an exquisite colour, and that shading...... there really is nothing else that matches it. You just have to think of C d'A inks as a cheap date, a couple of beers, really - and then you have a month of inky pleasure. This one and Storm are worth every penny IMO.

 

John

[GouletPens]

It really is an exquisite colour, and that shading...... there really is nothing else that matches it. You just have to think of C d'A inks as a cheap date, a couple of beers, really - and then you have a month of inky pleasure. This one and Storm are worth every penny IMO.

 

John

And you get that sexy bottle, too!

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[Gabi]

Well, I'm pretty much sold on this color. Thanks for the stunning review!

[Basset]

I picked up a sample from Pear Tree. Nice color for a few lines. But a whole page? I think I would need to add something to darken it a bit.

 

Also, I would like to compare it to the Persimmon Pilot ink, but evidently samples of those are nowhere to be found.

[Moynihan]

I've found this color to be one of the most challenging to scan or photograph and have it look ANYTHING like it does in person.

 

Yes. I just loaded some into my "new" Merlin 33 (copper color) and it struck me that this ink really does look like its name. I think all scans/pictures I have seen are too red, or too orange. The Swab Shop scan is pretty close though.

[GouletPens]

I've found this color to be one of the most challenging to scan or photograph and have it look ANYTHING like it does in person.

 

Yes. I just loaded some into my "new" Merlin 33 (copper color) and it struck me that this ink really does look like its name. I think all scans/pictures I have seen are too red, or too orange. The Swab Shop scan is pretty close though.

 

Thanks....the Swab Shop swab is pretty close, but this ink was literally the hardest of any of the colors I had to scan. Something about the color was just impossible to get completely right, the computer simply cannot portray the full spectrum of this color! After doing the scan, I did 16 layers of color adjustments on my profiled monitor comparing the swab in natural light to get it to match, and I was about 85% pleased with it. What can I say, trying to view an ink like this on a computer is like putting a square peg in a round hole. It is a STUNNING color in person though!

[lapis]

Price is no real big pain for me here; I prefer one great ink over 3-4 junkies. OTOH Iroshizukus are IMO not quite worth that dough.

CdA is truly awesome, also reminds me of H's Orange Indien. Sure, they're different oranges, but both have a lot of character.

You might also want to look into H's Ambre de Birmandie. Again, different but great!!

 

Mike

[woodworker]

What a great color!! Nice shading!