Blue Inks Comparison #3

[@wanyman]

Kon-peki is my favorite blue ink but I had no idea it had any sheen. I’m going to get a bottle of that Spanish Blue. Thanks!

[@kevinu.k.7042]

Superb review - Thanks.

[@keter1234]

Blue is my favorite

[@Crazytesseract]

Kon-peki is almost the standard Pilot Blue ink plus the sheen.

[@llchapman1234]

My blue ink wish list just keeps growing. Thanks for feeding the obsession 😂. That Spanish blue reminds me of those lovely blue tiles in Spain 💙

[@lizdelisle1912]

It’s a tie between Forget me not blue and Diamine blue flame! Thanks for showing all the beautiful options of blue!

[@walterfoster2582]

Need some of that Majestic Blue. OMG!

[@aphexteknol]

Walter Foster Majestic Blue is one of my favorite Diamine inks. I don’t think you can go wrong with it honestly. It has quite a range of character too depending on the pen/nib you are using. Extra fine drier pens its a very classy deep blue and broader nibs you get that wonderful red/pinkish sheen. Great fun!

[@weaver7249]

Thanks Dave. I appreciate these comparisons. I always come to your channel, when deciding which inks to purchase.

[@PenultimateDave]

Thanks Dana!

[@peterbowenwalker6987]

Thank you for making these ink comparisons. They have been exceptionally helpful. Please keep them coming.

[@osgabriel20]

You expose and present the beauty and tips of such lovely inks thank you

[@JoelTurrell]

Thank you for another excellent ink review. I would never be exposed to so many options if it weren't for your reviews.

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[@musatripp8328]

@Waylon Josiah Instablaster :)

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[@aag24]

Thank you, Dave. I do love Diamine Asa Blue, beautifully saturated but not super expensive.

[@PenultimateDave]

Yeah Asa Blue is a lovely shade of blue.

[@cyntoh9265]

Thanks for the video, I like that you are now leaving a bit of the first swipe showing, I think that it lets you see what a dryer nib will show you versus a really wet nib. I think that Papier Plume ink is pretty interesting and I wonder how it compares to Bleu Myosotis by Herbin.

[@PenultimateDave]

Hi, yes you are right, it shows a lot better the difference between a dry and a wet writing nib. I'm not sure how Papier Plume Forget Me Not compares but it's a very interesting ink which I am already down to half a bottle on, so I may have to try and get some more or find a suitable replacement which is easier to get locally than having to import from the US to UK.

[@gristlevonraben]

lovely, Sir.

[@Richard_Barnes]

OK, It’s done me - I have Kon Peki on order. I may ‘need’ some others 😆

[@genuinetool]

It was going to happen eventually, mate. Best not to fight it.

[@PenultimateDave]

Kon-Peki is a beautiful blue, I also like Waterman Inspired Blue and Pelikan Edelstein Topaz, they are somewhat close and then Franklin-Christoph Spanish Blue.

[@genuinetool]

@@PenultimateDave haven't tried the F-C, but agree that the others are great. Do yourself a favour and try Monteverde Caribbean Blue at some point. Gorgeous tropical ocean blue that shades like crazy, behaves perfectly and even shows a bit of sheen under the right conditions.

[@TweakMDS]

I don't have that many blue inks. Being Dutch, I should probably pick up at least one Akkerman blue ink, but my favorite blue ink is Waterman Mysterious Blue. It just works well on both poor and good paper, has a lovely amount of shading on Rhodia / Clairefontaine. It's very blue, but at the same time feels like a bit off-blue at times. I really like it and since it's cheap, definitely a recommendation.

[@peterpuleo2904]

I agree. Waterman Inks are always reliable and perform well. My Mysterious Blue has a bit of a teal tint when it dries.

[@arcadearnie]

great video as always! Not a blue fan myself ink wise, but i do like 'Diamine les paul Pelham blue', sort of has a matt denim look to it

[@harisivakumar207]

Granted, I also don't live in Sydney, Australia or rather experienced Sydney in my life, ever, but I always thought the water will always be blue, but it had a slight tinge of green, so Blackstone probably thought that this ink colour is bordering on reminiscent. Also, some inks from the Shimmer range have both shimmer AND sheen, best of both worlds! I consider purchasing Kon-Peki from Iro because apparently it is popular by most fountain pen users. Excellent video as always. Adam from his KZbin channel, 'An Ink Guy' is going to be reviewing Pilot Iroshizuku inks next year, so this should hopefully be fun to check it out!

[@antonioraffa123]

Nice work Dave -Thank you 👍🏻

[@PenultimateDave]

Thanks 👍

[@SwayvillDelgarian]

Kon-peki is also an all time favorite, and I also like Majestic Blue, although I realize that I rarely use it (perhaps because it is a pain to clean). I'm intrigued by your Franklin-Christoph, may be it is closer to Iroshizuku ama-iro.

[@chrislj2890]

Out of these I only have Majestic Blue, Kon-peki and Arctic Blue, but blue being my favorite color I like them all. If you like shimmer then Robert Oster Blue Moon and J.Herbin Kyanite du Nepal are good ones also.

