Octopus Fluids Moosgrün (moss green)

[Nellie]

I put this ink into my Moonman S3 with its Delike Bent nib (which I'd still classify as fine):

My attempt at showing the sheen:

And compared to some other greens (almost all from a dip pen. I took this pic for my lightfastness test):

[yazeh]

Thanks for ink review and comparisons

It's funny when you see Diplomat bottles from cultpens, it's actually written on it:

however, cultpens also sells also Octopusfluids Moss green:

The difference is the price. Diplomat is twice the price in UK. 

Here is the bottle from Vanness:

The prices in the US are similar, though Diplomat is on sale, right now.

And just add to the confusion, the regular line up from Diplomat have different bottles:

 

 

[LizEF]

Thank you for the review, @Nellie! I have yet to try this ink. If they're the same as Diplomat, I may have a sample (can't remember which colors I got).  Thanks for the extra details, @yazeh.

[Sailor Kenshin]

5 hours ago, yazeh said:

Thanks for ink review and comparisons

It's funny when you see Diplomat bottles from cultpens, it's actually written on it:

however, cultpens also sells also Octopusfluids Moss green:

The difference is the price. Diplomat is twice the price in UK. 

Here is the bottle from Vanness:

The prices in the US are similar, though Diplomat is on sale, right now.

And just add to the confusion, the regular line up from Diplomat have different bottles:

 

 

Those are some pretty colors…and is that bottle similar to Pelikan's small one?  And Kaweco?

 

I have a couple of 5280 inks and they used the same bottles.  Probably common.

[yazeh]

@LizEFMost welcome

@Sailor Kenshinit looks more like Kaweco...but I can be wrong

[Nellie]

I would have said similar to Pelikan's @Sailor Kenshin, as Kaweco have had all kinds of bottles since they turned up again. I only got a small sample, though, so I haven't seen them IRL either. Yup, I'd say they're the most common bottles here.

😮 Twice the price @yazeh - that's shocking. Here Diplomat is only € 2 more (but still, why buy it if you can get either and it's the same ink?!).

Thanks @LizEF! Let me know if you don't have a sample after all and want to see it from an EF nib. I have one here for this pen and could easily do it! (I bet it's still going to sheen!)

 

 

 

 

[LizEF]

34 minutes ago, Nellie said:

Thanks @LizEF! Let me know if you don't have a sample after all and want to see it from an EF nib. I have one here for this pen and could easily do it! (I bet it's still going to sheen!)

Thank you, but please don't go out of your way - I actually don't use EFs much, only for my review series, and it'll be the end of next year before I order any more inks.

[yazeh]

13 hours ago, LizEF said:

Thank you, but please don't go out of your way - I actually don't use EFs much, only for my review series, and it'll be the end of next year before I order any more inks.

That reminds to be seen

[LizEF]

42 minutes ago, yazeh said:

That reminds to be seen

[USG]

Nice Review 👍

[Nellie]

OK, then I won't @LizEF! (What gave you the idea for the review series, though? Curious now!)

Thank you @USG!

[A Smug Dill]

6 minutes ago, Nellie said:

What gave you the idea for the review series, though?

Also of note is @LizEF's post count fast approaching 10,000!

[LizEF]

58 minutes ago, Nellie said:

OK, then I won't @LizEF! (What gave you the idea for the review series, though? Curious now!)

As @A Smug Dill linked (thanks, Dill!) - somewhere in there, it probably relates the fact that I did initially use EF nibs almost exclusively, and I found that even with, e.g., my TWSBI EF nibs, inks did not look like they did in reviews.  And I couldn't predict how they would look - paler or darker - it depended on the ink.  This frustrated me quite a bit, especially before I became an ink sample convert.    So, years later when I felt experienced enough, I decided to start doing reviews for folks who are, or would be, where I was when I was using EF nibs so much.

 

These days, I prefer Japanese F, western EF & F, and stub nibs - but I rarely use my other Japanese EF nibs.

 

As for my post count, Klaw may be what's tipping me over the edge - he's so adorable  I just had to share with my online friends:

 

[InesF]

Thank you @Nellie for the review and inktroduction!

Thank you @yazeh for extending the view and for comparing brands and bottles.

I like this dark green which seems to be well behaving (even when written with a wet dip pen). From distance I expect it being a good alternative to the Pelikan 4001 Dark Green (of new formula). I definitely will give it a try (and the Burgunder as well). Finding the "right" green is so much harder than finding the "right" blue.

 

PS: I managed to stop buying new fountain pens but can't resist buying new inks for an ever growing collection that is already lightyears beyond my need.  

[Nellie]

Thanks @LizEF! I enjoy your reviews too, and find them useful despite the fact that I only have and use one EF among my pens! (I can't remember for sure but as far as I can, for me it was most disappointing that years ago - when we usually scanned in ink reviews instead of taking pics - every ink would be tons darker than what I had seen in the reviews, in everything except for my stubs or italics. I think most of my pens are on the wet side.)

You're welcome @InesF! Yup, finding the right green is hard. Mine seems to be among the regular Noodler's (Gruene Cactus and Standard Green, Green Marine is OK too), as I find most green inks too far on the blue side or too light/washed out. This one here leans a bit blue too, more than the Kaweco, but somehow I'm still interested (maybe my tastes are changing towards darker greens again 😄).

[LizEF]

3 hours ago, Nellie said:

Thanks @LizEF! I enjoy your reviews too, and find them useful despite the fact that I only have and use one EF among my pens! (I can't remember for sure but as far as I can, for me it was most disappointing that years ago - when we usually scanned in ink reviews instead of taking pics - every ink would be tons darker than what I had seen in the reviews, in everything except for my stubs or italics. I think most of my pens are on the wet side.)

You're most welcome.  And yep, wet nibs tend to make inks darker.