Noodler's Navajo Turquoise

[KCat]

Boy - some folks have really had fun with new inks haven't they!

[TheNobleSavage]

Same here, I had these pages laying around and I have been too lazy to scan them in. Now it is all at once!!!

[georgem]

Interesting about WM South Seas Blue and Noodler's Navajo Turquoise. They are very similar, but....

 

I've found that if WM South Seas Blue has evaporated from the nib, it will write very dark, approaching a blue-black in shade until the residual ink in the nib and feed has been used and replaced with a new supply from the converter. I can look at a page written with this ink that starts out dark, and gradually lightens to the "normal" shade of South Seas Blue. Then, If I'm interrupted, or my brain goes on strike for a while and I'm holding the pen, uncapped for several moments, the dark shading starts all over again.

 

Navajo Turquoise is similar in hue, perhaps a bit more saturated, but writes the same color, regardless of the length of time that I put the pen aside, uncapped.

 

Right now, I'm using Navajo Turquoise in a Sheaffer Triumph; my wife is using it in her Core Rexor.

 

I like 'em both and don't know if I would want to choose between them.

[Leslie J.]

Fun with inks day, yay! I'm surprised that this is such a clear and saturated looking blue. It looks a bit more saturated than WMSS, a bit darker but in the same colour range definitely. I like your handwriting too, you have some flair. I know, I know, it is my number one complaint about my handwriting: boring. zzzzzz...

[wimg]

Hi George,

 

I've found that if WM South Seas Blue has evaporated from the nib, it will write very dark, approaching a blue-black in shade until the residual ink in the nib and feed has been used and replaced with a new supply from the converter. I can look at a page written with this ink that starts out dark, and gradually lightens to the "normal" shade of South Seas Blue.

 

Is this something you noticed in all pens you have used this in? Or a specific brand?

 

I use mine in an OB nibbed Waterman Gentleman, and occasionally in other pens, but I have never noticed this myself. And because of its nib, which isn't really suitable for general writing, it is really broad, it goes unused occasionally for several weeks. It always just writes if it was a few minutes ago I put it away, and the colour is always fine.

 

What I did notice, and that is one of the reasons I like it so much with this pen, is shading. A thick wet line clearly looks different than does a fast written thinner line. Lovely colour indeed.

 

Kind regards, Wim

[emrecan]

Hey i cant see the image of this review?Anybody have its sample?

 

thanks

 

Emrecan

[Viseguy]

No image visible here, either.

[wimg]

Hi George,

I've found that if WM South Seas Blue has evaporated from the nib, it will write very dark, approaching a blue-black in shade until the residual ink in the nib and feed has been used and replaced with a new supply from the converter. I can look at a page written with this ink that starts out dark, and gradually lightens to the "normal" shade of South Seas Blue. Then, If I'm interrupted, or my brain goes on strike for a while and I'm holding the pen, uncapped for several moments, the dark shading starts all over again.

I've noted the same thing now, with another pen. But it has to stay unused for several days before this effect shows. I guess it is a function of the speed with which the feed dries out, when unused.

 

Warm regards, Wim

[wimg]

Oh, the image is back...Great! Thanks Roy!

 

Warm regards, Wim

[emrecan]

Yeah,Thanks a lot Roy and wimg

[krz]

For Artsy folks, this shade of Blue makes a very good Cyan for 4 color process or mixing.

 

All the best,

[mikeyp]

You know what this ink reminded me of? Sheaffer peacock blue :bunny1: That was my perfered ink when I tryied to start caligraphy. I had several sets of the Sheaffer pens. But kids at school swiped alot of my ink on me

[Slush99]

But kids at school swiped alot of my ink on me

Why? Thought your ink was wonderful? Beautiful color? That wasn't nice though.

[mikeyp]

No, they just took it on me.

[Slush99]

What do you think they do with it? jealous maybe? Was it in cartridge by the way?

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

Nice ink, I have used Sheaffer Turquoise and Pelikan Turquoise.

 

By the way, Way to go! Mikeyp!. People fill their pens from my desk drawer ink wells. (There is no way to keep 30 bottles to yourself!)

 

Dillon

[mikeyp]

These were all in Sheaffer cartriges. I dont care really, its just they were mine.

[emrecan]

Hi Dillon,

How is the Sheaffer Turquoise compared to the Pelikan Turquoise?Which have a better flow and lubricating?I like free flowing inks and wet pens.

 

Take Care

Emrecan

[Lloyd]

How does the MB turquoise compare to the Noodler's? I have the MB and find it too light. The screen image of Noodler's looks quite nice. I'm looking for a bold yet lighter color ink for my fine VP as darker colors that are drawn thin look too dark to me.

[RichardS]

Hi Emrecan, Lloyd. I can answer half of each of your questions

 

Emrecan, I don't know about Pelikan Turquoise, but I found the Sheaffer version extremely wet and free-flowing. This is the new Slovenian ink, BTW.

 

Lloyd, I don't know about Montblanc, but Noodler's Navajo is a rich turquoise, that in some pens can go extremely dark after a few weeks. So much so, that my theory is that it's simply Ottoman Azure with added water! I compared it in my old Conway Stewart 55 (where it had been sitting for a week or two) with Ottoman Azure in a Laban Celebration, and the colours were virtually identical. I'll post to show what I mean sometime if I can get round to scanning some samples ...