New York - De Atramentis Places Ink

[visvamitra]

De Atramentis fountain pen inks are hand made in Germany by Dr. Franz-Josef Jansen, and come in a 35ml glass bottle. The company has been producing inks for about 30 years so there is a proven track record here. These inks are said to be hand made - the entire production process is done manually in the manufacturing center. The thing that influence their quality and, sadly, price is the fact that Dr. jansen uses only dyes from well established german companies like BASF.

De Atramentis inks are sold in 35 ml glass bottles. I enjoy the way this bottle look and I find them practical. Some of DA inks come in black glass that's supposed to protect the ink from light.

I enjoy trying products of smaller companies, especially the ones that creators put a lot of heart and energy in developing their business and products. I believe Dr. Jansen is such a person. He's developed literally hundreds of inks indifferent categories. I've tried just a small quantity of his inks. I've enjoyed some and disliked some. It's normal. I\m still eager to get to know most of DA inks.

De Atramentis inks are grouped into categories like Sstandard inks, Document inks, Black Edition inks. Also on De ATramentis website you can find a lot of topic related inks (places, signs of zodiac, history, business, music, literature etc.). Most of them are renamed standard inks.

So New York from Places series (Paris, London, New York) is actually International

Blue. Sadly Internatioanal Blue isn't listed anywhere on De Atramentis site. It can't be find in online shops. I would guess it has to be different color.

So on the scale of wetness of places it would go loke this Paris > New York > London. I already know London habitants will disagree but that's how it is guys.

New Yorl flows nicely and has good level of saturation. It didn't cause me any problems such as pen clogging or skipping. It's nice, well behaved ink. I'm not really enjoying the color though.

Mmg122 - thank you for sending me sample of this ink.

Ink splash

Ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Midori, Lamy Al-Star, broad nib

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, broad nib

Oxford, Lamy Al-Star, fine nib

Copy paper, Lamy Safari, fine nib

Water resistance

Edited August 16, 2016 by visvamitra

[eliweisz]

Thank you for the review.

I rather like this shade of blue. Nice shading with a B nib.

[EbonitePen]

I'm not crazy about turquoise inks but this one actually looks like something I would enjoy.Thanks for the review.

[inkstainedruth]

Hmm. Not a color I'd necessarily associate with NYC, myself (having lived within a 50 mile radius of Manhattan the first 28 years of my life -- including college) -- although if they're calling it "International Blue" that *might* be a connection.

A year ago I would have looked at this color and said "ick" -- but now, I really finding that I'm rethinking that. I'd be curious to see how this compares to stuff like Edelstein Topaz and Diamine Havusu Blue, and similar inks that aren't too far into the teal/green spectrum for turquoise.

Thanks for the review. This one is a "maybe"....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

Well, darn, it's not an NYC color for me either.

[Intensity]

Under which more common name can I find this ink? I.e. is it part of the standard range, for instance "Pidgeon Blue"? Or to get this specific shade I must get a bottle labeled "New York"?

Edited January 23, 2018 by Intensity