If you haven’t acquired any of these inks, Timeless Blue is a good option, albeit a bit more expensive than Monteverde or Private Reserve (at least in the US). If I inked up seven pens with each of these colors, I think I’d be hard-pressed to know which ink was which. This is definitely an ink color category that is thick with competition. I think Parker Penman Sapphire has more sheen and is a little less violet in hue, even with the sheen. I don’t have a swatch of the white whale of the ink world: Parker Penman Sapphire but the swatch Jesi included in her review can be cross-referenced here too: When compared to other inks, as mentioned above, Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao is a good option as well as Monteverde Sapphire, Penlux Cobalt Blue (a Sailor made ink so it’s probably lubricated as well), Private Reserve Cosmic Cobalt and Monteverde 2018 DC Supershow Blue (which is very hard to tell apart from Sapphire Blue). If you prefer wetter, more lubricated ink, the Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao would probably be a good alternative. The ink adds a little tooth to the writing experience. The ink has a little bit of a gritty quality which is more noticeable on smooth paper or with pens that have particularly smooth nibs. Timeless Blue is a little dry, it’s good for EF nibs and everyday paper since it is not likely to spread as much as other wetter inks. On Tomoe River, the results regarding the color are consistent to the results on Rhodia - not much shading, a little sheen. And when wet, the ink shows some evidence of a soft lavender undertone. But the color is deeply saturated and bright. In regular writing, there is very little evidence of the shading and, with an EF nib, very little evidence of sheen. Not as much as the new Krishna S Series Paakezah but it does sheen.Įven on Rhodia paper, the sheen will show with wider strokes and heavier ink coverage. It doesn’t have a ton of shading but there is some sheening. The color is a bright, vivid Ultramarine blue. Not to mention, when am I ever going to use 85ml of any one ink? This is an upgrade from the larger 85ml bottles which are almost completely spherical but are more difficult to label once removed from the box. The 38ml bottles are flat on the front and back providing good real estate for branding and labelling the ink colors. Inside the cap is a rubber gasket which keeps the ink from leaking. The bolt cap is heavy metallic painted a brushed gold. There is gold foil stamping on both the box and and the bottle. We just want to celebrate that it’s over. As a Special Edition ink, its a good end-of-year celebration, for as much as any of us want to celebrate 2020. There’s no reason that the holiday festivities can’t continue, right? The Ferris Wheel Press Ink Timeless Blue Special Edition 2020 ($18 for 38mp) is a great gift. So, we have decided to bump this out to be our post-Boxing Day Inkmas post. Thankfully, one of our readers noticed the oversight. Huge apologies for skipping Day 8 on Inkmas this year.
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