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Quick Comparison: Pelikan Edelstein Apatite vs Other Edelstein Blues

The Pelikan Edelstein Ink of the Year 2022 (Apatite) is available, and maybe you are wondering whether it's worth getting it. Below is a quick comparison with other Edelstein blue-ish inks, so you can make up your mind:

 

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Apatite is bluer and more radiant than Aquamarine. To my eye, it's an improved version of Jade which - for me - has just the wrong proportion of green added to it... shudder! With Apatite, the overly green appearance is gone, and the actual colour is quite nice. It's very radiant though... a full page written with Apatite might hurt your eyes... sunglasses recommended.

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Thank you for the succinct comparisons. 

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Thank you, the concise information was quite helpful. Don't forget to add it to the blue / green / turquoise thread(s) below.

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Thank you @namrehsnoom for this comparison.

Now I'm fully convinced I do not need P.E.Apatite.

 

A bit surprise to me is your so pale Aquamarine, because mine is way darker than Topaz - like a bit muddy Teal/Petrol.

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1 hour ago, InesF said:

A bit surprise to me is your so pale Aquamarine, because mine is way darker than Topaz - like a bit muddy Teal/Petrol.

 

I just compared with my previous review - which also used Rhodia paper - and the colour looks the same as a couple years ago. Maybe that’s just the ways it behaves on Rhodia, and it looks darker on other (more absorbent?) paper.

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2 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

Maybe that’s just the ways it behaves on Rhodia, and it looks darker on other (more absorbent?) paper.

 

 

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I am really happy with "Bon Apatite" and as always, ink joy is totally personal.  But I do want to remind everyone (and myself!) that color is only one aspect of inks.  True Apatite is similar in color to a number of others (almost identical to J. Herbin Bleu Calanque to my eye), but the smooth, silky flow of Apatite really is luxurious.  Enough to justify the price? For me, yes.  

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5 hours ago, HalloweenHJB said:

I am really happy with "Bon Apatite" and as always, ink joy is totally personal.  But I do want to remind everyone (and myself!) that color is only one aspect of inks.  True Apatite is similar in color to a number of others (almost identical to J. Herbin Bleu Calanque to my eye), but the smooth, silky flow of Apatite really is luxurious.  Enough to justify the price? For me, yes.  

 

 

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Thankyou from me too. I have Topaz and find it too bright for more than rare use, so I see that Apatite and Jade are unlikely to be useful. Aquamarine, however, might just be in my Goldilocks zone.

 

And thankyou Smug for the comparison with the Iroshizuku.

 

Very useful. This, I think, is FPN at its best.

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