EFNIR: Pelikan Edelstein Star Ruby

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

I was lucky to get Star Ruby at a Pelikan Hub. Loving the story. 

  Thanks, @Misfit!

[InesF]

Thank you @LizEFfor the review and for the careful treatment of Makhabesh!

 

Loving Star Ruby with medium and stub nibs more than with F and EF, I observed a bit nasty spread on absorbent paper.

 

Looking forward to a full recovery of Makhabesh.  

[LizEF]

2 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you @LizEFfor the review and for the careful treatment of Makhabesh!

You're very welcome!

 

2 hours ago, InesF said:

Loving Star Ruby with medium and stub nibs more than with F and EF, I observed a bit nasty spread on absorbent paper.

Huh.  Well, there's a reason we call it absorbent...   Clearly this ink is one for the good paper.

 

2 hours ago, InesF said:

Looking forward to a full recovery of Makhabesh.  

Imagine how he feels!   Fun things to come.  (I hope! - I've reached the end of the part I had written in one long burst. Now I need to figure out what happens for my next ink - I'm a few ahead of the rest of you again.)

[XYZZY]

I've had a bottle for almost a year and don't use it much, but it is currently in my M1005 with an F nib, so I'm getting wide wet lines.  I have only used this pairing on Fabriano paper, which is more cream than white, and it does certainly appear redder.  It also has frequent halo, but not on every letter.   It's a nice ink, but for me won't replace Yama-budo.  But it's nice in my fat and very wet Pelikan.

[LizEF]

58 minutes ago, XYZZY said:

I've had a bottle for almost a year and don't use it much, but it is currently in my M1005 with an F nib, so I'm getting wide wet lines.  I have only used this pairing on Fabriano paper, which is more cream than white, and it does certainly appear redder.  It also has frequent halo, but not on every letter.   It's a nice ink, but for me won't replace Yama-budo.  But it's nice in my fat and very wet Pelikan.

Thanks for sharing your experience.  I didn't see any halo, but I'll have to watch for it whenever I use up the rest of this ink - in a fatter nib.

[namrehsnoom]

Thank you for this review @LizEF. The Pelikan inks of the year were a bit of a disappointment the past few years, but the 2019 version is a good one! I’m not big on pink inks, but this Star Ruby managed to appeal to me. And as you say: a bright & happy colour. I still like Turmaline a bit better (it’s a somewhat more subtle-looking, if you can speak of subtle for a bright pink 😉

 

[LizEF]

5 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

Thank you for this review @LizEF.

You're very welcome!

 

5 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

I still like Turmaline a bit better (it’s a somewhat more subtle-looking, if you can speak of subtle for a bright pink 😉

  OK, you made me go look.  Found your review of Star Ruby with Turmaline next to it.  Turmaline certainly is less of the pink stereotype - I like Star Ruby's cheerfulness, and it makes a great mark-up ink, but it doesn't really stand out to me as much different from a lot of other bright pinks.  Turmaline, on the other hand, looks to lean a little blue? to my eyes.  Something.  Anyway, I think I agree with you -  a little more intriguing.

[fireant]

Awesome review.

I really love this ink. I've gotten decent shading with a variety of flex pens, on tomoe river it does look a tad redder but not red, it still reads as a pink to me.

[LizEF]

37 minutes ago, fireant said:

Awesome review.

I really love this ink. I've gotten decent shading with a variety of flex pens, on tomoe river it does look a tad redder but not red, it still reads as a pink to me.

Thanks!  I think it's really only cream or similar-colored paper that makes this ink look red.  And yeah, I'll bet it looks fabulous from a flex nib.