Mystery Ink #34 and #35

[junglejim]

And so we are back! It's been a little over 6 months since our last Mystery Ink series and it's time to start anew. Many profound thanks to Chrissy, Deb (who is still away), FredRyder, Sailor Kenshin, and Jon Szanto for your kind words and encouragement while I was gone!

And so without further adieu, Mystery Ink is now open to FPG veterans, n00bs, newbies, and lurkers. You volunteer, I send free ink, you write with it and post your thoughts and observations. Guessing is welcome, but not required. There is nothing to "win" aside from perhaps personal satisfaction that you recognized it. No guess is confirmed until the mystery ink is finally revealed. The point of the mystery ink threads is an unbiased review. Fear not about the quality of your handwriting or sketching abilities. We don't care. We are all appreciative of those with the gift of artistic ability, but how well you draw or write doesn't impact your ability to test an ink and provide your opinion on it.

I will act as the Procurer, Packer, and Post Office Porter. This ink flight will consist of 1 packet containing 2 inks, each vial filled with 3mls of Mystery Ink labeled MI-34 and MI-35. There will be 10 packets available and only 2 of the packets will be for overseas participants due to the high cost of postage ( US$16.25/each ). If you are international, please let me know. If there are more sign-ups for overseas participants than slots, then I will run a Random Number Generator to pick.

The inks in this ink flight are dye based, not pigmented, no shimmer and not iron gall. I don’t use any of the Noodler’s Bay State inks, so there won’t be any in the ink flights I send out.

Post below if you would like to volunteer to receive a free ink flight. I'll leave this open until 12 Noon PDT Tuesday May 18th. Overseas packets will post on Thursday May 20th and US mailing will be on Saturday May 22nd.

Note: Packets sent to the UK generally arrive within 8 working days. Packets I sent to penfriends in Austria and the Netherlands on 02 April have still NOT arrived at their destinations, so EU is "iffy".

Covid-19 Precautions -- I am now fully inoculated, but for everyone's safety, ink samples will be prepared using a face mask and gloves. Ink Packets will be put together with a face mask and freshly washed hands. ( Sorry, but it's impossible to use sticky tape with gloves on... )

Until then, stay Safe and Healthy.
All the Best.

[BayesianPrior]

I'm in! Postage to Canada in my case.

[Yazeh]

Glad to see you back junglejim

I'm in Canada. So I prefer someone new.... I'll enjoy from afar. :)

[junglejim]

I'm in Canada. So I prefer someone new.... I'll enjoy from afar. :)

Remember what happened last time? Everyone waited for someone new and only 3 people signed up. ( I did send some out internationally at the last minute, though!)

[Sailor Kenshin]

Good to see you again, JJ!

...and you KNOW what I'm gonna say..... 😜

[FredRydr]

J Jim, glad to see you're back in circulation! I'll have a go.

[Chrissy]

Hello junglejim It's great to see you back here. :)

If you have space for someone in the UK I'm willing to enter as long as I don't take someone new's place. :)

[Yazeh]

I'm in Canada. So I prefer someone new.... I'll enjoy from afar. :)

Remember what happened last time? Everyone waited for someone new and only 3 people signed up. ( I did send some out internationally at the last minute, though!)

Yes I remember. I'm in but I give priority to newcomers :thumb:

[elaineb]

I’ll do it (if you’ll have me). I’m in the U.S. I did one of these years ago and had fun with it...

[CrayonAngelss]

I'll do it! This'll be my first time if that's alright. I'm in the US

[suzy01]

Welcome back JJ. I'll watch from afar this time and enjoy the thread only. Nice to see some folks joining up! [emoji16]

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[stevekolt]

I'd like to give it a try if you still have room...

[Pterodactylus]

Hi Junglejim, good to se you back.
If you have a free slot left I would love to participate again. :)

[junglejim]

Good morning!

So far we have the following people who are interested in participating in this Ink Flight:

USA: Sailor Kenshin, FredRydr, elaineb, CrayonAngelss*, stevekolt*

International: BayesianPrior*, Yazeh, Chrissy, Pterodactylus

( * indicates a brand new participant who gets a guaranteed slot as per Mystery Ink tradition! )

The International slot(s) will be decided by a Random Number Generator pick.

We'll wait a few more days until Tuesday to see if any one else wishes to sign-up.

