Dark Green - Pelikan 4001

[Aquaria]

Why doesn't this review include a test of drying time for left-handed writers? Even wrong-handed people can experiment with writing with their left hands to see whether the ink smears or not.

 

Suitability for left-handed writers should be a routine part of every review.

 

Thanks.

 

Why not tests yourself?

[ac12]

I got a bottle, and I LIKE IT

 

The bluish tone that I was worried about is a mild tone, NOT like a blue-green, it is still a green.

[Aquaria]

Unlike a lot of people here, I prefer these cooler, bluer and richer "jewel-tone" greens, and dislike the warmer shades with strong golden or yellow tones. I'm also not a huge fan of pale greens in general, save for fluorescent/day-glo lime greens. The only murky shade of green I like are the green-blacks. And even then, they'd better have plenty of this bluish tone to them.

 

This was one of those colors that I initially got as a freebie tossed in ink sample. I liked it all right at first, but I wasn't in love with it. Then the more I used it, the more it grew on me, until I loved it. A lot.

 

So this deeper, richer green turned out to be the perfect green for me. Now it's my EDC green, much like Waterman Serenity Blue, Pilot Namiki Blue and Pilot Blue-Black are in constant rotation for me as EDC blues, Waterman Tendre Purple is my EDC Purple and Diamine Pumpkin is my EDC Orange (yes, some of us are color-coding fiends who need an EDC Orange!).

[tzoram]

Just wanted to say thank you for the review.  Bought some for my father for a Christmas gift!

[Sholom]

Looks a bit like R&K Smaragdgrun from a wet pen, but maybe a little duller?