De Atramentis Atlantic Blue

[Mafia Geek]

Here's my review of De Atramentis Atlantic Blue ink. This is a really nice shade of blue-black, almost a denim colour. It dries really fast, under 5 seconds, and has some pretty good water resistance, which is pretty rare combination. The shading is also pretty nice, a definite contender for daily use, that's for sure. It's fairly easy to clean from the pen using just water, which is nice, and holds up against a highlighter pretty well. If you're looking for a good blue-black ink for daily use that's low maintenance and don't really want to have to worry about drying time etc, I'd certainly give this ink a try, very nice.

 

 

Here's the water resistance test. For this I wrote on a small Rhodia pad and left it to dry for a few minutes. I think soaked it in warm water for a few minutes. Some ink ran, but still very easily read.

 

[georges zaslavsky]

looks close to waterman blue black but with a better water resistance. very nice ink thanks for sharing

[lancecreeks]

Thanks for the review, bumped this up on my "to-buy" list. Any idea on how it looks on creamy paper e.g. would there be a purplish hint?

[Mafia Geek]

Thanks for the review, bumped this up on my "to-buy" list. Any idea on how it looks on creamy paper e.g. would there be a purplish hint?

 

Unfortunately I can't speak to how it looks on creamy paper, haven't used any myself. It might have a VERY faint purplish tint, but I would be hard pressed to see it I think. It really is a well behaved ink, if I used blue-black inks more I think I'd go for this one (more of a turquoise or bright blue fan outside of black personally).

 

For the price of the ink I don't think you'll be too disappointed, it's on the cheaper side I believe.