A Mixture Blue-Black Ink

[dr saleem ali]

In my quest of blue-black inks , I have acquired Parker Quink blue-black (latest formulation ), Pelikan 4001 blue-black (earlier version) ,and Pelikan 4001blue-black (latest version) ,and found none of them satisfactory to my visual appeal , I mean the "exact" blue-black for me. However, Pelikan latest formulation was closer, but not entirely satisfactory. Therefore, I decided to mix parker blue-black (present formulation) 3 equal parts with Parker black (present formulation) 1 part. These were bottled inks, no cartridges. I am presenting my result as a very informal and personal review for comments by fellow FPNers .I may not be the first one to do this. Sorry for my poor camera work.

Edited February 9, 2014 by dr saleem ali

[dr saleem ali]

Here is a close-up photo :

[UDog]

On my monitor it looks similar, if not identical to, Private Reserve Midnight Blue. Beautiful color.

[Bemo]

Hmmm. I was thinking it looks like Diamine blue black. As long as it works for you and your happy. My mixes haven't turned out so well.

[inkstainedruth]

Hmm. I've read that current formulation Quink Blue-Black is basically the same as Waterman Mysterious Blue. Maybe I should try mixing WMB and Quink Black and see what happens. (Those two inks are my go-to tester inks for vintage pens for the most part).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dan in montreal]

That 3 to 1 mix is also my preferred BB!

I alternate between the Quink recipe and 4:1 Waterman Florida Blue and Waterman black (which is a little more purple).

The Waterman BB + Waterman Black (3 to 1) yields about the same result as the Quink mixture.

[lapis]

Although Waterman changed the name Blue-Black to Mysterious Blue, the formulation remained unchanged. Also, IYAM, that ink is the same as Parker's Quink Blue-Black. Worse off, both are IMO not really blue-black but more of a turquoise-grey. Thus, adding more black is logical and helpful, but the green remains.

 

Mike