How Dry Is Pelikan 4001 Blue Black?

[SchaumburgSwan]

D's Registrars -- whether or not it has more IG than P's 4001 -- is much drier.

 

Moin,

 

absolutely, DRI is the driest ink I have, ESSRI is a bit wetter.

 

DRI (and Akkerman #10) and ESSRI have more IG than 4001 bb, you can test it by putting a (not too fresh) writing sample into a glass of water for a night. They stay darker...

 

Best

Jens

[awa54]

 

Moin,

 

absolutely, DRI is the driest ink I have, ESSRI is a bit wetter.

 

DRI (and Akkerman #10) and ESSRI have more IG than 4001 bb, you can test it by putting a (not too fresh) writing sample into a glass of water for a night. They stay darker...

 

Best

Jens

 

 

So is R&K Salix by that measure, despite being a lighter looking ink on the (dry) page.

[awa54]

D's Registrars -- whether or not it has more IG than P's 4001 -- is much drier.

 

 

In my limited use, the Diamine Registrar's has seemed to flow at least as well as the Pel BB and better than salix... But I haven't been using any of them in Japanese fine nibs as the OP was asking.

 

I currently have an Imperial Triumph (TD) filled with Pelikan BB and it seems to love it, giving a moderately wet line in fact!

[GreenMountain]

Well, I like Registrar's very much with a dip pen so I just tried it in a Platinum fine...scratch, scratch. No good. Although 4001 has beautiful colors, my pens don't like it either. Sailor, Herbin, most Diamine preferred.

Now, if I could find a wet BB with shading and sheen that is more saturated than not, and blue-grey rather than blue or greenish, that would be divine. Anyone?

[tinta]

In my experience, very dry. Generally Pelikan pens/nibs are set rather wet, so 4001 b/b complements them.

That said, I have not owned a Pelikan pen for at least a decade, but my "fire hose" pens from other brands sure benefit from the dryness of this fine ink.

One of my fave blue/blacks.