Dromgooles Blue Steel

[white_lotus]

Here is a review of Dromgooles Blue Steel ink. It's an exclusive to Dromgooles Fine Writing and Stationary, a B&M store in Houston, TX, USA. I was given a sample by the Inky Goddess Amber.

Some of the scans imply that the ink shades. It does not. Very very little shading on the papers I used.

In looking at my notes of other inks, it actually is quite similar in color to Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo. It appears to be almost completely made from a single dye, one that matches Phthalo blue. Just a small hint of a blue-green when washed out.

The first three scans are done at 150 dpi as a balance between space and clarity. I don't know how to do any kind of color correction, so the settings are the basic ones from the scanner. For some reason, the FPN software makes you download the PDFs which are the scans of the review but you can see the same think with the photos. Maybe not as clear, precise.

Dromgooles Blue Steel005 150dpi.pdf

Dromgooles Blue Steel006 150dpi.pdf

Dromgooles Blue Steel007 150 dpi.pdf

Here is an ink drop spread on a damp paper towel. I hope this shows up properly.

Dromgooles Blue Steel010.pdf

By way of comparison here are some photos from the iPhone. Not color corrected except by iPhoto. But they look reasonable.

I want to end with — I like the ink. Not as wet as I might usually go for, but it's very good and very reliable. Appears to be non-staining. If it was easier to get, and in a bit larger size, I could see myself getting a bottle. I'm in the process of using up the lovely sample. My ink collecting right now is fairly narrow in range, and so while the color fits that profile, I'll just stick with Tsuki-yo for now.

[uemuraw]

I got some Blue Steel at Dromgoole's when I was Houston on business. Thanks to this review, which I just stumbled on, I inked up my Platinum 3776 Century Nice Pur with it. I like it!

 

I just got it because I chuckled about the name - thinking about Zoolander. But it's a neat color, too.

 

Thanks for the review.

[lapis]

Thanks for this review! Well written -- in all senses. Not exactly my favourite "hue" of blue, but there is something "solid" about it. I think it is Amber's favourite blue, no?

 

Mike

[white_lotus]

I don't know if it is her favorite blue, but I remember her saying she always had a pen filled with this ink. It was 100% reliable, problem-free.