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Flex-Pen Ink Review: "Blackbird Ink - Mallard Green"

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23 hours ago, LizEF said:

Oooh, now this is my sort of green!  Me want.  Thanks for the review! :)

 

4 hours ago, bluemagister said:

This green is perfect...not too light, not too dark. 


I agree, this green is VERY nice!
I was amazed that it's made for/by Mabie Todd & Co!!
I may put this sample into my vintage Mabie Todd & Co "Swan" pen.
It just seems right...

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This definitely in the neighborhood of the greens I prefer for general writing, which look 'relaxed', drawing the eye in rather than announcing their presence. 

 

Thanks for another great review. I have been playing around with flex but haven't gotten anything really flexy and truly effective yet besides G dip nibs but those don't hold and deliver ink like fountain pens do, of course. Definitely the next frontier for me. 

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32 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

This definitely in the neighborhood of the greens I prefer for general writing, which look 'relaxed', drawing the eye in rather than announcing their presence. 

 

Thanks for another great review. I have been playing around with flex but haven't gotten anything really flexy and truly effective yet besides G dip nibs but those don't hold and deliver ink like fountain pens do, of course. Definitely the next frontier for me. 

Oh it most certainly is.
I think it took me a good year and a half to finally arrive at a Flex-pen setup that works for me.
And I wound up with two that work properly after experimenting with some of everything for over a year and failing...

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How did I miss this thread till just now?  That color green is right up my alley -- just enough yellow to make it interesting but not so much as to make it bilious.  

Thanks for the review.  And, well, not....  (My wallet!  My poor poor wallet!)

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2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

How did I miss this thread till just now?  That color green is right up my alley -- just enough yellow to make it interesting but not so much as to make it bilious.  

Thanks for the review.  And, well, not....  (My wallet!  My poor poor wallet!)

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Hehehe...glad you like it!
More to come!

 

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