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This week I spent some time playing with Staedtler Blue. This is an amazing ink is bright and cheery. I was pleasantly surprised with how beautiful it is given Staedtler’s conservative demeanour.My brain buzzed blue, and I decided to go through stock and count how many similar inks have been popular in recent months. Here’s one … Read more
When you purchase a ball point pen from your local store, you generally get a choice of dull black or blue oil based ink. But in the world of fountain pens even black and blue have an amazing range of colours, shades, saturation and behaviours. It’s almost impossible to list the choices available to the avid … Read more
Ok Mom! I agree with you! Teal is not exactly turquoise! Or is it? Teal… greenish. Turquoise… blueish. Hm. Now I’m not sure. Either way, Diamine’s Teal is a gorgeous medium-saturated blue-green ink (you decide) that is similar to a medium green or dark cyan. The colour’s name comes from the common teal duck which presents … Read more
I was very happy to bring Diamine fountain pen inks to the store during April and I’ve been inking up several pens. One ink that really caught my eye was Diamine’s 150th anniversary Regency Blue. I’m generally a fan of brown inks and not-quite-so ordinary inks. I find it takes a very special blue to … Read more