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Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Pelikan Edelstein Olivine


This is review #138 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:


Post-recording notes: Cleaning was quick and easy.  This ink is far more blue than my plant-y greens, but nowhere near as blue as Waterman Harmonious Green.  It's far brighter than my murky greens, and nothing at all like my Olive Green.  In short, I have no other green like it.  The zoom and scan are pretty accurate.  The screen capture didn't pick up the color at all.


Errata: in the analysis, "priming of the fee_d_" (needs the "d" added); in the quote,  it's "...thread that ties the hear_t_ of..." (not the "heard"); and it's a "Writing Promp_t_" (needs the "t" added)...  :rolleyes:


And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:
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Scan of Completed Review:
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Zoomed in photo:
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Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):
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Images also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap


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Thanks for the review!

 

E.Olivine sounds like some type of bacteria. 🤢

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I love your reviews, but will pass on this ink.  Poor lubrication?  Kinda long dry time?  Confusing name (my MV Olivine is pleasant to use AND the color is olive-y)....hold me back!

 

On the other hand, you are forcing me to look for yet another Prera demonstrator in a different color.  🤣

 

Thanks.

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My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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1 hour ago, A Smug Dill said:

Thanks for the review!

 

E.Olivine sounds like some type of bacteria. 🤢

You're most welcome!

 

:lticaptd:Who knew my pen was infected! :yikes:

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13 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I love your reviews, but will pass on this ink.  Poor lubrication?  Kinda long dry time?  Confusing name (my MV Olivine is pleasant to use AND the color is olive-y)....

Thank you!  Me too, not murky enough, and yeah, all that.

 

13 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

hold me back!

:lol:

 

13 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

On the other hand, you are forcing me to look for yet another Prera demonstrator in a different color.  🤣

 

:D No apologies!  I love my Prera.  I think it's the best of the Pilot Steel nib options.  If it came with the option of getting a nib with a winking face that's also sticking his tongue out, I'd get it in a heartbeat! ;) :P

 

15 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks.

:) You're very welcome!

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Great job, Liz :thumbup: Olivine has such a distinct olive-y / or green yellow colour. Despite that, I like this kind of greens.... but I have one already :D

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1 hour ago, A Smug Dill said:

E.Olivine sounds like some type of bacteria. 🤢

Huh, and look at all the fimbriae on said bacteria!  Clearly it loves absorbent paper.... :D

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6 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Great job, Liz :thumbup:

Thanks!

 

6 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Olivine has such a distinct olive-y / or green yellow colour.

Not this Olivine.  No olives in sight.  (If you're saying you have this ink and it does have an olive-like color, then something's up with one of ours. :unsure: )

 

7 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Despite that, I like this kind of greens.... but I have one already :D

I like olive greens, but not blue-leaning greens.  And I think it's fabulous that we all have our own color preferences - there are plenty to go around, and it would be tragic if some had to be hated by all! :)

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42 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Not this Olivine.  No olives in sight.  (If you're saying you have this ink and it does have an olive-like color, then something's up with one of ours. :unsure: )

No. I meant Olivine as a stone... :)

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1 hour ago, yazeh said:

No. I meant Olivine as a stone... :)

Ooooh, gotcha!  Well, sounds like Pelikan kinda missed the color, then.  Of course, I imagine there could be quite a range of colors in the stone - at least, there often is.

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39 minutes ago, TSherbs said:

Too blue for me 

Preach! :)   (Or is that outdated?  Has "Word!" come back into style yet? :D )

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Thank you as always @LizEF - another excellent, succinct review.

 

As has so often been the case with this range, it didn't hit the mark for me either. I wasn't keen on the colour or the behaviour.

 

Across the Edelstein range, there have been one or two 'wins' in my book, but the majority of them just don't do it for me. Which is a shame, because they should have the expertise and experience to produce great inks and consistently fail to do so. There are a few exceptions - Golden Beryl surprised me, and I like the colour of Moonstone and a couple of others, but the majority are a hard pass.

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35 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Thank you as always @LizEF - another excellent, succinct review.

You're welcome!  And thanks! :)  (Oh dear, the exclamation mark police are going to fine me!.)

 

36 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Across the Edelstein range, there have been one or two 'wins' in my book, but the majority of them just don't do it for me. Which is a shame, because they should have the expertise and experience to produce great inks and consistently fail to do so. There are a few exceptions - Golden Beryl surprised me, and I like the colour of Moonstone and a couple of others, but the majority are a hard pass.

Yeah, I don't remember being tempted by any of the Edelsteins.  Apparently their effort to produce unique colors has tripped into the "it's unique because no one likes it" realm...

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I'll disagree with you on that.  I really like Edelstein Olivine.  Some of the Ink of the Year colors I definitely passed on, but Olivine (and also Ruby Red, and Smoky Quartz, and of course Amethyst), I was happy with.

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15 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

I'll disagree with you on that.  I really like Edelstein Olivine.  Some of the Ink of the Year colors I definitely passed on, but Olivine (and also Ruby Red, and Smoky Quartz, and of course Amethyst), I was happy with.

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Hooray!  It needs some extra love from somewhere, glad you can give it. :)

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I like it because it doesn't lean blue, doesn't lean too yellow, and is a DARK green.

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7 hours ago, LizEF said:

Yeah, I don't remember being tempted by any of the Edelsteins.  Apparently their effort to produce unique colors has tripped into the "it's unique because no one likes it" realm...

 

Maybe that's because you haven't seen Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz on offer at about a quarter of the retail price (with free delivery thrown in for large enough orders). ;)

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8 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

Maybe that's because you haven't seen Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz on offer at about a quarter of the retail price (with free delivery thrown in for large enough orders). ;)

Maybe, but online images of Smoky Quartz don't really appeal to me that much...  Tanzanite comes close, but looks too purple.

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Maybe that's because you haven't seen Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz on offer at about a quarter of the retail price (with free delivery thrown in for large enough orders). ;)

Nor have I!!

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