EFNIR: Herbin Éclat de Saphir

[LizEF]

5 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

Thank you for the review of an ink I can't decide if I adore or hate!

It seems this is a very common reaction!

 

5 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

Lubrication is nice, line width isn't 😂 After "maturing" a but in a pen it can give an almost BSB hope when wet, followed by the chalky disappointment (not Sailot Storia level but still).

Yep, sounds exactly right.

 

5 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

Pelikan Edelstein Sapphire does the same, but cost more, pick your poison.

"I may not be beautiful, but at least I'm expensive!" 

 

5 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

That sums up my feelings too. As a bonus over other more standard royal blues, it doesn't seem to be using methyl blue as main dye and so is almost immune to ink eradicators, or fading as soon as the paper isn't properly buffered. 

  I don't know what dye it's using, but given the cleaning, I have to assume it's not "less of the same" but "more of paler".

[LizEF]

I think I've mentioned elsewhere that a very generous FP Geek shipped me a very large collection of ink (he having settled on what inks he preferred and no longer needing samples or inks he didn't prefer).  Yesterday I finally finished the inventorying and adding to my database.  Today I ran some queries and here are the results:

• 88 inks that are new to me
• 90 inks that I haven't reviewed (two that I had previously sampled, but used up before doing reviews) - That's 1.73 years of reviewing!!!
• 10 bottles (not all new to me)
• 1 cartridge
• 103 samples (not all new to me)
• 4 brands that are new to me (though one is a black cartridge included with an Ohto pen, and is probably made by some other ink manufacturer, but all I know is "Ohto Black")

(My next Amazon order will include two more sample racks!  I have nowhere to put all these samples, can't stand the idea of them just being loose in a bag and unsorted - I'm a database programmer!  I must have order! )

 

I now have 164 inks that I have not yet reviewed!! That's 3.15 years of reviewing!!  Sheesh.  Quin will be a grandfather by the time I run out of inks!

 

298 inks (that I have or have had) were gifts from the FP community.  Truly we inspire the best in each other.  Pat yourselves on the back, community!

 

(The new inks are in my ink spreadsheet.  I'm still debating whether to add them to my poll now or wait - since some of them are clearly older, I'm leaning toward adding, but wow will that be some poll...)

[torstar]

Thank you!

 

One of my top 3 perfect blue ink shades.

[LizEF]

24 minutes ago, torstar said:

Thank you!

 

One of my top 3 perfect blue ink shades.

You're very welcome!

[Claes]

Presumably off topic, but didn't some shade of blue play an important role in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

[inkstainedruth]

I don't remember -- it's been too many years since I read the series.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[torstar]

21 hours ago, Claes said:

Presumably off topic, but didn't some shade of blue play an important role in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

 

Hooloovoo is that super-intelligent shade of blue

 

I aim for a perfect Sapphire, so my last 2 bottles of Parker Penman are tops for me, it's really not worth the fuss people make of it (or is it...)

 

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, Claes said:

Presumably off topic, but didn't some shade of blue play an important role in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Not sure The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy can be off topic.