Private Reserve: Inks you're looking forward to...

[WhiteStarPens]

Maybe I'm late to the party but I just received an email from Goulet Pens with the good news that Private Reserve are back in stock!

 

Let's hope Cosmic Cobalt is on the to-be-resurrected list.

 

What are the PR inks you're hoping to see return to the market?

[abstract49]

I like Cosmic Cobalt, too.  As well, Lake Placid Blue and DC Supershow Electric Blue, except that the latter takes forever to dry on almost any paper.

[Patrick L]

I don't want to spoil the party but will the inks retain their original colours and properties ? From what I understand the original owner/creator died and never shared his formulas with others .

[WhiteStarPens]

11 minutes ago, abstract49 said:

I like Cosmic Cobalt, too.  As well, Lake Placid Blue and DC Supershow Electric Blue, except that the latter takes forever to dry on almost any paper.

Never managed to pick up the latter two but it wouldn't hurt to, would it?

 

2 minutes ago, Patrick L said:

I don't want to spoil the party but will the inks retain their original colours and properties ? From what I understand the original owner/creator died and never shared his formulas with others .

I believe his daughter (?) started work on the few notes he made but then sadly never finished her work either. It may be that some will be reverse engineered and others totally reformulated - I'm no expert on PR by any means, but I look forward to seeing what transpires.

[rollerboy]

That's good news. Private Reserve has long been one of my staple ink brands though some of my favourite PR inks became less impressive in their post-Terry Johnson incarnation.

 

Hopefully we'll see better continuity in ink formulation in this transition.

[rollerboy]

27 minutes ago, Patrick L said:

I don't want to spoil the party but will the inks retain their original colours and properties ? From what I understand the original owner/creator died and never shared his formulas with others .

 

Depends on what you mean by "original". Terry Johnson died in 2013. AFAIK the changes in formulation caused by his passing have long since been reflected in the product line.

 

The question now is whether Darla Aniline had better documented, more repeatable production processes in place. I'm guessing yes. If she'd outsourced production it would have been necessary to document it. If production was "in-house" she probably learned her lesson from Terry's passing and documented things well.

[XYZZY]

There is already some background/history/speculation about this in a different thread that appeared shortly after Darla's death:

 

 

[JonDoh]

I've used their Tropical Blue for years.  Works well in all my pens and is beautiful on paper.

[amberleadavis]

I've just done a comparison on the new and old PR Ebony Purple and I have a quick peak at PR American Blue.

 

 

 

 

 

And @ErrantSmudge did a look at PR Sherwood Green then and now.

 

 

 

[Muncle]

I only had one bottle pre-closure. A bottle of PR Plum which is one of my favourite purples.

 

Now that it's back, I bought a bottle of Blue Suede after my wife spotted a sample of it and liked it.

 

I also bought samples of Avocado and Supershow Blue to see what the fuss is about. While the blue is indeed eye-searing, I do like the look of Avocado, but not enough to buy a bottle until my other greens go down a bit.

[Bill P]

My recollection is that after Tom died  Darla took over Private Reserve, after Darla died, Private Reserve floundered....and I believe the Company, or the name or the licensing was purchased by YAFA....the same company that owns Monteverde...

 

Perhaps someone else can confirm or correct my memory.

[bunnspecial]

I'd been looking for an original bottle of Supershow Blue unsucessfully, but bought a new bottle of it. So far it hasn't "wowed" me the way I thought it might, so I'm wondering how it compares to original.

 

I have a bunch of old stuff-not helped by the fact that in ~2012ish when I was first seriously into this, I had two places local to me where I could buy it.

[amberleadavis]

On 7/12/2021 at 10:51 AM, bunnspecial said:

I'd been looking for an original bottle of Supershow Blue unsucessfully, but bought a new bottle of it. So far it hasn't "wowed" me the way I thought it might, so I'm wondering how it compares to original.

 

I have a bunch of old stuff-not helped by the fact that in ~2012ish when I was first seriously into this, I had two places local to me where I could buy it.

 

 

We could do a CRV (Co Razy View - or a review by multiple people). I could ink up a pen with the original Private Reserve DCSSB and another pen with the Monteverde DC Super Show Blue  and send you a letter with writing from both inks and you can write back with the new PR DCSSB.

[kazoolaw]

In an extremely unscientific test of original PRDCSSB and new PRDCSSB received from Goulet Pens this week they are nearly identical, and within the range of difference that could be accounted for by the age of the original bottle.

[bunnspecial]

17 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

 

We could do a CRV (Co Razy View - or a review by multiple people). I could ink up a pen with the original Private Reserve DCSSB and another pen with the Monteverde DC Super Show Blue  and send you a letter with writing from both inks and you can write back with the new PR DCSSB.

I’d be up for that! 

[TSherbs]

On 1/7/2021 at 10:09 AM, WhiteStarPens said:

Maybe I'm late to the party but I just received an email from Goulet Pens with the good news that Private Reserve are back in stock!

 

Let's hope Cosmic Cobalt is on the to-be-resurrected list.

 

What are the PR inks you're hoping to see return to the market?

Spearmint Green is my favorite green all-time. They had better not mess with the hue and character!