Thanks!

[junglejim]

Good Afternoon!

The ink flights for MI#34 and 35 are now closed. First, I would like to thank fpg member tooth for his generous gift of several bags of new empty ink sample vials. They are being put to good use!

Could BayesianPrior, elaineb, CrayonAngelss, and stevekolt please PM me your name and address so I can prepare the ink packets? I already have everyone else's addresses.

Since we have just 5 US participants I was able to squeeze in one additional international spot ( 3 instead of just 2). I went to Random.org and used the list randomizer function and the results came out:

List Randomizer

There were 3 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

ptero
chrissy
yazeh

IP: 2600:6c52:7800:2024:226:bbff:fe0f:379f
Timestamp: 2021-05-18 19:12:14 UTC

Congratulations Ptero and Chrissy! You have been added on along with BayesianPrior.

International packets will go out on Thursday May 20th and US packets will be mailed on Saturday May 22nd.

Thanks to all the participants.

[FredRydr]

I've waterproofed my mailbox in anticipation.

[CrayonAngelss]

Thank you! I'll PM

[Chrissy]

Thank you junglejim :) I'm really looking forward to it.

[junglejim]

Because of the extra travel time and Customs clearance requirements, all International inkflights have now been sent. US inkflights will still be sent out on Saturday, as planned.

Stay Safe and Healthy!

[Pterodactylus]

Thanks a lot junglejim 👍

[stevekolt]

Thank you sir!

[junglejim]

Good morning!

All of the US inkflights have now been mailed out as of 24 May.

Enjoy!

[junglejim]

stevekolt-- Your PM box is full. I can't send you a reply until you make some space!
---Thanks

[FredRydr]

Well packed. No ink could possibly escape, even if a leak somehow happened. Thank you, junglejim!

So, I picked Pelikans, all with 14k B nibs ground to cursive italic, for the first tryout of the two mystery inks. I'll load the yellowish MI34 into the clear M205, and the bluish MISE MI35 into the green M400. And then we shall see what happens.

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[stevekolt]

stevekolt-- Your PM box is full. I can't send you a reply until you make some space!
---Thanks

Space made...

[Chrissy]

Thank you James. :) Ink samples MI34 and MI35 safely received.

[BayesianPrior]

Thank you James. :) Ink samples MI34 and MI35 safely received.

Faster to UK than to Canada? :blink:

[Yazeh]

Thank you James. :) Ink samples MI34 and MI35 safely received.

Faster to UK than to Canada? :blink:

Chrissy has a special private line... She's famous for that ;) :D

[junglejim]

As a graduate of the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Potions & Alchemy Specialization, Class 0f 1974) I can make use of Owl Mail for direct flights to Hogwarts in Loch Shiel. From there it's just a short owl to other locations in the UK. :angel:

[FredRydr]

Based on correspondence between Pennsylvania and Ontario, I suspect Canada is recycling paper on a massive scale, including mail that has yet to be delivered.

[jbb]

I can neither confirm nor deny that I have received samples #34 and #35. The rumors that I am privy to their identities are unsubstantiated. :ph34r:

[Yazeh]

As a graduate of the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Potions & Alchemy Specialization, Class 0f 1974) I can make use of Owl Mail for direct flights to Hogwarts in Loch Shiel. From there it's just a short owl to other locations in the UK. :angel:

I thought you sent them with a Klingon bird of Prey? ;) :p

[Chrissy]

Thank you James. :) Ink samples MI34 and MI35 safely received.

Faster to UK than to Canada? :blink:
Yep. :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK63eUyk-iM

[Sailor Kenshin]

I'm usually last. I think it's the Azkaban address or something. 😝

[Pterodactylus]

I'm usually last. I think it's the Azkaban address or something. 😝

I‘m pretty sure you will not be last.
I almost would bet I will be last.
Most likely customs will need weeks to judge if the content is dangerous or not.

[junglejim]

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! (A BIG Holiday for us in the States)

According to the latest USPS tracking, all US ink flights have now been delivered. For international, 2/3 have been delivered and the other is now in their respective country.

Enjoy!

[Sailor Kenshin]

I got mine by owl to Azkaban!

[stevekolt]

Got mine today, thanks! Band has a gig tomorrow, so will be getting to the inks by Monday...hopefully.

