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I would take some off of your hands. :P

 

 

<deep chuckle>

 

 

Were I still living in the Midlands, we'd meet up a good local for a pint, and I'd give you some carts without hesitation. Alas, I live far across the pond now, and shipping ink is not simple as it was in days of yore...

 

 

 

John P.

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Sold most of my stash of Penman Sapphire when the going rate for a bottle went from crazy to outrageous! Kept a bottle and a half for my ocassional use.

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Sold most of my stash of Penman Sapphire when the going rate for a bottle went from crazy to outrageous! Kept a bottle and a half for my ocassional use.

 

and your findings on using this ink?

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and your findings on using this ink?

 

Heh.

 

Well, in light of today's emphasis on "pen hygiene", it's not quite as fearsome as the reputation suggests. I have other inks that are more difficult to wash/rinse out of pens.

 

After my post a fortnight or so back about how I hadn't used the ink in a longish time, I slipped a cart into a vintage Parker Cisele 75, and it wrote well, with the remembered rich colour.

 

So far, the pen didn't explode or anything... :rolleyes:

 

 

John "Awaiting Amazing Things with Parker Penman Ink" P.

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I have used ALL of the Parker Penman Inks....never had a problem with ANY of them...I was really sorry to see them discontinued. The Parker Penman line was my favorite Ink line of all time.

 

Luckily I still have several bottles/cartridges remaining...in a safe environment.

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I never managed to get a bottle, but I am enjoying the quest for close alternatives...

isn't this hobby just fun? :)

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Heh.

 

Well, in light of today's emphasis on "pen hygiene", it's not quite as fearsome as the reputation suggests. I have other inks that are more difficult to wash/rinse out of pens.

 

After my post a fortnight or so back about how I hadn't used the ink in a longish time, I slipped a cart into a vintage Parker Cisele 75, and it wrote well, with the remembered rich colour.

 

So far, the pen didn't explode or anything... :rolleyes:

 

 

John "Awaiting Amazing Things with Parker Penman Ink" P.

 

Thanks!

 

I don't recall issues with PPS back in the day, and I was not very careful to clean out pens that were to be shelved for a week.... then 2 years rolled by.

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Heh.

 

Well, in light of today's emphasis on "pen hygiene", it's not quite as fearsome as the reputation suggests. I have other inks that are more difficult to wash/rinse out of pens.

 

After my post a fortnight or so back about how I hadn't used the ink in a longish time, I slipped a cart into a vintage Parker Cisele 75, and it wrote well, with the remembered rich colour.

 

So far, the pen didn't explode or anything... :rolleyes:

 

 

John "Awaiting Amazing Things with Parker Penman Ink" P.

 

 

I have used ALL of the Parker Penman Inks....never had a problem with ANY of them...I was really sorry to see them discontinued. The Parker Penman line was my favorite Ink line of all time.

 

Luckily I still have several bottles/cartridges remaining...in a safe environment.

 

According to ink analysis in this blog( sorry only in Japanese), Parker Penman Sapphire ink contains materials similar to dichloroethane that liquefy acryl resin.

 

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IMO it's too famous and overrated. For me the best thing is that I have it on hand for comparison purposes.

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...or get rid of the ink somewhere...

 

 

 

John P.

 

 

I volunteer as tribute!! :)

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I used a teeny weeny sample (which may have evaporated somewhat in the sample bottle) and got my hands on a cartridge which looked to me like it hadn't evaporated at all over the years. Both the sample and cartridge were used with the same results. It's.....ok. I guess it was so hyped in my mind that I expected so much more, but the dry out on the nib and the clogging was a bit irritating. Flow and lubrication were fair, but certainly nothing to ride home about. Interestingly the sample used in a converter didn't stain the converter, which was something I had expected but perhaps that one is a myth. Out the many dopplegangers I still think Monteverde's Horizon Blue is the best match - I couldn't honestly tell the difference on paper - and has none of the behavioural problems. I think the only discernible difference might be that the Monteverde's sheen is a little less deep.

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I used a teeny weeny sample (which may have evaporated somewhat in the sample bottle) and got my hands on a cartridge which looked to me like it hadn't evaporated at all over the years. Both the sample and cartridge were used with the same results. It's.....ok. I guess it was so hyped in my mind that I expected so much more, but the dry out on the nib and the clogging was a bit irritating. Flow and lubrication were fair, but certainly nothing to ride home about. Interestingly the sample used in a converter didn't stain the converter, which was something I had expected but perhaps that one is a myth. Out the many dopplegangers I still think Monteverde's Horizon Blue is the best match - I couldn't honestly tell the difference on paper - and has none of the behavioural problems. I think the only discernible difference might be that the Monteverde's sheen is a little less deep.

 

 

it's somewhere between myth and sour grapes for pen users.

 

i have a few bottles (somewhere) and hope to find and use them up the next ten or so years...

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I am down to my last half bottle. I will not pay the insane prices and I have enough blues that I like so this will likely be it. This will be my 4th bottle I have emptied. A shame that it was discontinued soon after I got into fountain pens. I did not know any better to stock up. I was given a bottle of the sapphire, emerald, and ruby inks. I love all three and still use them routinely. The Emerald Green bottle will hurt the most because unlike the other colors-I have not found a green I like better.

Also-have never had an issue with Penman inks.

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I've got a few cartridges left a nice poster gave me. I do needle fill the evaporated cartridge.

It didn't cause me to put on my sunglasses, but was a nice vivid blue. I'm glad there seems to ba finally a match for it with the Monteverdi ink.

 

Now that I have better paper, someday I'll take it for a spin again.

 

Will want to pens I have besides my P-75/45, I might stick it in, but that's in some other thread.

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