EFNIR: Monteverde Azure Noir

[Paul-in-SF]

Your vaguely remembered rumor is gospel to me! 🤩

[A Smug Dill]

8 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

… on the mixed media art paper all I see is a cool, teal-leaning grey.

 

All the colour has disappeared from the micro beads of ink sprayed alongside the splatter, once the ink has dried.

 

[LizEF]

2 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

Your vaguely remembered rumor is gospel to me! 🤩

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

All the colour has disappeared from the micro beads of ink sprayed alongside the splatter, once the ink has dried.

 

Thanks for this!  Now if only the ink had managed to display some of what's in the chromatogram!  It might have been interesting...

[LizEF]

22 hours ago, LizEF said:

Without the mic, you can't hear a thing

And on the new phone, even with the mic, you can't hear a thing.  On the old phone, during post-processing, I have to lower the volume in the video editing software I use.  With the new phone, same mic, I can't hear the nib (or aircraft). Same app, same settings, can't find anywhere to adjust the mic input.  The video editing software won't raise the volume enough to hear the nib.   Good thing I fixed the old phone...  Too bad I wasted all that time on the jig.

 

ETA: Turns out this mic problem is a known issue with moto g phones.   Like it would kill the Android folks to give you a setting to adjust microphone gain?

[Sailor Kenshin]

Turns out I do not have MV Copper Noir.  I was hallucinating.

 

In other news, my fingers are now stained Azure.

[LizEF]

51 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Turns out I do not have MV Copper Noir.  I was hallucinating.

 

In other news, my fingers are now stained Azure.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

And on the new phone, even with the mic, you can't hear a thing.  On the old phone, during post-processing, I have to lower the volume in the video editing software I use.  With the new phone, same mic, I can't hear the nib (or aircraft). Same app, same settings, can't find anywhere to adjust the mic input.  The video editing software won't raise the volume enough to hear the nib.   Good thing I fixed the old phone...  Too bad I wasted all that time on the jig.

Alternatively you can extract a few of the soundtracks from the old reviews, and add them to the new videos in "Post production"

A bit like old Italian movies, when the sound was added later.

 

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

A bit like old Italian movies, when the sound was added later.

Yeah, something would definitely get lost in translation.  Some poor soul with OCD wouldn't be able to watch my videos without going insane... I could add closed captions: "tappety tap tap tap, tip tap tippety tap"...

[Sailor Kenshin]

I am pleased to report that shampoo removed all evidence of this ink-ccident.

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I am pleased to report that shampoo removed all evidence of this ink-ccident.

Amazing stuff, shampoo...

 

Quote

DAY 768 - I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good
reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time however it
included a burning,  foamy chemical called "shampoo." What sick
minds could invent such a liquid?   My only consolation is the
piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth.

From: http://gpsinformation.info/main/cat-diary.txt

[Sailor Kenshin]

Fortunately I am not a kitteh.

 

Or...AM I?  😹

[LizEF]

2 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Fortunately I am not a kitteh.

 

Or...AM I?  😹

[rudyhou]

👍  thanks for sharing. 

i actually like this charcoal grey shade of black, as i prefer black that is not too intense. 

sometimes it gets too harsh for the eyes when reviewing many pages of black-inked words with the blackness of ink looks intensely black against the white paper background.

[LizEF]

6 hours ago, rudyhou said:

👍  thanks for sharing. 

You're welcome!

 

6 hours ago, rudyhou said:

i actually like this charcoal grey shade of black, as i prefer black that is not too intense. 

sometimes it gets too harsh for the eyes when reviewing many pages of black-inked words with the blackness of ink looks intensely black against the white paper background.

Good point.  Some inks do tend to be a bit loud... 

[LizEF]

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 300µm.

 

[Ed333]

I had not tried this ink yet, and was surprised to read 'no blue'...don't let this put you off on the Monteverde Noir series, I like them very much, and I appreciate the ability to buy a bottle in a smaller size, for more variety per dollar.  I have been assembling some choices for a friend I have introduced to fountain pens, and she prefers gray, so I will have to pick up some Azure Noir.  Curious as to how it might compare with Diamine Earl Grey, or their Graphite.  Thanks for the review, I was surprised not to see more 'Noir' reviews.

Ed

[LizEF]

38 minutes ago, Ed333 said:

I had not tried this ink yet, and was surprised to read 'no blue'...don't let this put you off on the Monteverde Noir series, I like them very much, and I appreciate the ability to buy a bottle in a smaller size, for more variety per dollar.  I have been assembling some choices for a friend I have introduced to fountain pens, and she prefers gray, so I will have to pick up some Azure Noir.  Curious as to how it might compare with Diamine Earl Grey, or their Graphite.  Thanks for the review, I was surprised not to see more 'Noir' reviews.

Ed

I was very surprised not to see blue.  Copper Noir is a great one.   Azure Noir looks a little darker than Earl Grey, to me.  Graphite has a strong green undertone to it.

 

You're very welcome.  I'm just reviewing what I have.  If ever I get more Noir samples, they'll get reviewed.

[Misfit]

I’ve never seen this ink, so I was expecting a blue. 
 

I have a bottle of De Atramentis Maron that is supposed to be a brown tone. It was when I first used it. After some time passed, I put it in a pen, and got gray. 

[Penguincollector]

  This ink was included in the Monteverde Bloō 10 ink boxed set, and I feel like I was cheated out of a shade of blue. I would have preferred something from the Jungle or Sweet Life collections instead. The Ocean Noir however, is my favorite of the set.