Wet Flowing, Lubricated Purple/violet?

[randomthinks]

Private Reserve Tanzanite flows freely.

There's a reason it is called "Fountain Pen Ex Lax". . But seriously, I LOVE this ink.

[dead_brackets]

I prefer Levenger Amethyst for a smooth-flowing, wet purple ink. I've got Sheaffer Skrip Violet and Caran d'Ache Ultraviolet on my desk, and several purple samples. For my money, nothing touches the Levenger ink. I'll try and post a sample of the color / ink for you guys later today, after I create one that's legible.

[CaptainBA]

My two favorite purple inks right now are Noodler's La Couleur Royale and North African Violet

[Bo Bo Olson]

FayeV,

I am in Germany, so we may be a bit ahead of the rest of the world in delivery.

[dead_brackets]

Here is a link to the Levenger Amethyst ink sample.

[Dottie]

Thanks, Amberleadavis! I inked a dry writer, a Lamy Safari with an italic nib, with Noodler's Purple and you are right - it is a lovely purple color and wet, helping out the pen.

[amberleadavis]

Glad to be of inky help.

[Runnin_Ute]

dead_brackets - I knew I should have picked up a bottle of Amethyst when I grabbed Pomegranate! (not that Pomegranate was a bad choice)

[torstar]

There's a reason it is called "Fountain Pen Ex Lax". . But seriously, I LOVE this ink.

 

Make sure you keep the Tanaznite filled pen stored with the nib up.

 

Or is it down?

 

Oh no... here come the warms jets...

[amberleadavis]

dead_brackets - I knew I should have picked up a bottle of Amethyst when I grabbed Pomegranate! (not that Pomegranate was a bad choice)

 

 

Hey, want to do some trading - I can send you some Amethyst and you can send me some Pomegranate.

[Green Ink]

Kinda new here. Would someone kindly explain to me the difference between "wet" and "lubricated"?

 

Huge thanks!

[amberleadavis]

We do have an inky TOD around here to explain some of the vocabulary.

 

Wet is wet writing pen.... ink just flows out of it.

 

Lubricated means that it is lubricating the pen parts.

 

Alas, since many of the same inky ingredients which make an ink wetter, are the same ingredients which make an ink lubricating, the terms are often mistakenly used as synonyms. Alas, you can have a pen which is a wet writer but is not a lubricating ink.

[Green Ink]

THANK YOU Amber!

[amberleadavis]

It took me years to figure it out, I should have asked sooner.

[MarneM]

 

I enjoy PR Tanzanite a great deal. It is probably the best-flowing ink I have. I have it dedicated to a Monteverde pen with a fine stub nib, courtesy of Pendleton Brown, and it's great. Pic included for reference.

 

 

[Dutchess]

PR Tanzanite +1

[ekmoore]

I just inked up my EF TWSBI 580 with a sample of Sailor Shigure, and even *upside down* the nib is writing almost like a M. This ink is crazy wet for me. Other inks behave nothing like this .

[welch]

Private Reserve Tanzanite flows freely.

 

PR Tanzanite is the wettest ink I've found. Handy, also, in a 1:3 mix with PR Electric Blue (deep blue with purple tones). I use that as a foundation; fill half an empty bottle, then add whatever dtrikes my fancy...American Blue, DC Supershow Blue, almost anything else.

[Mari1013]

I second Waterman Purple for its snappy color and nice flow, but offer a caveat: use it only in dark pens, preferably metal, unless you like a light-purple cast on your white or cream pens.