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De Atramentis Document Turquoise


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This is the review of Document Turquoise, which will be soon followed by its Artist sibling.  If you were to choose one for writing purposes, get a sample of this one. 

 

I am not enamoured by this ink. I don't know if it's the colour, or it's behaviour, or simply it's lack of character. Or maybe I'm inky saturated :D

It is decent document ink, too wet with wet/wide nib combos. With fude (bent Chinese /Japanese nibs) it wrote  like flip-flops on ice ;) 

 

Ink won't work with cheap/absorbent paper and it will feather and fly away. 

 

Colour is slightly lighter than Artist Turquoise, and less wet. 

Document and Artist inks can be mixed, so they are perfect for Artists or those who like to mix their own inks. 

Document inks are slightly “more” archival than Artist inks, in my correspondence with De Atramentis. 

 

Chroma:

 

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Writing Samples

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Scan for Midori is too green. 

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And a couple of photos of Midori:

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Comparison:

 

 

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Nothing did budge the ink under running water: 

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I wasn't really inspired to do a sketch. This is done on a Canson watercolour paper. By wetting the paper with a brush adding ink, and removing extra colour with a paper towel....

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· Pens used: Pilot Kakuno (Ef /Stub) Lamy Safari (Ef/F/M/B) / Jinaho 450 with an Ultraflex nib/ and fude nib 

· What I liked: Writing with a broad nib only. I was taking notes and had my pen uncapped for 5 minutes, no dry outs. Very fast dry time on coated paper, especially with Fine nibs. It’s good for dry pens.  

· What I did not like: Very wet, no character. 

· Shading: none  

· Ghosting: This ink is best for coated paper, with Ef – Broad nibs and dry pens. Don't use it with ebonite feed. 

· Bleed through: Same as above. 

· Flow Rate: Very wet

· Lubrication: Excellent

· Nib Dry-out: None.

· Start-up: None.

· Saturation: Eh

· Shading Potential: None

· Sheen: None.

· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: With a primed nib, you can have some feathers, even on coated papers.

· Nib Creep / “Crud”: No. 

· Staining (pen): It didn't stain my convertor. But I used it only for a week. 

· Clogging: No

· Cleaning: It was fairly straightforward, like "normal" inks. However, long term I don't know. 

· Water resistance: Excellent

· Availability: 45 ml bottles. 

 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier :)

 

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5 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Classic review @yazeh

 

That's one off the bucket list then...

Good to see you and thanks 🙏, take off the Artist Turquoise off also, in case it's lingering there :)

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39 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Colour is slightly lighter than Artist Turquoise, and less wet. 

(a) Thank you for the comparison; (b) Artist Turquoise is wetter!?  Talk about firehose...

 

45 minutes ago, yazeh said:

uncapped for 5 minutes, no dry outs.

That's impressive.

 

I'd always heard this was a misbehaving ink. :)  Meanwhile, that poor kitty on the swatch card, crying his eyes out! :(

 

:)  Thanks for the review, @yazeh!

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1 hour ago, LizEF said:

(a) Thank you for the comparison; (b) Artist Turquoise is wetter!?  Talk about firehose...à

I was going for waterfall but firehose is quite close ;)

 

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

 

That's impressive.

 

I'd always heard this was a misbehaving ink. :)  Meanwhile, that poor kitty on the swatch card, crying his eyes out! :(

 

Yeah, maybe it was saying, what did I do to be drawn like this 😜

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

 

:)  Thanks for the review, @yazeh!

Most welcome as always :)

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@yazeh Another wonderful review.

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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17 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I do like the color and I love the chroma!  Thanks for the cool review, @yazeh.

Glad someone liked it. If you use fine nibs, this is fast drying ink, specifically for you. Though it's not the best behaved. 

12 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

@yazeh Another wonderful review.

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