[Pterodactylus]

Got it, thanks Jim :)

[FredRydr]

I couldn't help comparing MI34 and MI35, even though each should be considered on their own merits.

I'm not a big user of yellows or bright colors, but dark orange MI34 flows so well that this particular M400 14k B nib that was ground to cursive italic many years ago is writing better with MI34 than all the prior inks I tried through it. Go figure. Wondering...what's in it?

More later....

[BayesianPrior]

Customs have finally released the shipment. Now, the real challenge is to find an overland Northwest Passage...

[stevekolt]

MI #34 is a gorgeous shade of orange. I like it so much, I will have to buy a bottle once I know what it is! MI # 35 is a rather dark green/blue ink, jury is still out on this one for me though...
Thanks for doing this James!

[Chrissy]

Are we delaying posting our writing images on here until BP has received his samples?

[Yazeh]

That is the common practice. Otherwise the delayed person will feel left out ;)

[FredRydr]

Customs have finally released the shipment. Now, the real challenge is to find an overland Northwest Passage...
Don't worry, it's on it's way via Chilkoot Pass.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia% 2Fcommons%2F4%2F46%2FChilkootPass_steps.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

[BayesianPrior]

Customs have finally released the shipment. Now, the real challenge is to find an overland Northwest Passage...
Don't worry, it's on it's way via Chilkoot Pass.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia% 2Fcommons%2F4%2F46%2FChilkootPass_steps.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

Brilliant, Fred!!

The samples are now in my city, although the journey from depot to front door may be the longest segment. Fingers crossed they arrive before the weekend.

[FredRydr]

My chicken-scratches:

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[BayesianPrior]

Now I feel left out :(

[Chrissy]

Fingers crossed you get it very soon. Maybe you were unlucky and got Errol the Weasley's old owl?

[FredRydr]

Now I feel left out :(You shouldn't. Even when you have ink in hand, comments will trickle in and there'll be no reveal by the ink-master until everyone shares their views.

[BayesianPrior]

Now I feel left out :(You shouldn't. Even when you have ink in hand, comments will trickle in and there'll be no reveal by the ink-master until everyone shares their views.

Ok, I feel better now :)

Maybe I can give a review of how the ink behaves once it goes through the freeze-thaw cycle.

[BayesianPrior]

Ooh! Out for delivery today!

[Sailor Kenshin]

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This was fun. Thanks, JJ! 👍🏻

In the chroma, I see all sorts of colors, red and yellows in 34, blues, blacks, turquoise, even green and purple in 35.

Rhodia paper. The Honey Burst was in a Nemosine Singularity with a Broad nib; the Lamy Copper Orange in a Pilot Parallel. The blue comparisons were glass pen dipped.

Thanks to a pen pal letter, I have my suspicions about one of the inks. I will keep my trap shut for now.

[junglejim]

All ink flights have now been delivered!




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[FredRydr]

Blasphemy (or, pushing the envelope):

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Uh oh. While MI34 nicely coats the back of the dip pen nib, MI35 beads up on the back of my dip pen nib and I discovered that any excess of it on a sheet of Rhodia speedily softens the paper to such an extent that hunks of cellulose separate and cling to the dip pen tines. MI34 is innocent of such misbehavior.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Blasphemy (or, pushing the envelope):

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Uh oh. While MI34 nicely coats the back of the dip pen nib, MI35 beads up on the back of my dip pen nib and I discovered that any excess of it on a sheet of Rhodia speedily softens the paper to such an extent that hunks of cellulose separate and cling to the dip pen tines. MI34 is innocent of such misbehavior.

Well. Now I have to try that.

[BayesianPrior]

Very early impressions - and I'm sorry that my photos are so bad. Will try a scan tomorrow.

MI34 feels like a Sailor ink. Would guess Kin-Mokusei?

MI35 doesn't feel as awfully dry to me as some early guesses have said. The colour is definitely leaning more green that R&K Verdigris and is more at the Sailor Miruai end of the spectrum, but probably not dark enough.

More to come...

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[Pterodactylus]

Sorry guys, I had a little accident with my middle finger and hardly can write or draw the next days, so my inputs will be delayed.

I made a little writing sample before the accident which I will post soon.

[Yazeh]

Sorry guys, I had a little accident with my middle finger and hardly can write or draw the next days, so my inputs will be delayed.