[@Richard_Barnes]

It’s good to see all the inks as Blue is my favourite colour. I just find ink swatches totally different to how a pen writes with it, which then leads into another issue whereby no one has the time or effort to fill and empty a pen 9 times to write with it properly, then ensure the saturated feed is emptied so it writes how it would do normally. 😂 Thx Dave 🙏🏻

[@PenultimateDave]

That's one reason Richard why I wanted to use the same pen, because nearly all ink reviews I've seen use different pens, which is good to see what an ink writes with in a dry or wet writing pen but you then lose consistency across testing multiple inks.

[@llchapman1234]

I keep buying pens as I get new 'must have' inks. Hi, I'm Lisa and I'm a compulsive fountain pen hoarder 😂

[@dawudjudah1373]

Would love if you took high-def photos of the ink swatches and posted them so that all the colors could be printed and compared.

[@PenultimateDave]

Hi Dawud, I've actually kept all the swatches and it's been something I've been meaning to do and perhaps put a section on my website at www.penultimatedave.com but I just haven't had the time yet. I want to make sure if I do it that I get the colour coding correct as it's easy to mismatch what they look like as you'll probably see from a lot of online swatches of ink from various retailers.

[@dawudjudah1373]

@@PenultimateDave awesome!

[@davidyiong6497]

Great video, now I know Kon-Peki has slight sheen :)

[@PenultimateDave]

Yeah it's subtle but the sheen is there.

[@bahaven1896]

Hi Dave, I LOVE all of your INK reviews - although it's bad on my wallet! keep them coming - there is NEVER too much INK :)

[@PenultimateDave]

I'm not so sure about NEVER too much INK, I have over 300 bottles and I'm having to be creative on where to store it haha.

[@sistergoldenhair0727]

Arctic blue and Blackstone Sydney harbor are my favorites here. Have you heard that Blackstone was going out of business???

[@PenultimateDave]

I heard rumours a couple of years ago but I never saw anything of it with regards to Blackstone going out of business. Most if not all ink manufacturers are family run businesses with usually only 1 or 2 staff and mostly husband and wife.

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

I love the color of Majestic Blue, but it is an ink that "aims to misbehave". Still worth it to me, though.

[@PenultimateDave]

Majestic Blue does have some sheen so it can be a little more problematic to clean over regular inks.

[@richardc6932]

How broad a nib would one have to use to see any of these features in Diamine Majestic Blue? I have been told is very close to my Akkerman’s No.5, Shocking Blue. I use Np.5 in a Sailor 1911L fine nib with no effects, just a beautiful blue, no shading whatsoever.

[@PenultimateDave]

It's not necessarily how broad a nib you'd need but how wet it writes. Typically you do find broader nibs tend to write more wetter, but you really want a more wet writing nib. Something like a Visconti nib that writes like a firehose I would say, you can still see sheen on medium nibs although I typically find sheen occurs more on a broad up to a 1.3mm stub nib.

[@richardc6932]

Thanks Dave.

[@pat412pear]

kon-peki was my gateway ink & I guess you never really get over your first love. Quick question : how does Skull and Roses compare to/with Midnight and Majestic?

[@PenultimateDave]

Diamine Skull and Roses is a mid blue with red sheen. Diamine Midnight is a Blue Black so a Blacker Blue Diamine Majestic Blue is a more of a Violet Blue

[@humanfirst11]

Which one of these are lubricating inks? Thanks

[@michaeljacobs7995]

Is there an ink like the Diamine Blue Flame without the shimmer?

[@PenultimateDave]

I'm sure there is a blue Diamine ink that is the same as Blue Flame without the shimmer but I haven't come across it yet.

[@robertweir5755]

Is Lamy Blue the same as the cartridges that are supplied with their pens? I've tried to use the cartridges but the ink is extremely dry and I can't use it. I have a lot of bottles of ink but none from Lamy.

[@PenultimateDave]

Yes I believe it is the same ink provided in the cartridges. You may find though in cartridges that sometimes the water can evaporate out and that can make the consistency a little different depending on how long the cartridges have been stored for.

[@kgbyrd8204]

0:41 Watery tends to be dry?? Seems like a contradiction

[@PenultimateDave]

Water isn't wet by nature, in terms of flow, you need to add lubricant.

[@michellestephenson1680]

I don’t need more blue, I don’t need more blue, I don’t... I NEED SYDNEY HARBOR BLUE!!

[@PenultimateDave]

That's..... EXACTLY how it works! Haha.

[@llchapman1234]

😂😂😂😂

[@peterpuleo2904]

How do you protect your inks during long term storage?

[@PenultimateDave]

I store them all in their original boxes. At one point I wanted to display the bottles on shelves until I realised I had far too many inks, now sitting over 300 bottles. So I typically store them in their original boxes, some are on shelves but others are in drawers where the bottles aren't too tall.

[@MrBeruum]

What is the oen that you use for the writting samples

[@PenultimateDave]

The pen is the William Shakour Titan, it’s a pen made by a UK Pen Collector William Shakour. I have a review of two of his Titan's at kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ2to3tsjpl4mNk and another one at kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqjIfqWGfNmUa9U He doesn’t have a website, he’s on Instagram as instagram.com/williamshakour and can make pens to order.

[@billiesan69]

What kind of dip pen are you using in this video?

[@PenultimateDave]

The pen is the William Shakour Titan, it’s a pen made by a UK Pen Collector William Shakour. I have a review of two of his Titan's at kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ2to3tsjpl4mNk and another one at kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqjIfqWGfNmUa9U He doesn’t have a website, he’s on Instagram as instagram.com/williamshakour and can make pens to order.