Inky T O D - Color Swatches - Blue - Please Post Your Pictures And Tell Us Your Thoughts

[HalloweenHJB]

Playing with two super-sheeners in blue:  Krishna Moonview and Birmingham Angelfish:

 

 

Cheers,

 

HalloweenHJB

 

 

[amberleadavis]

On 2/17/2023 at 8:30 AM, HalloweenHJB said:

Playing with two super-sheeners in blue:  Krishna Moonview and Birmingham Angelfish:

 

 

Cheers,

 

HalloweenHJB

 

 

 

Oh, I'm going to have to look at my Angel Fish again.  I didn't think it was dry. I love the color.

[HalloweenHJB]

On 3/19/2023 at 12:08 AM, amberleadavis said:

 

Oh, I'm going to have to look at my Angel Fish again.  I didn't think it was dry. I love the color.

 

It may be the pen more than the ink.  I'll have to try it out in a different one and check the flow.

[essayfaire]

@amberleadavisYou once sent me a CRV with Angelfish and I don't recall you saying anything about it being dry.  Seemed like a lovely and vibrant ink.

[amberleadavis]

15 minutes ago, HalloweenHJB said:

 

It may be the pen more than the ink.  I'll have to try it out in a different one and check the flow.

 

I loaded it up now. It is not as wet the other Sailor ink, but it is not bothering me.

[amberleadavis]

3 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

@amberleadavisYou once sent me a CRV with Angelfish and I don't recall you saying anything about it being dry.  Seemed like a lovely and vibrant ink.

 

I hate dry inks so much that I would absolutely have mentioned it!

[essayfaire]

3 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

I hate dry inks so much that I would absolutely have mentioned it!

That's what I thought!

[boilermaker1975]

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread and especially to @amberleadavis for starting it.

 

I have dedicated an inexpensive FP, a Retro 51 Corsair ($72), to using Baystate Blue. So far, I have had no issues with Baystate Blue. But I don’t want to risk putting Baystate Blue in a more expensive pen. This thread has given me some suggestions as I am looking for an ink that is similar in color to Baystate Blue but hopefully safe with putting in any pen.

[boilermaker1975]

On 7/27/2021 at 8:06 PM, amberleadavis said:

 

Diamine Sargasso Sea and Diamine Bilberry are both super saturated and great for mixing.

 

I read a review that said Sargasso Sea had an unpleasant odor. Has anyone else had that experience?

[Penguincollector]

  When I get to my studio I will smell it and let you know. I will also check my swatch book for a better behaved alternative to BSB. 

 

5 hours ago, boilermaker1975 said:

 

I read a review that said Sargasso Sea had an unpleasant odor. Has anyone else had that experience?

[boilermaker1975]

@Penguincollector Thanks! Much appreciated!

[A Smug Dill]

7 hours ago, boilermaker1975 said:

I read a review that said Sargasso Sea had an unpleasant odor. Has anyone else had that experience?

 

Well, it couldn't have been my ink review that you read or are referring to, since I didn't produce one for Diamine Sargasso Sea; but I'm the one who would often mention in online forums that my bottle smelled so strongly of toxic blue-green algae that it made me feel physically ill, and when that smell managed to infuse one of my Moonman 800 pen's grip section material that no amount of treatment I tried in desperation could eliminate it, I ended up having to toss the pen out.

[ErrantSmudge]

20 hours ago, boilermaker1975 said:

 This thread has given me some suggestions as I am looking for an ink that is similar in color to Baystate Blue but hopefully safe with putting in any pen.

 

The search for a Baystate Blue doppleganger has always been a difficult one.  There have been several discussion threads on just this topic, so it's worth doing a search to read them for suggestions.  But the short answer is that there is no other ink that shares Baystate Blue's unique vibrancy; it's in a class by itself.

[boilermaker1975]

@ErrantSmudge I have read through this thread and several others. I realize I won't find a doppelgänger. But hopefully a great blue to try in a more expensive pen.

[Penguincollector]

  @boilermaker1975, my Sargasso Sea smells phenolic. Some people like that smell, and others find it unpleasant. It smells like school to me. A similar color to BSB, but it doesn’t have as much of that glow (I don’t know how else to describe it) is Monteverde Emotions Collection Confidence Blue. 

[boilermaker1975]

5 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  @boilermaker1975, my Sargasso Sea smells phenolic. Some people like that smell, and others find it unpleasant. It smells like school to me. A similar color to BSB, but it doesn’t have as much of that glow (I don’t know how else to describe it) is Monteverde Emotions Collection Confidence Blue. 

 

Thanks @Penguincollector, looking at hundreds of blues this past weekend, Sargasso Sea is one of the few that caught my attention. I don't mind the phenolic smell. So I will probably try it. 

 

Searching, I had missed Confidence Blue, so I will look at it.

 

Have the Monteverde inks been well-behaved for you? No pen problems?

 

TIA

[Penguincollector]

3 hours ago, boilermaker1975 said:

 

Thanks @Penguincollector, looking at hundreds of blues this past weekend, Sargasso Sea is one of the few that caught my attention. I don't mind the phenolic smell. So I will probably try it. 

 

Searching, I had missed Confidence Blue, so I will look at it.

 

Have the Monteverde inks been well-behaved for you? No pen problems?

 

TIA

 

  Sargasso Sea is gorgeous. I came across it when looking for a replacement for Penman Sapphire, which is as elusive as BSB to find a replacement for. I’m sure you can find it sold in a sample size if you’re worried about the smell. 
 

  Monteverde inks have been very well behaved for me. I don’t put them in a lever filler, but everything else is fair game. Horizon blue and Ocean Noir are favorites. They tend to be pretty wet inks, so I mostly use them with dry pens.