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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Ok, so no real winner this time. Let me wait three days, or so, to let others chime in.
    If one of you likes to present an ink here in this great thread - feel free to do so.
    The first ink will be the next.
    Remember: It's a fun game...

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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Quote Originally Posted by Yazeh View Post
    SchaumburgSwan was the closest to this ink....It's Blackstone's Red Cashmere....
    It is my understanding that this ink was developed as a powder form so that the user could eventually prepare their own ink. But unfortunately in trials with fountain pen aficionados it didn't work out....
    Yet it gave birth to Blackstone inks...
    The ink in it's original form had an amazing sheen...
    It was released in its current format last year.....
    I don't have (m)any (dark) reds so I don't have any point of comparaison....
    I had a sachet of Red Cashmere powder that I made up into ink that is currently sitting in a J.Herbin bottle. It seems OK and hasn't changed since it was made up to fit into the Herbin sized bottle according to instructions on the packet.
    Do you know what didn't work out with it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Yazeh View Post
    SchaumburgSwan was the closest to this ink....It's Blackstone's Red Cashmere....
    It is my understanding that this ink was developed as a powder form so that the user could eventually prepare their own ink. But unfortunately in trials with fountain pen aficionados it didn't work out....
    Yet it gave birth to Blackstone inks...
    The ink in it's original form had an amazing sheen...
    It was released in its current format last year.....
    I don't have (m)any (dark) reds so I don't have any point of comparaison....
    I had a sachet of Red Cashmere powder that I made up into ink that is currently sitting in a J.Herbin bottle. It seems OK and hasn't changed since it was made up to fit into the Herbin sized bottle according to instructions on the packet.
    Do you know what didn't work out with it?
    To quote Kevin "There was no way to ensure the even distribution of biocide through the powdered ink." or to cost prohibitive for them to do so :-)
    Last edited by Yazeh; January 14th, 2020 at 03:09 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SchaumburgSwan View Post
    Ok, so no real winner this time. Let me wait three days, or so, to let others chime in.
    If one of you likes to present an ink here in this great thread - feel free to do so.
    The first ink will be the next.
    OK, seeing as I am unlikely to actually guess one, I'll jump in

    20200116_102342.jpg
    Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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    diamine chocolate brown? oh btw, lovely handwriting.... pleasure to read and re-read....
    Last edited by Yazeh; January 16th, 2020 at 06:51 AM.

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    I don't see any shading....does it shade?
    Last edited by Yazeh; January 16th, 2020 at 08:45 AM.

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    I've only played with one ink having a ridiculous dry time like this, and it was also a chocolate brown. Your writing sample mentions nothing of scent and lacks any sparkly gold flake, so I'm going to assume it isn't Montblanc's Season's Greetings ink from 2005/6.

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    @Yazeh: thank you. The "chocolatey" was a bit of a red herring. The colour is close, so is the maker, but not a Diamine ink. I see a tiny bit of shading in very wet nibs, but I wouldn't call it a shader either.

    @Scooby921 Sorry, I should have noted that there is no scent, thankfully, or shimmer. And no, not an MB ink. Nor a limited edition.
    Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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    Pliot Iroshizuku Tsukushi?

    Unlikely, I suspect, but couldn't resist a guess whilst I was here.

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    Not bad, grainweevil, but not a Pilot ink
    Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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    J Herbin Cacao du Brésil?

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    Yazeh: closer in terms of origin of the maker, much further away in terms of the name
    Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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    Waterman Absolute Brown!

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    Or J Herbin Café des iles?

    Dry time and not shading makes it difficult to pinpoint

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    Not a Waterman ink. And, no, when I said closer in terms of origin of maker I meant it wasn't a J Herbin but was European.
    Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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    Hi,

    that's a nice ink and nib. :-)
    Is it Monteverde Brown Sugar?

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    Got it...Rohrer&Klingner Ink Sepia? Though the dry time is fast?

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    Or Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz? Though the daytime is not as long...

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    Hi Jens, not a Monteverde: manufactured in the EU

    Yazeh: geographically, you are moving closer, but not a R&K and not a German ink
    Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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    Or KWZ Brown #3?

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