Pelikan 4001 - Konigsblau

Yes everyone knows this to be:
the most plain vanilla, the school ink of choice, the friend of all children, the lover of all pens, the terror of the laundry room....
PELIKAN 4001 Königsblau (Royal Blue)

This was the main ink during my childhood, my mom used to buy 1L bottles of it for all of us and I used it all through college.
It is a boring color, but it was the only ink that was erased by the tinten-killer pens.
Not water resistant (actually very washable as any mother can attest) and tends to fade over time, especially in cheap notebooks with acidic papers or when exposed to sunlight.

To me, over the years, it has not lost it appeal for simplicity, subdued color and smoothness
PLUS it is the safest ink for any fountain pen!

This ink shows some shading in broad nibs, dries relatively quickly and just works

This cartridge came in a Moka pen, that I bought recently and it was like finding an old friend, no words needed to be exchanged to be comfortable ;)

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Thanks for bringing up the memories. My own poison for many years was Quink Washable Blue - boring, fading but washable. I gave it up as soon as I realized that there were more inks in the world (especially the Penman series). Nowadays I am redeveloping an interest in the lighter inks but only in juicy pens with broad nibs (shading potential). The fading remains an unforgivable shortcoming, though.

I have to admit that the basic inks have a place on my shelf. I almost always have a bottle of Parker Quink in black and I have used Pelikan 4001 (black and blue-black) a lot, still do. They behave trouble free in any pen, and are even easy to clean out of a pen that's been left for years. Parker is still in the book stores here and I don't need to order in the mail.

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Originally Posted by arrow

I have to admit that the basic inks have a place on my shelf. I almost always have a bottle of Parker Quink in black and I have used Pelikan 4001 (black and blue-black) a lot, still do. They behave trouble free in any pen, and are even easy to clean out of a pen that's been left for years. Parker is still in the book stores here and I don't need to order in the mail.

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exactly

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I like this one. I tend to use the basic inks (Waterman Mysterious Blue and Waterman Serenity Blue) in my older pens. I like those colors still.

Always good to have some bottles in stock.

Thanks for this review of an ink I have long forgotten.

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Originally Posted by a_v_l

Thanks for bringing up the memories. My own poison for many years was Quink Washable Blue - boring, fading but washable. I gave it up as soon as I realized that there were more inks in the world (especially the Penman series). Nowadays I am redeveloping an interest in the lighter inks but only in juicy pens with broad nibs (shading potential). The fading remains an unforgivable shortcoming, though.

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Let me guess...you're European?
Over here, we had to use this ink. I pretty much used this ink for a decade, possibly more. The moment I realized there are more inks than this, I never wanted to use this ink again in my life :D

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Originally Posted by arrow

I have to admit that the basic inks have a place on my shelf. I almost always have a bottle of Parker Quink in black and I have used Pelikan 4001 (black and blue-black) a lot, still do. They behave trouble free in any pen, and are even easy to clean out of a pen that's been left for years. Parker is still in the book stores here and I don't need to order in the mail.

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Quink Black and Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black are my top two go to inks. I use both for work more than any others.

I wished Waterman Serenity Blue resisted spills better because it is such a joy to use. Maybe a sample of konigsblau is in order.

No I'm not... However Pelikan was the ink my mother chose... I guess it was cheap
My grandma loved Pelikan violet and she used that well into the 90s.

My dad always used Parker's blue black and Sheaffer's black

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Originally Posted by adhoc

Let me guess...you're European?
Over here, we had to use this ink. I pretty much used this ink for a decade, possibly more. The moment I realized there are more inks than this, I never wanted to use this ink again in my life :D

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