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St Dupont Paris is a brand name and manufacturer of lighters, collectible pens, handbags, perfumes (produced under license by Interparfums) and other gadgets using the trademark diamond-head pattern. The company has been producing luxury items since its founding in 1872. The founder of the brand, Simon Tissot-Dupont, was born in Savoy in 1847 - the company owes its initials to him. It seems at the moment they offer only two inks in bottle (black and blue) and two more in cartridges. SOme time ago their inky offer was wider and counted 5 inks:



  1. Bleu
  2. Bleu Ciel
  3. Noir
  4. Sienne
  5. Turquoise

Michael R. sent me samples of few (dozens) inks, St Dupont among others.



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Violet was stunning ink. I'm not sure if the one sold currently in the cartridges looks familiar. ANyway the ink has great flow, nice lubrication and is quite water resistant.



Ink Splash



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Drops of ink on kitchen towel




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Software ID



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Tomoe River, Kaweco Sport Classic, B




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Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Sport, B



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Eversharp Skyline, Lyreco




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Water resistance



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Comparison will be added during weekend







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Thanks again. Good review of a good ink. One of my favourite purples (or violets). To repeat what I said elsewhere (for those in need), this ink is now issued only in cartridges but there were a lot of bottles out until 2-3-4 years ago.

 

Mike

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That is a great purple! Where can I get it in the US?

I bought cartridges from THE INK FLOW in San Antonio Texas. I have never found the violet available from another distributor. Most US retailers seem to only have blue, black or combination of the two.

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This is a beautiful colour. :) If only the bottles were still available.

I was once a bottle of ink, Inky Dinky Thinky Inky, Blacky Minky Bottle of Ink!

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This is pretty stunning! I think I like it better than Lamy Dark Lilac. Thanks for reviewing this ink, Vis, and thanks to Michael for sending it his way. I've never tried ST Dupont ink.

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This is pretty stunning! I think I like it better than Lamy Dark Lilac. Thanks for reviewing this ink, Vis, and thanks to Michael for sending it his way. I've never tried ST Dupont ink.

It is lovely ink but pretty difficult to find. I have cartridges only, so I better keep liking the Lamy!

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I was very lucky to find a bottle of this earlier in the year for a great price. I like it a lot more than the Lamy, although that is a nice ink too.

Verba volant, scripta manent

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Amazing review. By far one of my favorite ink. I will be doing a ST Dupont Spring Green ink review soon enough.

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