Sepia Inks - Multi Ink Review

[Bo Bo Olson]

I never thought of Sepia as a 'red' ink or a high maintenance one...but depends on who makes it to how saturated it is.

 

Herbin would be less saturated.

 

 

I had it in my head eventually to do 15 nibs, 15 inks and 15 different manufactures papers. I'll probably only end up with types some from the same manufacture.

 

I do want to have an idea what paper will do to a nib and ink combo.

I've been talking about this for a while.

 

It don't look like I'll be able to do the best of the papers as once planned.

How ever I do have enough papers to not to need to use the worst papers.

 

I'll be doing ESSR and 17 pens and 50 papers. 1/3 of the papers are only two sheets. 1/3 are not quite as good as I hoped with I grabbed anything that looked like fountain pen paper.

And it only took two years from the time I had the to I get around to doing it.

 

But I'm only writing the Name of the Pen and width and two Let it Be's. one light and one harder,

L et i t B e

The more flexible nibs get a few fancy letters.

Edited November 30, 2011 by Bo Bo Olson

[tinta]

Sounds like a neat project, Bo Bo.

 

"Let it Be"...............hm, the Beetles?

[dcpritch]

Do they tend to clog more readily?

Are the sepia colours generally higher maintenance inks?

 

I haven't had any clogging problems, but then none of the inks have been in my pens for longer than a couple of days due to the nature of this comparison test. Cleaning is another matter. I found the Noodler's Seminole Sepia and Grizzly to leave a very fine film on the underside of the nibs that needed to be wiped off during the cleaning process. With those two exceptions (and the issue was very minor), the other inks in the comparison have been very well behaved, and I am already planning a couple of acquisitions.

[Bo Bo Olson]

L et i t B e

 

L and S are my fancy letters, and the capital B gives me a fancy letter along with the swing of the e for shading.

 

I don't know it it was the Beatles, I was not a fan of theirs. Could be some of their stuff stuck in your head, like Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

 

I went from hating Elvis (he ruined a movie I went to when I was seven/eight in @ '56...no one wiggled their hips in the civil war)... to liking him when the Beatles came in; he could at least sing.

.... I went from Beach Boys to Stones to Dead (Jerry Garcia was an incredibly talented man.) to Tull...stayed a Tull fan.

I know when my wedding anniversary is, they had a Tull concert that day...and I missed it.

 

I just ordered MB Sepia from Buy now, for €16.95 and no postage. So it only costs '1/3' more than it would have had I bought it back in the when.

I now have 1 and 1/2 bottles of MB Sepia Ink. I should be good for the decade.

 

I've been on a ink splurge this last two weeks.

 

I'm done for the year.

Edited November 30, 2011 by Bo Bo Olson

[lapis]

Montblanc Toffee Brown - is this the right MB ink, or is it really a brown?

Before MB sold Toffee Brown, they sold MB Sepia.

I'm not trying to contradict Lloyd, I'm just saying that that is no helpful tip.... (No harm meant.)

... Before MB sold Irish Green, they sold Racing Green....

... Ditto Lavender versus Violet....

... Ditto Burgundy versus Bordeaux.... none of these newbies is a reincarnation of the oldie. I.e. Toffee brown is by no means a Sepia, and it wasn't intended to be a replacement, either.

 

Mike

[Bo Bo Olson]

Lavender versus Violet....I heard they were the same...so I didn't buy any on Ebay...when I can get it cheaper in the B&M.

I don't know not having either.

 

I'm slowly getting smart in my old age; buying discontinued inks...like I should have done with Racing Green.

Edited November 30, 2011 by Bo Bo Olson

[lapis]

Just for the heck of it...

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/peli46/SwabsofMBsoldiesandnewbies.jpg

The colours on my monitior are as close to the real McCoy as I could imagine.

To my eyes, Violet is darker and at the same time redder than Lavender.

 

Mike

[Bo Bo Olson]

Thanks Mike,

As soon as the Easter bunny brings the goose that lays golden eggs, I'll be getting some of the Old Violet.

 

Though my Sepia is a different tone than yours. I don't do swabs.

[tinta]

Bo Bo, is that Jethro with the flute.......?

[Uncle Red]

No, it's Ian Anderson on the flute. The band pulled the name out of a book, he'd invented so agricultural machinery in the 19th century. Great, now I have Jack in the Green in my head. Well, it could be worse.

[tinta]

Well, I guess I've been bamboozled all these years re Tull. Thanks for the clarification.

[Lloyd]

Montblanc Toffee Brown - is this the right MB ink, or is it really a brown?

Before MB sold Toffee Brown, they sold MB Sepia.

I'm not trying to contradict Lloyd, I'm just saying that that is no helpful tip.... (No harm meant.)

... Before MB sold Irish Green, they sold Racing Green....

... Ditto Lavender versus Violet....

... Ditto Burgundy versus Bordeaux.... none of these newbies is a reincarnation of the oldie. I.e. Toffee brown is by no means a Sepia, and it wasn't intended to be a replacement, either.

 

Mike

I was just pointing out the existence of a recently discontinued "Sepia" to test. I didn't think Lavender, Violet, Racing Green, Irish Green, etc. should be tested but an ink labelled "Sepia" might be an ink the OP might have been interested in.

[dcpritch]

... an ink labelled "Sepia" might be an ink the OP might have been interested in.

 

Was, and is, interested. I got a sample of MB Sepia and it's in the review. Only six inks left to do.

[Avetikus]

Six! Cool.

[dcpritch]

The Sepia Toned Ink Comparison is finally ready. See Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. Thanks to all who contributed to this thread with suggestions, advice, ink samples, and motivation. You guys are great!

 

DAVID

[SamCapote]

Just saw this was done. This is the ultimate review I have seen to date.