An Interesting Ink For Use On Blue Paper?

[indigirl]

Just wait until you see Indigirl's handwriting -- it's so beautiful.

 

At this rate I'll be shamed into improving my own handwriting.

 

Fear not, I didn't have as much time as I would've liked for this little project, so it's mostly just scrawled & scribbled... nothing to write home about, so to speak... & anyways jbb's writing & esp. her flourishes are the mostest!

[The Kid Line]

The Noodler's Saugaro Wine looks even beter in person. On the paper it is stunning.

[The Kid Line]

All mailed out samples have been received (just waiting on a kind soul in the UK who is kindly providing their own sample!) and scans should hopefully be posted in the next week or so.

[The Kid Line]

The results are in! (even if the scans are not :embarrassed_smile: )

 

With the kindness and generosity of jbb, indigirl, StyloBug33, Mr Wote and welfvet I have been able to find inks that are perfect matches for the Bond Street Blue paper; as well as a few runners up that are going to become part of my collection soon enough.

 

Coming in at a close third, is a surprise for me. . . Noodler's Luxury Blue. Definitely entering my collection soon.

 

In second place and one of the one the inks to be presented to my wife, is J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir.

 

And the winner, and quite the surprise, is Diamine Light Green. I never expected a green to look so good on blue. However, I cannot find Light Green anywhere in town, so the closet (and an almost exact match) is J. Herbin Vert Pre.

 

ETA: My deepest and most sincere apologies for my egregious oversight of rogerb's contribution to my search.

Edited September 12, 2010 by The Kid Line

[jbb]

Diamine Light Green is a beautiful color but it is surprising that it ended up the best one on blue paper.

[rogerb]

Hey, so what was my reply #16, chopped liver ???

21 different inks, on the real SBSB, and not even an acknowledgement ...

 

I realise the writing wasn't as pretty as some, but....

Edited September 13, 2010 by rogerb

[The Kid Line]

I'm sorry roger, I posted this while at work and foolishly was looking only at the the items I had in front of me, rather than looking back through this entire thread. My original post has been edited to correct my glaring oversight.

[rogerb]

S'all right ....as long as you find something appropriate

 

"Egregious" seems to be a fashionable word .... pity that most of us probably don't know what it means (or didn't until we looked it up)

Edited September 12, 2010 by rogerb

[pen2paper]

<--knows what "egregioius" means

 

the l r mauve was outstanding on the blue,

not chopped liver, wondered which ink in your special red pen?

 

also wondering if the gold at the top of jbb's page was her special metallic mix? or something new? it's also a standout.

love the flourishes, as always jbb!

 

R, a-ok that your strong hand is not fourishy; )

 

edited to add *egregious

Edited September 12, 2010 by pen2paper

[jbb]

...also wondering if the gold at the top of jbb's page was her special metallic mix? or something new?

 

It's my metallic, homebrew ink.

[rogerb]

Well, I sure as heck don't know 'fourishy', p2p

 

And yes, I do like La Reine Mauve a lot .... use it for addressing letters & PCs(it's my only BP ink) ..and it works on Smythson's Nile Blue!

 

It would probably have been '1670' in my SRP

Edited September 12, 2010 by rogerb

[The Kid Line]

Diamine Light Green is a beautiful color but it is surprising that it ended up the best one on blue paper.

 

I was surprised as well, but my informal straw poll at work showed that colour to be the overwhelming favourite.

 

I also took quite a shine to Levenger's Fireball.

 

Hopefully, I will be able to turn up a bottle at the Toronto Pen show.

[rogerb]

duplicate post, sorry ....seems to be a delay in its going through :embarrassed_smile:

Edited September 13, 2010 by rogerb

[rogerb]

I, too, am surprised ...it's a very personal thing, but I found the greens rather garish, especially the light ones.

 

The purples, to my eyes, look much more 'distinguished'.

 

Is it to be a surprise gift or could you ask the lady's opinion?

 

I had a wife and 3 daighters and have never tried to guess their preferences regarding colour combinations .....just "You look great, dear"!

[indigirl]

And the winner, and quite the surprise, is Diamine Light Green.

 

w00t! It always makes me happy when people appreciate the oft-misunderstood green inks I happen to have my favorite pen inked up w/ that color right now.

 

I'm so glad to hear of the results; having participated in the ink sampling I feel somewhat invested in this whole endeavor... now eagerly awaiting pix of the assembled gift!

[Mr.Wote]

Glad to help.

 

That light green looks very nice. Does it darken a bit on the blue paper?

[rogerb]

Please don't misunderstand me, I really like greens, especially Diamine Kelly, Woodland and Delamere.

 

I just don't think they go well with blue paper ... but I am happy for you if you do

[indigirl]

Please don't misunderstand me, I really like greens, especially Diamine Kelly, Woodland and Delamere.

 

I just don't think they go well with blue paper ... but I am happy for you if you do

 

 

I probably shouldn't have said "misunderstood" -- "under-appreciated" is more what I meant. Recognizing of course that color preferences are highly variable & individual. I can get sorta overenthusiastic in my green evangelism :embarrassed_smile:

[KCat]

Please don't misunderstand me, I really like greens, especially Diamine Kelly, Woodland and Delamere.

 

I just don't think they go well with blue paper ... but I am happy for you if you do

 

I've done it. I confess. I used Penman Emerald almost exclusively for a while and I had that lovely old Crane Airmail paper in blue and the combination was lovely. I can't really picture a light green working but hey, whatever floats your boat. Woodland would probably work since it's a medium-to-dark green.

 

Not that I'm trying to talk you into anything that might hurt your inky sensibilities, roger.

[The Kid Line]

Please don't misunderstand me, I really like greens, especially Diamine Kelly, Woodland and Delamere.

 

I just don't think they go well with blue paper ... but I am happy for you if you do

 

There were some other greens that I saw that just didn't do the trick at all. I'm not sure what it is about that particular shade that tickles me in just the right way. I'm wondering if, because the green is closer to yellow than blue, if that plays off the blue of the paper in someway.