guess the ink!

[Yazeh]

Papier Plume Street Car green?
Ferris Wheel Press Peter Moss?

[DrPenfection]

No - neither of those.

[Darla]

Diamine Dark Forest?
or maybe Robert Oster Green at Night?

[DrPenfection]

Hi Darla! Both of those are nice colors, but not this ink.

[thi]

Hi everyone! Sorry I’ve been busy busy and away. This is still my favorite place to lurk though!
I feel like I shouldn’t even be guessing until I unburden my guilt at not reviewing Noodler’s Tolstoy for Yazeh yet, but I’m apparently compelled to throw this one out there…
3 Oysters Black Moss?

[DrPenfection]

Welcome back, thi! Glad you are here!

Unfortunately, this ink is not 3 Oysters Black Moss.

[mizgeorge]

thi, I'm delighted you're back!

Especially as I'm going to have to sit this one out - I've managed to get the cold from Hades, and I'm not much use to anyone right now. I just didn't want you to think I was ignoring you

[Yazeh]

thi, I'm delighted you're back!

Especially as I'm going to have to sit this one out - I've managed to get the cold from Hades, and I'm not much use to anyone right now. I just didn't want you to think I was ignoring you

Sorry to hear that. I'm having fun with a stomach flu.... I'm sitting out too....

[DrPenfection]

Sorry to hear that mizgeorge and Yazeh are sick. But . . . that makes three of us. I have a sinus infection that doesn't seem to be getting any better. So, it is off to the doctor for me for some antibiotics.

thi or darla or someone else - please go ahead an post one of your inks.

I will be back in a few days, hopefully.

[Yazeh]

Sorry to hear that Dr. P.... take care....

[Darla]

Sorry to hear that all of you are not feeling well! 'tis the season, I guess - bah, humbug... Hope you are all feeling better soon!!
Meanwhile, I suppose I could put up one of my inks to guess. I don't have that many inks and they are not terribly exotic, but I'll see what I can do to make it interesting.

[Darla]

Ok, here we go. My apologies if this ink has been done before (I'll admit that I didn't go back through all 700+ pages of this thread!) but this is one that I haven't seen anyone mention yet, at least not in the last couple of rounds.

I present you with a lovely grey ink that feels quite fitting for the grey atmosphere here in the Northern Hemisphere. The text is a bit of a hint, albeit somewhat indirectly. Good luck with guessing this ink!

Text is written with my older Diplomat Monza (I believe, but cannot verify) with a steel M nib (I believe, but cannot verify), as it is currently in rotation with this ink. The other bits were written with a TWWBI 580 stub that I inked with it just to show you some line variation. Oh, and please forgive the shaky lines - I kept trying to flex, forgetting this was a stub nib!! Paper is Clairfontaine Triomphe.

Please note that the day is very grey and overcast here:
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The close-up:
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The scan (seems about the right colour):
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Can't wait to hear your guesses!

[Yazeh]

Gris de Houle?
Lexington Gray?

[Darla]

Gris de Houle?
Lexington Gray?

Nope, sorry. It's less stormy than Gris de Houle and more atmospheric (and further east) than Lexington Gray.

[Darla]

Although, I've just read that the USS Lexington was operating mostly in the Pacific, in which case this ink would be further west
... or a whole lot further east...

[Yazeh]

Ah Darla.. The first rule of ink guessing is let them sweat for a few rounds and then give them a hint

Fuyu-Syogun/
Diamine Silver Fox / Earl Grey?
Herbin Gris Nuage
Rohrer & Klingner SketchINK Thea?

[Yazeh]

Faber-Castell Stone Grey?
Caran dAche Infinite Grey?

[Darla]

Sorry, no to all of those.

[Darla]

And considering this ink and it being my first round, I thought it would only be fair to offer some hints...

[Yazeh]

Callifolio Gris de Payne?
Akkerman 29 Hofvijer Grijs?
Lamy Agate?
Aurora Grey?