Efnir: Diamine 1864 Blue Black

[chromantic]

I'm confused, I didn't mention Mordor.

 

These little folded-nib PaperMates lay down a reasonably fine line but they're also fairly dry writers writers so the blue in 1864 is more apparent than it might be in, say, an M200. Not that that's what I was necessarily expecting but people who feel it's not blue enough might want to be aware of. I mean, it's still pretty dark but, to my mind, that's what blue-black should be - black that's slightly blue.

[Eclipse157]

that's what blue-black should be - black that's slightly blue.

Hear hear! This is blue-black, R.O. Thunderstorm is blue-black... that kind of stuff!

[LizEF]

I'm confused, I didn't mention Mordor.

A few of us who don't like the ink were calling it from Mordor, and you like the ink, ergo, you must be from Mordor... Just teasing! No harm intended.

[LizEF]

These little folded-nib PaperMates lay down a reasonably fine line but they're also fairly dry writers writers so the blue in 1864 is more apparent than it might be in, say, an M200. Not that that's what I was necessarily expecting but people who feel it's not blue enough might want to be aware of. I mean, it's still pretty dark but, to my mind, that's what blue-black should be - black that's slightly blue.

I'm going to try either diluting it, or putting it in a broader nib, or both, and see if I can get a bit of blue out of it - maybe it will come out like the R&K limited edition in that got me started! It certainly sounds that way from your and Eclipse157's descriptions.

[chromantic]

A few of us who don't like the ink were calling it from Mordor, and you like the ink, ergo, you must be from Mordor... Just teasing! No harm intended.

 

No, that clears it up nicely, thanks.

[LizEF]

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 250µm.