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Looks like a great color and I do like how Diamine inks perform in my pens. I currently have Presidential Blue and Violet and like them both a great deal. I just ordered some 30 ml bottles and wish I had included this one. I already own six different blues so I thought I'd try some other Diamine colors (Monaco red, Delamere Green, Sherwood Forest, and Amazing Amethyst). I'll start the list for the next order!

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I like it is a deeper darker blue than either Omas or Visconti. It's very saturated and intense. I've been using it in a Pelikan 800 and an Omas 360 Celluloid has some of the properties that Parker Penman did and is really a deep blue. The caution though about the slow nature is fair. It's slow at times in both pens I've used it in and I expect some of that as saturated as it is. The drying isn't enough to stop me from using it, but I do think it will make me change it more frequently and flush and clean. Great color, but I do think the caution is fair, not as free flowing as some of the lighter colors like Omas, Herbin, or Visconti in my experience.

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I also like this ink a lot!

 

I got it in the hopes of finding a really dark blue - but not black/blue, which is more black than any other colour in my opinion!

 

 

Thank you for the scans! Looks great!! :thumbup:

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I've been enjoying my new bottle. The color is remarkable. It does dry in the nib pretty quickly though so I have think quickly and keep that pen moving.

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Greetings maschuu,

 

Thank you for reviewing this ink; I recently received a sample of it and it is quite tempting. However, have you noticed a metallic red tint around the edges of the letters when you use a broad nib? Has anyone else had this problem, I read through this post and nobody else mentioned it; I'm wondering if I maybe got a sample from a "bum batch" or something???

 

BTW, I only had the problem with the broader nibs; with fine to medium nibs, you don't notice it.

 

All the best,

 

Sean :)

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I have this one, too. It is aptly named. Nice review!

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...have you noticed a metallic red tint around the edges of the letters when you use a broad nib? Has anyone else had this problem, I read through this post and nobody else mentioned it; I'm wondering if I maybe got a sample from a "bum batch" or something???...

Sean :)

 

Not in this thread, but in many other threads about this ink, people have mentioned that characteristic red sheen where this ink sits very saturated on the paper. It is a surface effect which some other saturated true blues like Sailor Blue or Private Reserve Electric DC Blue display. It is a feature, not a problem.

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...have you noticed a metallic red tint around the edges of the letters when you use a broad nib? Has anyone else had this problem, I read through this post and nobody else mentioned it; I'm wondering if I maybe got a sample from a "bum batch" or something???...

Sean :)

 

Not in this thread, but in many other threads about this ink, people have mentioned that characteristic red sheen where this ink sits very saturated on the paper. It is a surface effect which some other saturated true blues like Sailor Blue or Private Reserve Electric DC Blue display. It is a feature, not a problem.

 

Greetings Saintimon,

 

OKAY, thanks. I think I'll bring out my sample and mess around with it with it some more.

 

All the best,

 

Sean :)

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"Every one therefore that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father Who is in Heaven." - MT. 10:32

"Any society that will give up liberty to gain security deserves neither and will lose both." - Ben Franklin

Thank you Our Lady of Prompt Succor & St. Jude.

 

 

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HenryLouis did some great pictures showing that red sheen but I'm not finding the thread. Perhaps someone else will have better luck.

I came here for the pictures and stayed for the conversation.

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I dont see the red in my sample, but this one has become my default blue. It keeps a nice dark cobalt blue color after it is dry, something very rare in water soluble dyes.

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Majestic Blue is not too dissimilar to Penman Sapphire in many ways. Apart from Visconti Blue, Majestic (with just a touch of added water) will be what I use when not using my dwindling supply of Penman Sapphire. I generally like ink to be pretty intense most of the time.

 

The Majestic has a hint of purple and a red sheen from very wet writers (hence the slight dilution to avoid this) whereas I find PS to be a purer blue blue. But Diamine majestic Blue is, well, ... majestic.

 

Chris

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Just don't get WES Imperial Blue by mistake (it was a Writing Equipment Society special). Some might like it but I think it is horrible; although it looks quite interesting as you write, being a sort of violet/purple/blue, for me it dries to a pale, watery and characterless boring blue - the only Diamine ink I really don't like.

 

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Just don't get WES Imperial Blue by mistake (it was a Writing Equipment Society special). Some might like it but I think it is horrible; although it looks quite interesting as you write, being a sort of violet/purple/blue, for me it dries to a pale, watery and characterless boring blue - the only Diamine ink I really don't like.

 

Chris

 

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Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like imperial blue. In fact Majestic Blue is what I would have expected Inperial Blue to look like.

 

Chris B.

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This is one of my favorite inks. Too saturated to shade, but I love the deep rich color and I especially love the red sheen which makes it quite unique for me. Best in a med wet writer.

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