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I just tried it today and wrote two pages in my tiny writing. I really really like it. I think I'm going to spring for the larger bottle once I'm done!

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I have a feeling this one will be in regular rotation. Sample arrived yesterday, pen inked up this morning. Typically user-friendly Diamine performance, unusual color - just what I'm seeking (too many blue/purple/berry/turquoise tones. I'm in a color rut.). Subtle enough to use in work and other 'serious' settings, but different enough to feel like a treat to use. Yes, a bottle is in my immediate future. :)

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My sample came yesterday and so far I have put it in two pens simultaneously, which I *never* do. First was a nice wet medium but then I had to see it in a broad, so... I really like it so far.

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I am finding considerable bleed through on copy paper when coming from a very wet nib however. I didn't manage to get it to bleed through Rhodia. My Onoto Magna 261 is set for high flow and the shading is pretty amazing.

 

I hope to get my review up in a day or so - just waiting for my water test page to dry and flatten.

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I am finding considerable bleed through on copy paper when coming from a very wet nib however. I didn't manage to get it to bleed through Rhodia. My Onoto Magna 261 is set for high flow and the shading is pretty amazing.

 

I hope to get my review up in a day or so - just waiting for my water test page to dry and flatten.

I didn't include 'copy' or basic paper in any of my comments; simply because I don't use this ink on those papers. If people find that Salamander causes a problem with their favourite papers; well that's just the way of things.

It didn't bleed on my Rhodia paper either. Doesn't in my Leuchtturm books and on almost all of the other stuff I use.

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

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It is a tricksy devil to scan... even with my calibrated scanner it still looks greener on the paper than in the scan. Ah well, it writes nicely.

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That's exactly the point of ink, isn't it? What it looks like on paper, to the writer. How it scans or appears after that process is relatively irrelevant.

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

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I just received a sample of this ink from Goulet Pens. It's a very nice ink, but when I tested it against Noodler's El Lawrence, they appeared to be identical. I'll have to post the results.

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I just received a sample of this ink from Goulet Pens. It's a very nice ink, but when I tested it against Noodler's El Lawrence, they appeared to be identical. I'll have to post the results.

That might be the case, in that they look the same I look forward to the scans.

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I have PR Ebony Green & Sailor's Epinard. This Salamandar seems lighter than Ebony & darker

than Sailor's Epinard.

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Anyone else think this ink looks quite similar to the MB Jonathan Swift?? Maybe a tad browner..

 

Great Review!!

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Does anyone know how this compares to Noodler's Zhivago or Noodler's El Lawrence in terms of hue (big fan of murky inks here :D)? I know those two are a lot darker, but I use Zhivago diluted 50%, and it looks strikingly like the writing samples posted on this forum. It would be great if it looked more like El Lawrence, since I can't get that here in the EU :(

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A small update: I've purchased this ink some 2 months ago, and it quickly became an everyday carry; it's well behaved, business appropriate and very interesting as a color. A tad yellower than Zhivago and greener than El Lawrence, a truly great ink from Diamine!

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