Parker Quink Blue-Black

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Manufacturer: Parker
Series, colour: Quink Blue-Black
Pen: Waterman Hemisphere „F”
Paper: Image Volume (gramatura 80 g / m²)

Specifications:
Flow rate: very good
Lubrication: good
Bleed through: unnoticeable
Shading: noticeable
Feathering: unnoticeable
Saturation: good

A drop of ink smeared with a nib


The ink smudged with a cotton pad


Lines


Water resistance


Ink drying time


Ink drops on a handkerchief


Chromatography


Sample text in an Image Volume (80 g / m2)


Sample text in an Oxford notebook A5 (90 g / m2)


Sample letters in a Rhodia notebook No 16 (90 g / m2)


Palette of shades

[I-am-not-really-here]

Looks more teal. Where is the black? Are these vintage inks that have aged out?

[aurore]

Looks more teal. Where is the black? Are these vintage inks that have aged out?

No. Actually this is what it used to normally look like not a long time ago until it was reformulated )a year or two ago). Now it's a decent blue, not teal, but not a blue-black anyway.

 

A great review though!

Edited October 10, 2020 by aurore

[kazoolaw]

The Quink I used in the 70's and 80's looked nothing like this, being a true dark B/B.

[RJS]

OP, what age is this ink, do you know?