Quick review of Noodler's Forest Green

[psfred]

A quick written review of Noodler's Forest Green, Squeteague, and Sequoia on the same page.

 

All these inks behave well in my pens (your milage may vary!). The Sequoia has been in that Parker 21 for a LONG time, so it may be a bit darker than it should be. I'm lazy, I would have flushed and refilled except that I'm trying to reduce the number of pens I have with ink in them.

 

Forest Green is a slightly blue, darker green that shows very nice shading. Reminds me of White Pine needles, maybe a bit lighter. In wet pens it's much darker than Pelikan Brilliant Green and much less cyan than Skrip Green. Dark enough for small blocks of text, although it might get annoying if used too much. A nice Christmas card green, except that it is not waterproof (none of these inks are).

 

I included some Noodler's black text for comparison -- I use only fine and XF nibs, so the colors may not show as well as they should.

 

My bottle of Squeteague is exactly what I expected -- that elusive blue/teal color found on some fish. More interesting that blue, dark enough for regular writing.

 

Sequoia is a nice match for mature sequoia needles -- a deep dark "mossy" green with some yellow in it. Quite nice, I use it a lot for snails.

 

I'd have added some Zhivago but I cannot locate the pen filled with it at the moment.

 

Peter

[Shelley]

That forest green is nice, any idea how it compares to PR sherwood?

[SallyLyn]

I have Forest Green and like it. Currently in a Forest Green Parker 45 F nib, almost a perfect match. The converter was running out so three weeks ago tossed in the last of a Sheaffer Blue and Blue-Black mix. Became what you'd expect, a nice Green-Blue with a hint of ? Grey.

 

Thank you for the photos. They really help me to understand the differences.

[Tricia]

Forest Green is my favorite green! Thanks for a nice review. It has a slight hint of blue, imo, but not as much as Squeteague, which I also have and like. Forest Green is particularly nice in a demonstrator pen (I have it in a Sailor) so I can see the gorgeous color even when I'm not writing with it.

 

 

 

[GreenVelvet]

It's so lovely to see inks next to each other on a page. Is there any way this image could be bigger? I find it's too small to really get a sense of the color.

[psfred]

If I can find the original scan, I will post some larger bits -- I may, unfortunately, have overwritten it with the reduced resolution version.

 

Peter