I made a little writing sample before the accident which I will post soon.

Sorry to hear that Ptero.
Take care. :)

[junglejim]

Take care of yourself Ptero!

[Chrissy]

I've written something out that is experimental. Both inks on the same review sheet. I'm still writing on a couple of different papers and will add them when they are finished.

I found MI#34 the orange ink flowed well and was wetter and gave me better lubrication across the page than MI#35.
MI#34 was quite a dark orange and MI#35 appeared to be a more saturated colour between a dark prussian blue and a blue-black.
I saw some shading with both inks.
MI#35 took a few more seconds to dry and exhibited some water resistance.
I thought they were both nice, well behaved inks.
Thank you junglejim for sending me these samples, and for doing such a great job to ensure they arrived here so quickly. :) I really appreciate the chance to try them out.

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[CrayonAngelss]

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[Yazeh]

These look like nice complementary colours....

[Chrissy]

As promised I've done some more writing with these inks on some different papers. They come up quite bright when I adjust the paper base colour.
I experienced no problems at all while writing with either of these inks.

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[BayesianPrior]

35 looks much bluer in your scans than I perceived it to be. I would say it's greener than verdigris, but maybe that was a function of a super fine nib...

[Chrissy]

35 looks much bluer in your scans than I perceived it to be. I would say it's greener than verdigris, but maybe that was a function of a super fine nib...
I compared some blue/greens and teals against MI#35. None of them were blue enough. However, I compared the scans again with the actual writing in bright sunlight and adjusted it to a tiny little bit less blue.
I don't have Verdigris but from pictures I found of it, it looks very similar to me.
It has a typical prussian blue type chroma test.

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[Pterodactylus]

I really like MI#34, this brownish orange is really nice.
The ink behaves really good, no flaws detected yet.
I´ve inked my Waterman 12 1/2 with it, one of my favorite pens.
This pen is quite wet, but the ink plays really well with it.

Also my son started testing it with his TWSBI 580 and likes it (he always complain that my many blue inks are boring ;) )

I can definitely say that I do not own this ink.

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(Waterman 12 1/2 BCHR ..... Mystery Ink 34 provided by JungleJim)

[FredRydr]

I am really enjoying MI34 in my correspondence, and as a result, the neglected Pelikan B cursive italic nib has a new lease on life. Thank you junglejim!

[junglejim]

Just a quick little note that the ink reveal for MI #34 and #35 will be on 17 June, which will be 2 weeks since the last participant received their ink flight. That should give the others time to evaluate their samples.

Stay Safe & Healthy! :wave:

[Chrissy]

Just a quick little note that the ink reveal for MI #34 and #35 will be on 17 June, which will be 2 weeks since the last participant received their ink flight. That should give the others time to evaluate their samples.

Stay Safe & Healthy! :wave:
Thank you junglejim. :) I'm looking forward to learning what these two inks are.

[BayesianPrior]

Just a quick little note that the ink reveal for MI #34 and #35 will be on 17 June, which will be 2 weeks since the last participant received their ink flight. That should give the others time to evaluate their samples.

Stay Safe & Healthy! :wave:

Thank you Jim, for your efforts and expenditure setting this up. I might be a little nearer 17 June with my reviews, as my wife and I welcomed our first daughter on Tuesday. Time with pens and ink is scarce at the moment!

[Pterodactylus]

Just a quick little note that the ink reveal for MI #34 and #35 will be on 17 June, which will be 2 weeks since the last participant received their ink flight. That should give the others time to evaluate their samples.

Stay Safe & Healthy! :wave:

Thank you Jim, for your efforts and expenditure setting this up. I might be a little nearer 17 June with my reviews, as my wife and I welcomed our first daughter on Tuesday. Time with pens and ink is scarce at the moment!

Congrats 🎉🍾🎈

[Pterodactylus]

Just a quick little note that the ink reveal for MI #34 and #35 will be on 17 June, which will be 2 weeks since the last participant received their ink flight. That should give the others time to evaluate their samples.

Stay Safe & Healthy! :wave:

I would appreciate at least a week more (I was also handicapped the last week). 6 days left is not much….

[junglejim]

Many Congratulations on your new baby girl, BayesianPrior! May you both have many happy decades together. :applause:

A favorite song of my son when he was a baby and I had to rock him to sleep...



https://youtu.be/mIBY-LQYkVA




I would appreciate at least a week more (I was also handicapped the last week). 6 days left is not much….

