Blue velvet x4

[senzen]

Trying with a new to me Parker 85, M.

 

[Mercian]

Wow.

I have never seen the apparent hue of an ink ink changed that much just by using it in a feed/nib of higher wetness!
Your photo makes me wonder whether your Vacumatic might need to have a thorough deep-cleaning 😬

 

But it could of course just be a really good demonstration of just how very strong an effect on the appearance of any ink on the page is dependent upon the nib/feed.

My own 1954 Pelikan 400 is, similarly, much 'wetter' than any of my modern Pelikans - but it doesn't change the hue of the ink I have put in to it.

 

I could test my belief about your Vac by running some Waterman Serenity Blue through my 1960s UK Parker Duofold 'Junior' - which is also prodigiously 'wet' - but that's the pen that I have devoted to ESS Registrars' Ink, and I've only just re-filled it with said 'slippery' elixir

 

Slàinte,
M.

 

[senzen]

This Vacumatic produces darker colours consistently, with no starting or skipping problems, or with the nib feeling dry, very shortly after having cleaned it. In fact I've always wondered if it's just mine or if all Vacs do this...

 

I really dislike inks going darker but in this case it works for me, that photo doesn't do it justice. I find what the Strong produces even more strange, but again, it's consistent and very good looking.

 

The other pen that produces such a dramatic change is an M Metropolitan with Kon Peki, storing it in an airtight container somewhat corrects that; something that seems a bad idea with the celluloid Vacumatic, from what I've read.

 

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