Noodler's Inkmyn Sapphire - Better Than Parker Penman Sapphire

[amberleadavis]

NO. 2 LCR to 1 NT !!

 

I know there's the chance that my Noodler's inks might be slightly different to yours due to batch discrepancies hence the shift from 1:4 to 2:1 but I measured very accurately and it's a very good colour match. I'll post the sheets to you tomorrow.

 

I may mix a batch to introduce water into the equation to perhaps add a little more shading as the hotch potch mix I concocted of Blue Velvet, Majestic Blue and water shades a little better than the Noodler's mix but that could be the pen as much as anything.

 

Thanks again Amber for helping to create a mix that's seriously close to the original PPS and for making me like blue ink in my pens again.

 

 

I'm totally glad you are enjoying. I'm just shocked. The LCR I have is a super dark purple. Yours looks like a beautiful blue. I'm really surprised. LCR should be purple. I just did some more mixing and no doubt in my mind, your bottle of LCR is off, but your mix is perfect.

[jmccarty3]

 

I'm totally glad you are enjoying. I'm just shocked. The LCR I have is a super dark purple. Yours looks like a beautiful blue. I'm really surprised. LCR should be purple. I just did some more mixing and no doubt in my mind, your bottle of LCR is off, but your mix is perfect.

 

I'm surprised as well. My LCR is also a dark purple, actually a bit darker than this Goulet swab.

 

http://i.imgur.com/dNlKxnt.jpg

[whichwatch]

amberleadavis, on 23 Aug 2015 - 20:30, said:

 

I'm totally glad you are enjoying. I'm just shocked. The LCR I have is a super dark purple. Yours looks like a beautiful blue. I'm really surprised. LCR should be purple. I just did some more mixing and no doubt in my mind, your bottle of LCR is off, but your mix is perfect.

 

I'm surprised as well. My LCR is also a dark purple, actually a bit darker than this Goulet swab.

 

 

 

Same here. The LCR I just received is beautiful dark purple.

 

 

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[Tas]

Ha!

 

I'm not worried Amber.

 

I received a package from LuMA this morning with your swab comparisons. PRAB is an exact match

So much so that I've gone an ordered a bottle (I'll skip a meal or two to make up for it) from The Writing Desk.

 

Too much variation in Noodler's lovely inks to provide a reliable recipe.

[amberleadavis]

I think PRAB is a great ink. It cleaned so much easier than DCSSB and I think it's pretty dead on for color.

[TSherbs]

very pretty ink mixture

 

I am picky about blues: I have sampled many and only own two.

[Danny Kaffee]

I love Parker Penman Sapphire so, inspired by this thread, I have Noodler's Navajo Turquoise and Le Couleur Royale on the way. I'm looking forward to mixing them up.

[amberleadavis]

Danny, when you get your LCR, check the color first. The most recent bottle I bought was blue and not purple.

[Bemo]

I second Amber's recommendation. the bottle I got was blue and not purple as well. And no, shaking made no difference. At this point I'll stick with faux penman #9 mix.

[Tas]

Fear not, if it's the bluer version (like mine was) just mix it up 2 LCR to 1 NT as a starting point.

(I think)

[whichwatch]

I second Amber's recommendation. the bottle I got was blue and not purple as well. And no, shaking made no difference. At this point I'll stick with faux penman #9 mix.​

 

 

Bemo, what is the recipe for faux Penman #9?

[dcwaites]

Tas, Amber asked me to let you know that I, too, have a bottle of the blue LCR. In fact, mine looks identical to standard Noodler's Blue. I suspect the wrong labels may have gotten onto some bottles.

 

Bemo, the recipe for Faux Penman Sapphire #9 can be found here

[Bemo]

Thanks DC that makes sense as the bottle of ink I received appears to be just straight blue. I'll use it as I'm too cheap to throw out ink unless I can't find any use for it at all.

 

I mixed up a batch of your faux #9 and thanks to your hard work and the consistency of Diamine ink , it looks great.

 

But this thread is about Amber's mix. I was so excited to give it a try. Perhaps another time.

[Danny Kaffee]

Hmmmm, I will be disappointed if the LCR is blue and not deep purple.

 

I'll let everyone know when it arrives. Should be any day since it's only coming from one state away.

Edited October 2, 2015 by Danny Kaffee

[dcwaites]

Ok, I have just done some simple experimentation with my bottle of "LCR". If one compares where PPS and "LCR" appear in the colour wheel, "LCR" is slightly on the Cyan side and PPS is slightly on the Blue side. To move "LCR" from Cyan towards Blue, you need to add a little red.

 

My initial experiment was just that. I added a little red to some "LCR", and lo and behold it closely approached PPS.

 

So, look through your inky drawers and cupboards, find a nice, simple, dye-based red and start adding a little at a time. I would start with 5 or 10 drops of Blue and add Red one drop at a time.

 

When I get a specific recipe done, I will post it.

[Tas]

Tas, Amber asked me to let you know that I, too, have a bottle of the blue LCR. In fact, mine looks identical to standard Noodler's Blue. I suspect the wrong labels may have gotten onto some bottles.

 

Bemo, the recipe for Faux Penman Sapphire #9 can be found here

 

Argghh. I don't have Noodler's Blue to compare

 

Mine looks like this:

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_noodlers_la_coulour_royale_swatch.jpg

 

Looking forward to your faux #10 soon then

[Bemo]

DC, I wonder if the Voltaire would work? I would test but my bottle of LCR is a straight blue.

[amberleadavis]

Try a small sample. I found you wanted a cyan plus a dark purple.

[mmg122]

Awesome mix, Amber...just hit Goulet up for two more Noodlers inks...and threw in some Diamine Silver Fox and DeAtrementis Silver Grey...for the heck of it.

[amberleadavis]

Woo Hoo! Glad to enable others.