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Inks you've bought (or NOT), based almost solely on its name? And WHY!


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Noodler's Highland Heather (Original formulation).  Land of my ancestors (well, three of them anyway), pretty flower.  Original formulation was the single worst ink I ever tried to write with.  Note:  tried.  Dumped the ink, kept the bottle.

 

De Atramentix Charles Darwin.  I'm a biologist whose college degree is in evolutionary biology.  Like the bottle and the name, not too thrilled with the ink.

 

Noodler's Bad Belted Kingfisher.  I fell in love with belted kingfishers when I saw my first one 66 years ago.  I have had the ink in at least one pen for more than 20 years and am currently working toward the bottom of my third bottle.

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@Switala Now that's a sweet story! Thank you for sharing it. And good luck!! 

 

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That Kingfisher is surely a beautiful blue. I've been tempted but already have too many in that hue range. 

 

 

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I acquire every ink with Las Vegas or Nevada in the name.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I bought Private Reserve Vampire Red without donning my usual research. I expected a nice bright red but got dried blood red.

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It occurs to me that over the years there have been inks that I have not bought because of their names as well...  Usually because I disliked the reference or I found them too cutsie.

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19 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

I acquire every ink with Las Vegas or Nevada in the name.

Hah!  I had forgotten that I had gotten samples of Sailor 50 States New York and 50 States Pennsylvania (those being the states where I was born and where I currently live).  Haven't tried NY yet; PA was okay but didn't wow me (it's a grayish blue-black).

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I bought these inks because of their names. 
 

De Atramentis Sherlock Holmes and Franklin D Roosevelt

 

inks with Eclipse in the name (Diamine and Van Dieman’s)

 

Colorverse Hubble Zoom, Saturn V, and Hubble and HST.
 

Pelikan Edelstein Garnet 

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I couldn't resist Wearingeul's "I am a Cat" because of the name. And I don't regret it. Beautiful ink in a beautiful bottle.

looking for a pen with maki-e dancing wombats

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Kiwi Inks "Quite a Rough Customer" named after a member of the Reddit group that passed away and was a fund raiser for his family. And I just ordered "Edgar Allan Poe" from De Atramentis (via Goulet) because I wanted a green ink and, well, Poe.

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KWZ Rotten Green.  It was easier to get than PenBBS "Ugly".  Noodler's Recreant Rhino.

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Colorverse Quasar!

I expected it to glow from the inside in insane intensity!

 

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Haha, just joking!

But I love the name!

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Diamine Steel Blue is NOT the color one would expect with a name like that. I think steel blue/blue steel like the blue steel of a firearm. This is a green leaning turquoise/teal. Don't get me wrong, I like the color- the name just seems off.

 

Levenger Blue Bahama is an ink I bought in part because of the name. It is a turquoise color, but different than say Lamy Turquoise. Plus it's a cool name that actually does resemble somewhat it's namesake.

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3 hours ago, Runnin_Ute said:

Levenger Blue Bahama is an ink I bought in part because of the name. It is a turquoise color, but different than say Lamy Turquoise. Plus it's a cool name that actually does resemble somewhat it's namesake.

I’ve wondered about this ink. I’d love to see it on paper. I’ll try and write soon, and maybe you’ll have think ink in a pen. If not, serves me right. 

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