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Hey everyone, So like everyone who surfs Instagram (and uses Fountain Pens for that matter), I'm sure you've seen Ferris Wheel ink.

 

My question is, have you tried it and did it work for you?

 

Thanks!

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I bought the Bluegrass Velvet. I have no complaints about the ink, but it's not anything special either. For the price you're paying more for the packaging than the ink.

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My question is, have you tried it and did it work for you?

 

Yes, and yes. http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/350748-best-of-2019/?p=4269161

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I bought the Bluegrass Velvet. I have no complaints about the ink, but it's not anything special either. For the price you're paying more for the packaging than the ink.

 

It's 85ml of ink and you get a nice glass bottle, so actually the price is not bad at all.

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It's 85ml of ink and you get a nice glass bottle, so actually the price is not bad at all.

 

Sure, but at $36/85ml, it's what...somewhere between 3x or 3.5x more expensive than Noodler's? Noodler's isn't my favorite ink, but I don't feel that the Bluegrass Velvet was a step up from Noodler's in quality.

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Sure, but at $36/85ml, it's what...somewhere between 3x or 3.5x more expensive than Noodler's? Noodler's isn't my favorite ink, but I don't feel that the Bluegrass Velvet was a step up from Noodler's in quality.

 

Then there is Diamine, which makes hundreds of different inks and are cheap as chips. Is any given ink better than all of Diamine's product offerings? I dread to do the due diligence to either confirm or disprove that.

 

But the MSRP of a product in the US means little for a Canadian product being sold online (to anyone, including but not limited to North Americans) out of different countries and in fact continents, being discussed on an international forum that is registered as an entity in the Netherlands. Furthermore, nothing stops a consumer (anywhere) from waiting for discount offers for a given product; I've seen, at the very least, both La Couronne du Comte in the Netherlands and Endless Pens in the US offer Ferris Wheel Press inks at discounted prices "for a limited time".

 

At what point is the customer "paying more for the packaging than the ink" for a given product anyway? When it's sold at US$36? What about when on special offer or during closeout sale at, say, US$12 for exactly the same product?

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But the MSRP of a product in the US means little for a Canadian product being sold online (to anyone, including but not limited to North Americans) out of different countries and in fact continents, being discussed on an international forum that is registered as an entity in the Netherlands. Furthermore, nothing stops a consumer (anywhere) from waiting for discount offers for a given product; I've seen, at the very least, both La Couronne du Comte in the Netherlands and Endless Pens in the US offer Ferris Wheel Press inks at discounted prices "for a limited time".

 

Well, someone flying the flag of South Carolina on their profile is the one who asked the question. I'm happy to assume that others on this forum will (or will not) incorporate my opinion into their decision making process based on their own location, opinion, desires, local currency, ability to find discounts or sales.

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I just inked up a pen with Tanzanite Sky -- I had gotten a sample of it last spring when I was ordering a couple of Lamy pens from Vanness, and decided to poke around and see what interesting goodies to add to the order. But with one thing and another I haven't tried the sample till just now.

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I tried Jelly Bean Blue.

 

Behaviour was fine: average wetness (ie: not too dry, not too wet), no feathering or show-through on Leuchtturm, Clairfontaine, Rhodia, Midori.

 

On copy paper (20lb laser jet HP) it was ok (didn't feather any more than Diamine, Iroshizuku, Kaweco, Lamy, JHerbin (all of which feather more than Graf Faber on copy paper)).

 

No sheen to speak of (which is my preference). Saturated but not difficult to clean (converters took 3 or 4 fills and shakes).

 

WRT pricing: in Canada it's more expensive than Diamine and Lamy, but falls in line with Iroshizuku, Kaweco, Graf Faber. At that price, the ink seemed fine.

 

If it sounds like the ink left me a bit blasé and unexcited, it's only because they don't offer any colours I like. If they did, I'd buy it again and have no qualms about the price or the behaviour.

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