Since we have two requests for an extension (I'm sure BayesianPrior is going to suffer from a lack of sleep for a while...), I'll be happy to push back the ink reveals until 24 June, if it's okay with the majority of the participants.

[BayesianPrior]

Many Congratulations on your new baby girl, BayesianPrior! May you both have many happy decades together. :applause:

A favorite song of my son when he was a baby and I had to rock him to sleep...



https://youtu.be/mIBY-LQYkVA




I would appreciate at least a week more (I was also handicapped the last week). 6 days left is not much….

Since we have two requests for an extension (I'm sure BayesianPrior is going to suffer from a lack of sleep for a while...), I'll be happy to push back the ink reveals until 24 June, if it's okay with the majority of the participants.

Thank you Jim - I remember Raffi from my childhood, along with Sharon, Lois & Bram.

A few years ago I found an old audio cassette while helping my mother move house. When we played it, we heard me as a small child 'singing' Down By the Bay and my father's voice encouraging me in the background. That is the only recording of my late father's voice and it was a very special find.

[FredRydr]

MB corn poppy red = MI34?

[Chrissy]

MB corn poppy red = MI34?
Fred, you think MI34 is red? I think it's orange. Maybe KWZ Orange or Robert Oster Orange

[Sailor Kenshin]

All I know is, it will look GREAT in my new 2021 Terra Cotta Lamy Safari. 😉

[FredRydr]

MB corn poppy red = MI34?
Fred, you think MI34 is red? I think it's orange. Maybe KWZ Orange or Robert Oster Orange

A pen friend in California sent a postcard written with MB poppy red, and it’s a dead ringer for color. So I decided to toss the guess into the ring. :-)

[BayesianPrior]

I really enjoy the properties of MI34, but I've had a closer comparison of MI35 with R&K Verdigris. I think I can rule it out, but it's VERY close.
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[FredRydr]

It's why they're called mystery inks!

[BayesianPrior]

Just saw this thread (https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/360907-fritz-schimpf-sundowner-rich-orange/?tab=comments#comment-4444754) at the other place. New guess for MI34 is Fritz Schimpf Sundowner.

[BayesianPrior]

And my guess for MI35 is Herbin Vert de Gris. Final answer.

[Chrissy]

And my guess for MI35 is Herbin Vert de Gris. Final answer.
I would be interested to learn if you used the same pen and filled with MI#34 first? If you did I fear that maybe you had a tiny smidgen of that left in your pen somewhere when you then inked up MI#35 and it slightly turned the blue into green?

[BayesianPrior]

And my guess for MI35 is Herbin Vert de Gris. Final answer.
I would be interested to learn if you used the same pen and filled with MI#34 first? If you did I fear that maybe you had a tiny smidgen of that left in your pen somewhere when you then inked up MI#35 and it slightly turned the blue into green?

Excellent question, but I used separate pens for my testing. MI35 went into a clean Lamy Studio, whereas MI34 went into a Pelikan M215.

Even the ink clinging to the side of the sample vial looks teal to me. I am sure I haven't contaminated my sample. Maybe I'll try a chroma test (never successfully achieved before) and see if I get a similar result to yours.

Hmm...don't suppose ol' junglejim is having some fun at our expense, do you?

[Chrissy]

Even the ink clinging to the side of the sample vial looks teal to me. I am sure I haven't contaminated my sample. Maybe I'll try a chroma test (never successfully achieved before) and see if I get a similar result to yours.

Hmm...don't suppose ol' junglejim is having some fun at our expense, do you?
Wouldn't that be fun? @junglejim have you sent us different samples? LOL

[Sailor Kenshin]

I have a guess for the blue, but zero idea about the orange. Which I love.

[Chrissy]

My vote for MI #35 goes to L'Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Equinoxe No 6. A long time favourite of mine that always fills my Sheaffer Legacy.

[junglejim]

Even the ink clinging to the side of the sample vial looks teal to me. I am sure I haven't contaminated my sample. Maybe I'll try a chroma test (never successfully achieved before) and see if I get a similar result to yours.

