Diamine Sapphire Blue

[piembi]

Thanks for the review, Mike. I use Diamine Sapphire Blue often because I happen to really like it. It's right up there with Waterman Florida Blue, Diamine WES Imperial Blue, Aurora Blue, and Sailor Blue as reliably well-behaving, good-flowing blue ink.

 

I would like to add Visconti, Quink and Lamy and you have named my blue inks that get really used.

Diamine Sapphire is wonderful with my MB 342. The 342 has a very smooth and wet nib that gives a saturated line.

 

[rmccarty4]

Have you had occasion to compare Sapphire Blue with Diamine Imperial Blue (a/k/a W.E.S. Imperial Blue)?... It would be nice to have side-by-side writing samples.

I have no Diamine Imperial Blue to compare them to.

I think that The Writing Desk samples are pretty faithful representations of the colors I do have, although they don't show how the inks will appear in a wet Extra Fine or dry Medium, for example. Now, if I could get it together with my digital camera... well, no promises.

[Bart]

thanks MikeLip for the water tests. On my quest for the perfect water-resistant blue ink, I've tried a couple of Noodler's, the Pilot, and the Platinum, but all of them compromise either color or resistance in different ways. Looks like the Diamine is another one to try.

 

Edited May 13, 2008 by Bart