Jump to content

Parker Penman Sapphire (Photo Heavy!)

attika89

By attika89
in Ink Reviews

 Share

Recommended Posts

mm1624124 Rare

mm1624124

Posted
Posted

It may not be a perfect substitute, but I can get close with Levenger Cobalt mixed with Sailor Jentle Sky High. It has the saturation, the same hue, and the lovely reddish sheen. Yes, I would say it is "moody" as well--with lighting and angles. :bunny01:

 

Plus I love both inks on their own merits. I also get the added bonus of having two blues that can mimic Iroshizuku Tsuyu-kusa with a sheen depending on the ratios.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 36
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • lapis

    4

  • The Good Captain

    4

  • attika89

    4

  • dcwaites

    2

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

papen Mint

papen

Posted
Posted

A great color. Although, I do a little blending to reduce the sheen these saturated blues often exhibit. Having said that, some gravitate to the sheen...

 

Thanks for the review!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Harlequin Collectors Item

Harlequin

Posted
Posted

<snip>

 

PPS changes color depending on the type of light, the time of day, and the angle. None of the others have that.

 

How does Diamine Sargasso Sea compare to Penman Sapphire? Obviously, SS is a little darker, but it sheens quite well from what I've heard/seen.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
XiaoMG Vintage

XiaoMG

Posted
Posted

I've seen quite a frew folks say they can find inks that are similar, but I rarely ever hear anyone say they think another blue surpasses it.

Robert.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JonSzanto Antique

JonSzanto

Posted
Posted

I've seen quite a frew folks say they can find inks that are similar, but I rarely ever hear anyone say they think another blue surpasses it.

 

  1. It is possible that it may never be surpassed.
  2. People don't like to rain on other people's parades.
  3. To "surpass" it would be an entirely subjective judgement, as worthless as any other judgement.
  4. I've used it, but have other blues I prefer, and yet... who cares what I think???
  5. Penman Sapphire was the best blue ink that was ever made in the history of the human race and nothing, I say NOTHING, will ever hold a candle to it, and you should all quit whining, and accept some (bleep)-poor substitute of a blue ink and realize that all of your journals and poems and correspondence are remarkably lame using your puny other blue inks and that is how the world is.

"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick; and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."

~ Benjamin Franklin

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chrissy Museum Piece

Chrissy

Posted
Posted

I have sold my last new bottle of PPS and now only have the PP Emerald left to sell.

 

I haven't missed PPS because I haven't used it for years, although I used to use that colour years ago.

 

IMHO there are plenty of other blue inks around that I'm happy to use instead. I don't really care how they compare to PPS, I don't compare them. I just find a blue that I like and use it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
The Good Captain Donor Pen

The Good Captain

Posted
Posted

IMHO there are plenty of other blue inks around that I'm happy to use instead. I don't really care how they compare to PPS, I don't compare them. I just find a blue that I like and use it.

Well put, in my opinion.

The Good Captain

"Meddler's 'Salamander' - almost as good as the real thing!"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Lloyd Donor Pen

Lloyd

Posted
Posted

Have seen BSB? I'd say it out-glows anything short of U-235.

no other ink glows like Penman Sapphire.

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

Oscar Wilde

Link to comment
Share on other sites
whych Vintage

whych

Posted
Posted

 

 

Have seen BSB? I'd say it out-glows anything short of U-235

The trouble is that the US inks like Noodlers and Private Reserve aren't readily available in Europe and when they are, are more expensive than some of the other top European brands.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lapis Museum Piece

lapis

Posted
Posted

The trouble is that the US inks like Noodlers and Private Reserve aren't readily available in Europe and when they are, are more expensive than some of the other top European brands.

l'll buy that! (no harm meant)... I mean if if Noodlers's and PRs are hard to obtain and expensive at that, then why not opt for Diamine, R&K, Herbin, MB......................

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
The Good Captain Donor Pen

The Good Captain

Posted
Posted

l'll buy that! (no harm meant)... I mean if if Noodlers's and PRs are hard to obtain and expensive at that, then why not opt for Diamine, R&K, Herbin, MB......................

Absolument, mon ami.

The Good Captain

"Meddler's 'Salamander' - almost as good as the real thing!"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Joe in Seattle Antique

Joe in Seattle

Posted
Posted

Really nice review, thanks. This is the first review of this ink that made me wish I had some.

"how do I know what I think until I write it down?"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
georges zaslavsky Museum Piece

georges zaslavsky

Posted
Posted

dcwaites:It appears that the problem with the Penman inks was mostly a combination of the then new Parker Sonnet with Parker Penman Ebony. Ebony had a higher concentration of dyes (as to most black inks, just to get a deep, intense black), and tended to dry out in pens if the caps didn't seal properly.

 

 

My Sonnet was a soon discared lemon, dried up with most any ink in seconds.

 

I don't recall huge troubles with ink the drying up in pens back in the day, but enough of a problem was issued to stop production.

My dealer Mr Mora told me of the numerous pens being clogged because of penman inks that he has stopped selling these inks some months after it was launched.

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 3 months later...
  • 1 month later...
bridgettt Mint

bridgettt

Posted
Posted

I got a bottle of this ink by accident. I won an ebay listing from the UK for a Parker Sonnet and it came in a presentation box with a bottle of Parker Penman Sapphire. I haven't had any issues with the ink. Oddly enough, I was so excited by the ink that I put away the Sonnet and never even used it. Since it was a price I was happy to pay for just a Sonnet, I was delighted to find the unlisted bottle of Sapphire.

"The pen is the tongue of the mind." Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

Thank you.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 3 months later...
Namo Collectors Item

Namo

Posted
Posted

I will past in the comment I made on this topic, on FP Geeks. Saves the typing.

I just see an ink somewhere around Diamine Majestic Blue, Diamine Sargasso Sea, Akkerman Shocking Blue and Sailor Jentle Blue. AND I can get all four for less than the amount that PS is going for these days. A LOT less.[/size]But of course, it's just a matter of personal taste, after all.[/size]

And there you have it.

Thanks for the review! As said in an other post, I just found a bottle of this ink on a small shop in the easter coast of Sicily... Very different from Sailor Jentle blue IMHO, and I paid about 7$ (5€) for a 50ml bottle...:-D

amonjak.com

post-21880-0-68964400-1403173058.jpg

free 70 pages graphic novel. Enjoy!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33558
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26730
    5. jar
      jar
      26101

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...