Hmm...don't suppose ol' junglejim is having some fun at our expense, do you?
Wouldn't that be fun? @junglejim have you sent us different samples? LOL

One only has to look at Chrissy's excellent review of Cult Pens Deep Dark Matthew to see how the ink color changes, depending on the paper used.

linky: https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/34471-Ink-Review-Cult-Pens-Deep-Dark-Matthew-New

BTW, That is why each batch of Mystery Ink samples I send out are different colors. So I don't get confused. [ Although I am tempted to send out a batch of just all black samples some day, LOL!! ]

**Full disclosure: All Mystery Ink samples are purchased by the bottle from one of the many ink vendors on the internet. I have purchased and tested those samples in the past and thought the ink might be interesting to me. I would NEVER use one of my custom-mixed inks for the MI series. It wouldn't be fair, and those custom mixed inks are made only for certain dear pen-friends.

[FredRydr]

... ink color changes, depending on the paper used....
So true! I enjoy using sepia and brown inks on vintage postcards, and sometimes the color is stable, while other times those inks turn dark grey. It doesn't surprise me anymore.

[DrPenfection]

Oh how I have missed this thread! "been away too long. . . "

I will enjoy seeing the reveal. I have my guesses.

[junglejim]

April showers bring May flowers. Here on the Central Coast of California that means California Poppies and Blue lupine.

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Mystery Ink #34 is from a company that unfortunately disappeared due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I decided to share my last full bottle of Blackstone Wild Orange with our participants here at fpg. If you still have the sample vial, open it up and sniff. You will be greeted with a very light scent of citrus. Australian Wild Orange isn't actually a citrus fruit, but belongs to the caper family (Capparis mitchelii).

linky: https://www.lemurink.com/collections/ink/products/blackstone-wild-orange-scented-ink-30ml-bottle


Mystery ink #35 is also from down-under ( Tasmania ). A lovely dark blueish-green, it is Van Dieman's Blackened Seas.

linky: https://vanness1938.com/collections/van-diemans-ink/products/van-diemans-the-midnight-series-blackened-seas

I hope you enjoyed this session of the Mystery Ink series. The next set of bottled inks have been chosen and put aside for late August. Until then, stay Safe and Healthy!

All the Best.

[Yazeh]

THat photo is so breathtaking, jungle Jim.
Thanks so much for doing this......

[BayesianPrior]

Thank you Jim! We very much appreciate your generosity of time and postage to allow us to sample different and interesting inks.

It's a shame that Blackstone Wild Orange is no longer available - it seems that all participants thought it was a great ink and would happily have picked up a bottle.

[mizgeorge]

What an amazing picture! Did you have it in mind when you chose the inks?

The Blackstone inks were exceptional - I have very little left of my small collection and wish I could get more :(

Great choice, and what a beautiful combination - I very much enjoyed seeing all of these - thank you :)

[Sailor Kenshin]

Okay, my guess for the blue was wrong. Based on a pen pal's letter, and side-to-side testing, I thought it was Montblanc Around the World in 80 Days.

[Chrissy]

April showers bring May flowers. Here on the Central Coast of California that means California Poppies and Blue lupine.

Mystery Ink #34 is from a company that unfortunately disappeared due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I decided to share my last full bottle of Blackstone Wild Orange with our participants here at fpg. If you still have the sample vial, open it up and sniff. You will be greeted with a very light scent of citrus. Australian Wild Orange isn't actually a citrus fruit, but belongs to the caper family (Capparis mitchelii).


Mystery ink #35 is also from down-under ( Tasmania ). A lovely dark blueish-green, it is Van Dieman's Blackened Seas.

I hope you enjoyed this session of the Mystery Ink series. The next set of bottled inks have been chosen and put aside for late August. Until then, stay Safe and Healthy!

All the Best.
Thank you so much junglejim for sending these lovely ink samples. I really enjoyed writing with both of them and it's great to add names to them. Stay safe and all the best to you too. :)

[FredRydr]

Thank you, junglejim!


...Mystery Ink #34 is from a company that unfortunately disappeared due to the Covid-19 pandemic....

Well, Chrissy, which of your reviewed inks matches best to Wild Orange?

[Chrissy]

Thank you, junglejim!


...Mystery Ink #34 is from a company that unfortunately disappeared due to the Covid-19 pandemic....

Well, Chrissy, which of your reviewed inks matches best to Wild Orange?
That's a tough one. Maybe Diamine Gerbera or Blood Orange?

