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How is the staining?

It washed off my fingers without too much trouble, can't speak for other surfaces. Caution all the way I say!

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Bhavna Vintage

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Lovely review, lovely ink. May be a bit light for my taste, though. On the other hand, I do have some wet-writing pens.

I am glad you liked it! It is a dream in a wet writer.

 

Have just uploaded this image in response to another one of my reviews, and this colour is much better!

 

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If there is righteousness in the heart, There will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, There will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. Bhagawan Shri Satya Sai Baba

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I think I have plenty of sheen-heavy inks that are dark and saturated like this one.

 

Diamine Sargasso Sea, Private Reserve Electric DC Blue,

Sailor Jentle Sky High, Sailor Souten, Sailor Sei-Boku,

Namiki Blue, Platinum Mix-Free Aurora Blue.

 

This looks like a subtle variation of one of the inks mentioned above.

 

Also in brilliance I concur this does seem a close cousin to "the-ink-that-dare-not-speak-its-name".

 

I think I'll pass on this one, and since it's so hard to get in the US, I won't be up at night worrying about it.

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I feel a song coming on...

Not yet. No doubt a classic. I remember it. Brings back a lot of memories. Unless you can get the original recording.

It is a nice color. Waiting for my B&M to get it

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HI,

 

 

I am looking for a safe ink to fill my Franklin-Christoph "Ice and Smoke" eyedropper style...

Would you say this a a "safe ink" for that matter?

Thanks!

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How is it with smudging? I only have two Diamine inks, Majestic Blue and Oxblood, and while the color on both is so very pleasing to me, I experience smudging even when dry for over 24 hours with both inks. It doesn't take much, either. Just standard handling of the page smudges the inks everywhere and make the paper look dirty. Drives me nuts. None of my other inks do this.

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HI,

 

 

I am looking for a safe ink to fill my Franklin-Christoph "Ice and Smoke" eyedropper style...

Would you say this a a "safe ink" for that matter?

Thanks!

 

Hello, I have tried it in various pens i.e. Lady Sheaffer and a button-fill Parker Junior and both are fine and cleaned out well. I guess give it a try and as always caution all the way.

 

How is it with smudging? I only have two Diamine inks, Majestic Blue and Oxblood, and while the color on both is so very pleasing to me, I experience smudging even when dry for over 24 hours with both inks. It doesn't take much, either. Just standard handling of the page smudges the inks everywhere and make the paper look dirty. Drives me nuts. None of my other inks do this.

 

Once dry (pretty quick on many papers in my exp) I have found it to be absolutely fine. I wouldn't say it is waterproof, and thus I imagine moisture from sweaty hands may affect the smudging capacity. Majestic Blue is a favourite of mine, but like you, I find it does smudge at the slightest glance - that aside, I accept that it is heavily saturated and therefore will behave differently to many non-saturated inks. I love the stunning sheen it offers and the depth of colour - but I save it for non-essential documents. I haven't found as much smudging with Oxblood - again, it is pretty saturated. Have you tried them in different pens perhaps those that are not too 'wet'? I hope that helps?

If there is righteousness in the heart, There will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, There will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. Bhagawan Shri Satya Sai Baba

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Thank you for the wonderful review. I'm waiting for my bottle atm, is the ink color similar to Asa Gao?

I liked it better. And thought it was better behaved than Asa-Gao (which was drippy and sort of a boring color).

The only issue I have with Blue Velvet is that it seems to be a lot like a lot of the blues already in my stash. It does, as I recall, have some red sheen to it. Not as much as DCSS Blue, but it also isn't smudgy like that ink.

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Thanks for the great review!!!

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