EFNIR: Pelikan 4001 Violet

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Pelikan 4001 Violet

This is review #126 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: Cleaning was really quick and easy.  After the Amazing Amethyst Adventure in Color, I decided not to touch the red-blue balance of these images, but here are my observations on color: The ink color in the scan is a little too light - this seems normal for scans.  The zoom and absorbent paper images are also too blue.  The screencapture seems to have the best color-matching.

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:

Scan of Completed Review:

Zoomed in photo:

Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):

Images also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

Previous Review: Noodler's Shah's Rose.

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Hope you enjoy.  Comments appreciated!

[I-am-not-really-here]

Thank you for the review.  This color does not grab my interest any longer, though it sure did in the beginning. 

[LizEF]

24 minutes ago, I-am-not-really-here said:

Thank you for the review.

You're welcome!

 

24 minutes ago, I-am-not-really-here said:

This color does not grab my interest any longer, though it sure did in the beginning. 

That's why we do reviews.

[Sailor Kenshin]

At last, the old goat!  😜

 

I have this ink in carts.  Color's very pretty!  Thanks again for another fun review....might be interesting to see if my carts attract vehicular motion.....

[LizEF]

16 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

At last, the old goat!  😜

With more to come!

 

17 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I have this ink in carts.  Color's very pretty!  Thanks again for another fun review....might be interesting to see if my carts attract vehicular motion.....

You're very welcome!  And yeah, it could be a whole new science - "The correlation between ink and vehicular noises".

[ENewton]

I used Pelikan 4001 Violet exclusively for twenty years before realizing that one could obtain purple inks that were darker and less vivid.

 

I am glad that you mention the above-average lubrication.  Although it is slightly on the dry side, Violet doesn't have a dry feel as one writes with it.  I have a Pelikan 140 EF that writes dry, with significant feedback, and the first purple I tried in it was Waterman, on the theory that a wetter ink would be a better choice for the pen, but Pelikan 4001 Violet, albeit drier, provided a much more pleasant writing experience, on account of its lubrication.

[LizEF]

20 minutes ago, ENewton said:

I used Pelikan 4001 Violet exclusively for twenty years before realizing that one could obtain purple inks that were darker and less vivid.

 

I am glad that you mention the above-average lubrication.  Although it is slightly on the dry side, Violet doesn't have a dry feel as one writes with it.  I have a Pelikan 140 EF that writes dry, with significant feedback, and the first purple I tried in it was Waterman, on the theory that a wetter ink would be a better choice for the pen, but Pelikan 4001 Violet, albeit drier, provided a much more pleasant writing experience, on account of its lubrication.

Thanks for adding your experiences.   The lubrication is more important the finer your nib gets, so it seems like a crucial factor in EF nib ink reviews.  Now I'm interested what I'll find when I get to Waterman Tender Purple.

[mizgeorge]

Thank you as always @LizEF - great review. 

 

I've always assumed this would be another dry ink, as so many of the 4001's are, so I've never bothered with it. Sounds like I may have been wrong. I'm not sure I need another 'standard' purple, but I might consider it when my current Tender Purple runs out. I'll be interested to know how you find the two compare as that's an ink I tend to use in finer nibs. 

[ENewton]

3 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

I'm not sure I need another 'standard' purple, but I might consider it when my current Tender Purple runs out. I'll be interested to know how you find the two compare as that's an ink I tend to use in finer nibs. 

 

I made the opposite choice, because I prefer the color of Tender Purple.  In the range of what I call "bright medium purples suitable for spring", my favorite is actually Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki Shikibu, but I have hesitated to use that ink in my vintage pens.  

[LizEF]

4 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

Thank you as always @LizEF - great review. 

You're welcome, and thanks!

 

4 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

I've always assumed this would be another dry ink, as so many of the 4001's are

Me too!  If anything, these reviews have taught me that while some brands may have some tendencies, every ink is different, and generalizations about brands or even lines could well lead to disappointments and misconceptions, so I've been pointing that out (usually over on reddit) when folks as questions like "which brands make wet ink".

 

4 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

I'm not sure I need another 'standard' purple, but I might consider it when my current Tender Purple runs out. I'll be interested to know how you find the two compare as that's an ink I tend to use in finer nibs. 

Then hopefully I'll have reviewed Tender Purple by then.

[inkstainedruth]

Unlike some people, I'm very fond of this ink.  Thanks for the review.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[LizEF]

51 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Unlike some people, I'm very fond of this ink.  Thanks for the review.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

You're very welcome!  I agree, it's a lovely ink, and I was happily surprised by its performance.

[chromantic]

On 8/31/2021 at 6:20 PM, ENewton said:

I used Pelikan 4001 Violet exclusively for twenty years before realizing that one could obtain purple inks that were darker and less vivid.

 

In terms of darker and less vibrant, Cross Violet fits that bill nicely for me. 

 

re the 4001, this is certainly a color I can get behind, a 'happy' purple. I use Stipula Purple, which is similar if perhaps a bit redder.

[ENewton]

15 hours ago, chromantic said:

 

In terms of darker and less vibrant, Cross Violet fits that bill nicely for me. 

 

 

I prefer shades a good bit darker and less vivid than Cross Violet.  I like the darkest of blacks and those that are grayish.

[namrehsnoom]

Thanks for the review. Seems like a good-behaving purple. Personally, I associate violet with a more bluish purple (like the one in the zoomed-in pics. I like that type of colour more. I noticed at the bottom of the screenshot that the colour looks lighter - maybe due to faster writing ?  That colour actually looks really nice, nicer than the darker purple at the top (personal opinion). 

[LizEF]

7 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

Thanks for the review.

You're very welcome!

 

7 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

Personally, I associate violet with a more bluish purple (like the one in the zoomed-in pics.

I've long since given up on trying to make sense of color names.

 

7 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

I noticed at the bottom of the screenshot that the colour looks lighter - maybe due to faster writing ?

Yes, in this case, faster writing.  In some cases (and possibly this), it could be flow as well, the feed starting to run drier.

 

7 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

That colour actually looks really nice, nicer than the darker purple at the top (personal opinion).

Well, one really can't trust online photos... The combined sum of them give you a guess, but in the end, you have to take a chance.

[yazeh]

Holy goat....

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

Holy goat....

  To quote The Carpenters, we've only just begun.

[yazeh]

16 hours ago, LizEF said:

  To quote The Carpenters, we've only just begun.

Who is your protagonist in this part? Makhabesh/Quin or the goat? Is it a bromance or Goat-mance?

[LizEF]

39 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Who is your protagonist in this part? Makhabesh/Quin or the goat? Is it a bromance or Goat-mance?

Quin & Makhabesh remain our main characters.  Can't imagine that changing.