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I thought this was supposed to be the same as Waterman's previous blue-black, but I have both inks, and the Mysterious is nothing like the blue-black. Mysterious is quite pale, by comparison. Neither as blue nor as black as the old stuff.

 

DId I just get an anomalous bottle of the Mysterious?

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I don't know about the old blue-black, but there's no way I'd classify Mysterious Blue as blue-black. It's fairly light, as you say, and there's no hint of blackness.

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If I am not mistaken, Waterman Mysterious Blue is the same thing as Parker Blue-Black, which I would consider to be an off-teal instead of a Blue-black. If you try mixing it 5:1 with Waterman Intense Black or Parker Black, It ends up being a much more pleasant color and doesn't look so washed out when it dries.

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My old Waterman and Parker "Blue-Blacks" look exactly the same; no blue-black, but instead a washed out "turquoise-grey".

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/peli46/5Blue-Blacks_2.jpg

Never did like those two bummers.

 

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On the paper thread, I used Waterman Mysterios blue on over a hundred papers...that should let you see the color.

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

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Lindoula NOS (New Old Stock)

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Just replying back to say that my Mysterious Blue is truly mysterious. I just started using it again after a month, and it's not the same color anymore. I keep it in a cool, dark place, so I don't think it's been damaged, but there's a definite difference. It's much darker and more blue (whereas before it had a decidedly green tint to it). Maybe I didn't shake the bottle enough the last time? Weird.

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It does seem to change color.

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

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Waterman Mysterious Blue is one of the most pen- and paper-dependent inks I've ever run across. I was using it this evening in a recently restored Sheaffer Snorkel, M nib, on one of the neat pads that has pictures of pens at the top (I got mine at OPS from Brian Anderson's table, IIRC, and it has the picture of an Emerald Pearl Vac on it). On that paper it is almost green -- to the point that someone thought it WAS a green ink (nope -- filled right from the bottle a day or two ago). In a Parker Vac with an F nib, it's darker and more blue-black (but still teal-ish).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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I thought about that, but my observed color differences were on pages all from the same pad of paper. I don't mind the color change, it's just unexpected. If I were using it for something where the color needed to be consistent, it would matter, but I just use it for jotting notes.

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Waterman Mysterious Blue is one of the most pen- and paper-dependent inks I've ever run across.

 

 

:D I'm most happy to read you think so. I've noticed this is as well, and this is why Mysterious Blue is my favorite ink of the few I've tried.

My pens: Penny the Penmanship, Dot the Metropolitan, Pallas the Parallel, Neoma the High Ace Neo, Petra the Petit1, Calliope the Kakuno (Also, a Sheaffer No-Nonsense)

My bottles of ink: Sailor Epinard & Ultramarine; Mysterious Blue (Wishlist: Oku Yama)

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Waterman Mysterious Blue is one of the most pen- and paper-dependent inks I've ever run across.

 

That's what makes it the Fun Ink. Feel like a surprise? Try it in a new pen or paper, sit back and see what happens!

"I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original." - Franz Joseph Haydn 1732 - 1809
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If you want to see a crazy comparison, I wrote on MANY different papers with Mysterious Blue.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/273959-informal-review-papers-lots-of-different-papers-compared/

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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That's what makes it the Fun Ink. Feel like a surprise? Try it in a new pen or paper, sit back and see what happens!

 

 

No kidding. I was just trying it out on Stillman & Birn Zeta paper with two different Dip Nibs (Brause Blue Pumpkin & Mitchell Round Hand #4 )...Definitely explained the name. :D

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