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Thanks for getting this review up for those of us who've yet to order it, penguin. Excellent color!

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Here it is! Color is dead on on my monitor so hopefully it's close for everyone else! Enjoy!

 

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Now I cannot wait for mine to arrive!

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Thanks for the review, now I want my order to come in even more! Especially since it works so well in a Pelikan.

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Hmm... interesting color. On my monitor, it does look like a night sky. Nice!

 

Thanks for the review!

 

 

Goes off to order a bottle... - yay!

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Ah, I've been waiting for this review. I would thank you, but now I want to buy it. That's not such a problem, except that if I buy this I have to buy the brown as well. Which isn't necessarily a problem...

 

Ok. I'll wait for the first shipment's round of reviews come out, and Wim completely convinces me.

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Looks great!!! My wife just called to tell me that my bottle arrived today. SO when i get home thats the first thing i'm doing:filling a pen!!!

 

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From the preliminary reviews, it looks like everyone who had a hand in this ink outdid themselves, from Elaine to Nathan to NeoTiger and everyone else who voted and pitched in.

 

This ink looks great! I currently have two pens in the work rotation with Legal Lapis, I think one of them will now get the Starry Night Blue, even though it isn't a bulletproof.

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I received my order today and just inked up my Pelikan 200 with the Binder .7mm cursive italic - this is just the ink I've been looking for. It's the darker side of Blue Black and reminds me of a bolder version of vintage Quink Blue Black or MB Blue Black. So far the ink is well behaved, no feathering on paper that isn't exactly top notch. It dries quickly and leaves a clean line. It has decent shading with the CI nib, even with my atrocious handwriting. I believe this is an ink I could get used to. Now on to the brown (after the lawn is mowed).

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Just got mine. It's a nice ink, but more on the grey-black side than blue, IMO. As for me, I like the result from mixing 3 parts Starry Night with 1 part Namiki Blue to make it a little bluer and more water-resistant.

 

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I just knew mine would be here today!!! Sitting here on pins and needles "patiently" waiting!

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I just knew mine would be here today!!! Sitting here on pins and needles "patiently" waiting!

 

I'm really looking forward to adding it to my Pelikan M625 Blue and Sterling. That happens tomorrow!

 

My thought exactly!! My 625 is flushed and just dying to try out the new ink!!

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In my pens it's just black. :( Well, there's a hint of blue.

 

I'm soaking an old Osmiroid (notoriously dry) so I can see the blue.

 

And wondering if Richard can provide a fine-ish cursive oblique with reduced flow. All my pens are such wet writers or have such fine lines that they aren't showing off the blue in this ink.

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Just like an FPN'er to consider buying a new nib just to match a new ink!

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Just like an FPN'er to consider buying a new nib just to match a new ink!

 

Hey, at least I'm not considering buying a new pen.

 

hmm....

 

What would look good with a deep, dark blue? M215 perhaps? Oooh, I know. The blue Sapporo Mini.

 

(where did hubby hide that credit card?)

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It would be very intersting to see a comparison of the new FPN Van Gogh ink with Noodlers Ellis Island Blue Black. On my monitor at least they look quite similar. Ellis Island may be a tad darker?

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Nice review! I received mine two days ago and inked up a Sheaffer with a fine/medium Triumph nib and was surprised to see the ink shade from a deep blue to grayish black with that nib.

 

The only complaint I have: I know a 'full bottle' is usually desirable, but I needed a *little* headspace - I couldn't use the ink without sending a little trickle down the side of the bottle (fortunately narrowly missing the label!)

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