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5 minutes ago, LizEF said:

:)  Wonderful, @Detman101!  Love the flurry of reviews.  Off to check out the others.  Thanks for doing these.

Awesome, thank you!
There's at least 10 more to come in the upcoming days!
Mizgeorge really hooked me up with a plethora of samples.
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6 minutes ago, Detman101 said:

There's at least 10 more to come in the upcoming days!

Hooray!

 

6 minutes ago, Detman101 said:

Mizgeorge really hooked me up with a plethora of samples.
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Double hooray!! :D   Such wonderful people we have on FPN.  Thank you, too, @mizgeorge!

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I love flex reviews. They show off other properties of the ink. Though I have to admit, I have difficulty discerning  any shading ;)

 

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Glad to see this ink is back. My all-time favourite green. The colour is fantastic, the flow -- as you pointed out -- is phenomenal. This is the wettest ink I have (I think). As had been said previously, the name fits nicely to the flow. But that was about 10 years ago when this whole CdA series was discontinued.

 

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2 hours ago, yazeh said:

I love flex reviews. They show off other properties of the ink. Though I have to admit, I have difficulty discerning  any shading ;)

 

Very odd...the scanner doesn't pick up the shading as well as I can see it with my eyes on the paper. I may have to take a photo for comparison 🤔

1 hour ago, lapis said:

Glad to see this ink is back. My all-time favourite green. The colour is fantastic, the flow -- as you pointed out -- is phenomenal. This is the wettest ink I have (I think). As had been said previously, the name fits nicely to the flow. But that was about 10 years ago when this whole CdA series was discontinued.

 

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Yes indeed!! This ink is like "Green" on steroids!! I have never seen such a vibrant green before, it's amazingly fun to write with as well! And its wet...without being...what's the word...watery?
Like...it flows great, but it keeps itself together on the paper and doesn't feather, spread or soak through the page!
Yeah, I'm sad to see that the "Colours of the Earth" series was discontinued, but I'm going to buy a sample of the replacement for this ink in the "Chromatics" line... "Vibrant Green" and pray that it's as awesome as this ink is. If it is...I'm immediately buying a bottle.
I could see using this ink for a few months straight! It just POPS off the page!

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Haha - I'm so sorry for including an unobtanium ink, but I knew you'd love Amazon - it makes other greens look weedy by comparison! 

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6 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Haha - I'm so sorry for including an unobtanium ink, but I knew you'd love Amazon - it makes other greens look weedy by comparison! 

That's quite alright!
It's turned me on to their "Caran D'Ache - Vibrant Green"!!!
If the flow on that one is as AWESOME as this one...I'm golden! :D

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Good that you mentioned VIBRANT GREEN. It's probably a good substitute, just as awesomely wet although too blue. Ditto DELICATE GREEN, but way too yellow.

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2 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

We're really lucky, especially because @mizgeorge seems to have great taste in ink!

YES!!
She absolutely does!
She has all the inks I love and shared them with me, graciously.
This is one of the greatest Fountain Pen gifts that I've ever received!

 

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Dunno, something about the color sets my teeth on edge. At least it's, um, emphatic, unlike those two washed-out MBs. Doesn't make up for the color, though.

It's hard work to tell which is Old Harry when everybody's got boots on.

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9 hours ago, chromantic said:

Dunno, something about the color sets my teeth on edge. At least it's, um, emphatic, unlike those two washed-out MBs. Doesn't make up for the color, though.


It IS very bright.
Very very "in your face" like "BAM!!!"

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On 6/23/2021 at 5:39 AM, mizgeorge said:

Haha - I'm so sorry for including an unobtanium ink, but I knew you'd love Amazon - it makes other greens look weedy by comparison! 

Ah, a treasure hunt.  I like those.  
 

 

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Whoops that it was a Flex C'dA....nib.:headsmack:

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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