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Ink Review: Pelikan Edelstein Olivine ink of the Year 2018
Today I'm reviewing Pelikan Edelstein Olivine ink - Pelikan Edelstein Ink of the Year 2018
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Pelikan Edelstein Olivine is a dark green dye based ink, that leans quite blue. It could be used as a “standard daily green ink.” I agree with other reviewers when they say it isn't necessarily the Olivine shade we were expecting, and I wish it had been less blue and more yellow, but as it is, it's still a very nice ink to use. I find all of the Edelstein inks I've tried to be very nicely lubricated inks that flow very well across the page. I had no flow problems with Olivine. No difficult starts or skips.
I found it flowed very well in the pens I used it with and I saw plenty of shading particularly with broader nibs. It looked more saturated with my Pelikan Go! B nib. Lubrication was good enough, and it felt smooth writing across some of the papers I used.
- Flow Rate: Very good. A little slow to dry.
- Lubrication: Good.
- Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
- Start-up: Immediate.
- Saturation: A saturated ink.
- Shading Potential: Some shading seen.
- Sheen: None seen.
- Show-Through:
- Apica paper
- Tomoe River 52gsm
- Silvine lined pad
- Oxford lined pad
- Field Notes
- Royal recycled
- Hobonichi Techo
- Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen.
- Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 1 week in the pen
- Staining (pen): Not seen after several days in the pen - easy clean-up with water.
- Staining (hands): Clean-up needs at least 2 washes with bar soap.
- Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
- Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof and has little water resistance.
- Availability: Available in 50ml glass bottles from many outlets.
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I had high hopes for this ink, colour just isn't for me. Thanks for the review.
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RocketRyan
I had high hopes for this ink, colour just isn't for me. Thanks for the review.
You're welcome. :)
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Thanks for the review. I haven't ventured into verdant hues yet but when I do I will have to sample this. I rather like the color.
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I just got a bottle of this over the weekend. I'm very much loving the subtle shading--olive into black--but I've found it to be achingly dry. Not in a "flow" sense, but rather in a "lubrication" sense. My M-nibbed M120 (green & black, so of course I inked it with Olivine!), which normally glides across the page with most inks, felt like I was dragging it across the page against its will.
Actually--other than color, obviously--this ink mirrors Edelstein Topaz in just about every respect. At least in my limited, four-day experience with it. I'm going to give it a go in a B-nibbed Sailor tonight.
Thanks for the review.
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I am surprised at the amount of show through. Water resistance was not good either. I had high hopes for this ink as well. I do like the color though. Great review Chrissy!
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azkid
Thanks for the review. I haven't ventured into verdant hues yet but when I do I will have to sample this. I rather like the color.
You're welcome. :) I hope you like it when you try it. :)
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Kulprit
I just got a bottle of this over the weekend. I'm very much loving the subtle shading--olive into black--but I've found it to be achingly dry. Not in a "flow" sense, but rather in a "lubrication" sense. My M-nibbed M120 (green & black, so of course I inked it with Olivine!), which normally glides across the page with most inks, felt like I was dragging it across the page against its will.
Thanks for the review.
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You're welcome. :)
I didn't find it dry when I wrote my original review page, as it flowed well and glided across that paper smoothly enough, but afterwards, when I wrote on the sample papers, I also thought it felt less lubricated than it had when the pen was first filled. I know what you mean.
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KKay
I am surprised at the amount of show through. Water resistance was not good either. I had high hopes for this ink as well. I do like the color though. Great review Chrissy!
You're welcome. :) I was also surprised at the amount of show through on some of my alternative papers.
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Another excellent review, Chrissy. I do quite like the colour of this one.
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Thank you for the useful and comprehensive review, Chrissy. Yet another olive green ink that I think I'd like a lot... !
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Wuddus
Another excellent review, Chrissy. I do quite like the colour of this one.
You're welcome. :) I'm pleased to hear that you like the colour. :)
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penwash
Thank you for the useful and comprehensive review, Chrissy. Yet another olive green ink that I think I'd like a lot... !
You're welcome. :) I hope you like the ink. :)
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Chrissy, wonderful review, thank you for the effort you put into this.
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adhoc
Chrissy, wonderful review, thank you for the effort you put into this.
You're welcome. :)
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Chrissy
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Kulprit
I just got a bottle of this over the weekend. I'm very much loving the subtle shading--olive into black--but I've found it to be achingly dry. Not in a "flow" sense, but rather in a "lubrication" sense. My M-nibbed M120 (green & black, so of course I inked it with Olivine!), which normally glides across the page with most inks, felt like I was dragging it across the page against its will.
Thanks for the review.
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You're welcome. :)
I didn't find it dry when I wrote my original review page, as it flowed well and glided across that paper smoothly enough, but afterwards, when I wrote on the sample papers, I also thought it felt less lubricated than it had when the pen was first filled. I know what you mean.
Interestingly (or perplexingly) when used in my B-nibbed Sailor it is as lubricated-feeling as you described in your review. That's not by any means a dry nib, but it's far dryer than the M120 I was using it in before. Perplexing indeed. But OMG does it look good coming out of that Sailor!
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Thank you for the review. I have been reading some of your ink reviews lately and they have been excellent so far.
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aaronp
Thank you for the review. I have been reading some of your ink reviews lately and they have been excellent so far.
You're welcome. :) I'm pleased that you like them :)
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Hmm, another green that just HAS to make it's way into our house ... thank you (I think!) for the review.
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View from the Loft
Hmm, another green that just HAS to make it's way into our house ... thank you (I think!) for the review.
You're welcome. :)