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    Default Sheaffer retro sunset

    And so the sun sets on this selection of shades from Sheaffer’s Skrip-successor series. (I’ll stop alliterating now.)

    Sheaffer retro sunset is a reddish orange, perhaps evoking magic hour or mid-century plastics. To my eye, it’s a good match for the dot grid in a Hobonichi Techo.

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    Some Inktober doodles for the prompt ‘bird’.

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    This ink will be used mainly for annotation and mark-up. It’s redder than my other oranges, oranger than my other reds. Swatches on Col-o-ring and Atoma paper.

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    Waterproofness: very little.

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    I still like the bottle.

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Nice review. So, Sheaffer got rid of its popular strip Red. I hope this iteration is easier to clean. What I loved most were you penguin dashingly devilish doodles.

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    🐧 🐧 🐧!!! The color is nice, the drawings more so. It really does match the dots!

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Quote Originally Posted by Yazeh View Post
    Nice review. So, Sheaffer got rid of its popular strip Red. I hope this iteration is easier to clean. What I loved most were you penguin dashingly devilish doodles.
    There's an inferno red in the new line. Maybe that matches the old Skrip red?

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    I am a fan of Skrip Red. I'm uneasy about them changing it. Is that what this means? "Retro Sunset"? Gawd-awful name, if you ask me. The bottle, tho, is cool. And thanks for those comparison pics. Very helpful.

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    It reminds me of Noodlers Habañero

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Quote Originally Posted by TSherbs View Post
    I am a fan of Skrip Red. I'm uneasy about them changing it. Is that what this means? "Retro Sunset"? Gawd-awful name, if you ask me. The bottle, tho, is cool. And thanks for those comparison pics. Very helpful.
    There are worse names in the new line-up, I think.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd View Post
    It reminds me of Noodlers Habañero

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    Nothing new under the (retro) sun(set)?

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Ha!

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Comparative chromatography for the inks mentioned in the review. The Noodler's result possible skewed by sitting longer than the others.

    From top bottom: Sheaffer retro sunset, Noodler's southwest (formerly Apache) sunset, Sailor kinmokusei, Sailor apricot

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Oh boy you may have sold this to me. It reminds me of Private Reserve's Orange Crush.

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    I hope you can find a bottle.

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd View Post
    It reminds me of Noodlers Habañero

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    Now that you say it, I'm seeing that too!

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    I need more ink like a hole in the head, but I love this color. I may have to get some. Hmm, Amazon is out, but other places have it. $13 a bottle. Sounds good...
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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Quote Originally Posted by catbert View Post
    Comparative chromatography for the inks mentioned in the review. The Noodler's result possible skewed by sitting longer than the others.

    From top bottom: Sheaffer retro sunset, Noodler's southwest (formerly Apache) sunset, Sailor kinmokusei, Sailor apricot

    retrosunsetchroma.jpg
    Thanks for the chromas! I liked my sample of A Patchy Sunset but it seemed to be made of Never-dri.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

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    Default Re: Sheaffer retro sunset

    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    ...Thanks for the chromas! I liked my sample of A Patchy Sunset but it seemed to be made of Never-dri.
    There was just enough left in my sample vial to do the chromatography.

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