[Sailor Kenshin]

THat photo is so breathtaking, jungle Jim.
Thanks so much for doing this......

Add my thanks and appreciation! Beautiful photo.

[junglejim]

I'm glad you all liked the inks chosen.

The photo does NOT belong to me but was "borrowed" from the internet. I tried to track down the original photographer so that proper credit can be attributed, but it was a case of one site borrowing from another who borrowed it from someone else, etc., etc., etc. So proper copyright claims to whoever the original photographer is.

All the Best.

[FredRydr]

...The photo does NOT belong to me but was "borrowed" from the internet....
You mean, that's not the view from your kitchen window?

[DrPenfection]

Excellent choices! Thank you junglejim for adding to our inky education! I am saddened to hear that Blackstone went the way of so many businesses during the pandemic.

[FredRydr]

...I am saddened to hear that Blackstone went the way of so many businesses during the pandemic.
At the very least, I can say that Mystery Ink No. 34 has been sent 'round the world, and will continue to do so until the last drop. Thank you, junglejim!

[Chrissy]

...I am saddened to hear that Blackstone went the way of so many businesses during the pandemic.
At the very least, I can say that Mystery Ink No. 34 has been sent 'round the world, and will continue to do so until the last drop. Thank you, junglejim!
I'm going to try and copy it so that I can have some more. :)

[Pterodactylus]

First of all I have to appologize being way too late.
Sorry Jim, in the last weeks I had no time to draw or write or follow any of my hobbies.

I really like the two mystery inks, they are also really suitable for drawing and painting.
They play well with water and shade nicely when washed.
For this painting I´ve used mainly the 2 mystery inks.
The only addition to the 2 inks are a bit of Platinum Carbon black on really dark spots and a bit of Rotring White for the highlights and the teeth.

https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/259fb5e6-8a21-42f5-a528-43fbc5b86e8d/denibc7-afdadbad-1add-45a1-a734-ef063a88fb6d.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJ IUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQz NzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZT BkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6 W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzI1OWZiNWU2LThhMjEtNDJmNS1hNT I4LTQzZmJjNWI4NmU4ZFwvZGVuaWJjNy1hZmRhZGJhZC0xYWRk LTQ1YTEtYTczNC1lZjA2M2E4OGZiNmQuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIj pbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.4sWUpgzn JT1ogY1q_p70WeBvzMXTHg8Gfm-VuXoMrQ0 (https://www.deviantart.com/ptero-pterodactylus/art/Toes-and-Tongue-886012135)
Toes and Tongue (https://www.deviantart.com/ptero-pterodactylus/art/Toes-and-Tongue-886012135) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.deviantart.com/ptero-pterodactylus) on DeviantArt

(Blackstone Wild Orange, Van Diemans Blackened Seas, Platinum Carbon Black, Rotring Zeichentusche Weiß)

[Pterodactylus]

When using MI#34 and MI#35 together a nice green is created.

https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/259fb5e6-8a21-42f5-a528-43fbc5b86e8d/deny8ga-00048715-5c6d-489a-8f64-9320b3951bc7.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJ IUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQz NzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZT BkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6 W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzI1OWZiNWU2LThhMjEtNDJmNS1hNT I4LTQzZmJjNWI4NmU4ZFwvZGVueThnYS0wMDA0ODcxNS01YzZk LTQ4OWEtOGY2NC05MzIwYjM5NTFiYzcuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIj pbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.Y6DlYhty ZUK0ZO5DtLy7BRnYAu7mvs-aOnF8VbvEpMo (https://www.deviantart.com/ptero-pterodactylus/art/Witch-886754890)
Witch (https://www.deviantart.com/ptero-pterodactylus/art/Witch-886754890) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.deviantart.com/ptero-pterodactylus) on DeviantArt

(Blackstone Wild Orange, Serwex MB flex EMF .....Van Diemans Blackened Seas, Faber Castell Graphite Aquarelle Pencil)

[Scooby921]

Haven't been on the forums in ages. So very happy to see the mystery inks are still going strong. Thank you for carrying on and continuing to provide fun and enjoyment to our little community!

[Sailor Kenshin]

WB!

Oddly enough, last night I was watching Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There. The young heroine of the story wore a Van Dieman-color top, and Blackstone-color shorts. 😊