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    Default Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    I've been enjoying the look of Blue-Black inks. They're appropriate for business writing, but they're also a bit unique. Currently I only have two, both only samples. I love De Atramentis Black Edition Blue-Black. I love that it looks like a very dark blue, not like a black with some blueishness. I also have the Noodler's Air Corps Blue Black. I loved the swab on Goulet pens, especially that it looked like the blue element had a lot of green to it. Unfortunately, with my pens, and my writing style, it pretty much just looks black.

    So what blue-blacks do you like? Does it look mostly blue, or mostly black?

    Do you know of any Blue-Blacks that are mostly blue, that have a bit of green to their blue?

    I hope this makes sense to people.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    I also enjoy my blue blacks:

    Montblanc Midnight blue
    Pelikan 4001 Blue Black
    Namiki Pilot Blue Black (this one is more of a dark blue)
    R&K Salix (this one keeps its blue)

    I also have 2 bottles of vintage Skrip Blue Black that has a nice greenish tint.

    Right now I'm using "Salixx" (FPN Sandy1's mix of 7 parts Salix and 1 part Montblanc Midnight Blue)
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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    I have a steadily growing collection of blue-black inks that so far consists of:

    Diamine blue-black
    Diamine Registrar's Ink (writes blue and dries dark)
    Parker Quink blue-black (has a teal-like tint to it)
    Waterman Mysterious Blue
    And my current favourite: Waterman Serenity Blue (more of a dark blue but still very nice)

    I'll post some swab samples if you're interested.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    I seem to have plenty of blue-blacks *cough*. My favourites:

    - ESSri! (writes blue, dries black, like diamines)
    - Diamine Registrar's Ink
    - R&K Salix (because it stays blue)
    - Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite (very smooth, not on the dry side like the above)

    I also have Noodler's 54th Massachusetts and Bad Blue Heron (that one also stays blue but most sites seems to call it a blue-black…). I do also have and love Sailer Sei-boku Nano Blue-black, and like Bad Blue Heron it stays very blue so I have a hard time seeing it as a blue-black.

    I also like Noodler's Navy but only have samples of that one. It looks a bit too much like what I already have and I want to branch out a little.
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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    My list contains many of the above.
    Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black
    Diamine Blue-Black (old and R2 reformulated)
    Montblanc Midnight Blue
    ESSRI
    R&K Salix
    Pilot Blue-Black
    Sailor Jentle Blue-Black
    Monteverde Blue-Black
    Sheaffer Skrip Blue-Black
    Noodler's Blue-Black
    Noodler's Air Corp Blue-Black
    Parker Quink Blue-Black (with and without Solv-X and also the Super-Quink)
    Waterman Blue-Black
    Then there are the similar colours which aren't named quite the same.
    Diamine Twilight
    Diamine Indigo
    J Herbin Bleu Nuit
    Noodler's 54th Massachusetts
    FPN Noodler's Van Gogh Starry Night
    And so it goes on.
    BUT - to answer the original question, my favourite will always be Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black.
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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    Waterman Blue Black (which is now Mysterious apparently) has been my default ink for years, mostly because it's vintage pen friendly and flows so well. My current bottle leans towards a greenish tint, but it does vary from time to time; it also exhibits a red sheen if you have a nice wet writing pen.

    I also like Montblanc Midnight Blue and Rohrer und Klingner Salix, both of which are reasonably waterproof of course; a recently acquired sample of Akkerman Koninginne Nach-Blauw is impressive too. Blots Iron Gall Ink goes on an insipid grey, but dries to the most intense blue-black I've ever seen - that one is emphatically for dip pens only however.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    I like the Lamy and Noodler's 54th Mass.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    My current favorite is Montblanc Midnight Blue. It leans more to the blacker side of blue-black.

    I also really enjoy 54th Mass. from Noodlers. Seems more of a middle of the road blue-black.

    Also enjoy Waterman's Mysterious Blue. However, when dry, after some time, it lightens into a paler more blue than black.

    All of the above comments are pen and nib dependent so YMMV.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    The only one I like that hasn't already been mentioned is R&K Blau Schwarz, which was a limited edition.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    The only blue-black I have is parker Quink and it's teal-ish really. I like it a lot, maybe because I used it as a kid when we were supposed to use blue ink in school and I didn't really like blue ink. I use it almost exclusively in a Parker 45, who's nib does it justice..

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    I love the blues, the blacks, and the blue-blacks! I'm not really much into all the fancy colors.
    My only blue-black, and I love it, is Sheaffer's Skrip. It's the only ink I put in my 1936 Balance.
    Thank you for all the suggestions. I hope the Dallas Pen Show next week may give opportunity to try some!

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    Oddly, De Atramentis Sherlock Holmes--on anything other than white--has become my "blue-black" even though it isn't typically considered in that color range...
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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    Yipe asked: "Do you know of any Blue-Blacks that are mostly blue, that have a bit of green to their blue?"

    Yep, Yipe, I do. Private Reserve Ebony Blue has a definite hint of green - - closer to a teal. I've been using it only the past few days, and so far I really, really like it.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert View Post
    Yipe asked: "Do you know of any Blue-Blacks that are mostly blue, that have a bit of green to their blue?"

    Yep, Yipe, I do. Private Reserve Ebony Blue has a definite hint of green - - closer to a teal. I've been using it only the past few days, and so far I really, really like it.
    Thank you very much! This is one I'll definitely be picking up a sample of.

    EDIT: In fact I just did!
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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    Quote Originally Posted by yipe View Post
    Thank you very much! This is one I'll definitely be picking up a sample of.
    You are very welcome, Yipe. Do let us know how you like it (or don't) after you've had a chance to use it.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by yipe View Post
    Thank you very much! This is one I'll definitely be picking up a sample of.
    You are very welcome, Yipe. Do let us know how you like it (or don't) after you've had a chance to use it.
    I got samples of two blue-blacks since I last posted, and have given them each some time in my Metropolitan and at least one other pen each.

    Private Reserve Ebony Blue I ended up liking it quite a bit. Thank you so much for this recommendation Robert. It did seem to feather a tad more than De Atramentis Black Edition Black-Blue, on cheap paper, but neither exhibited any feathering on Rhodia or Clairefontaine Triomphe. The color was very, very similar to the De Atramentis ink. The Private Reserve seemed to have just a little bit more shading. It's also worth noting that Private Reserve is much less expensive. This might be my new favorite blue-black. Next time I hit up the Goulet's I'll be picking up a full bottle.

    At the same time that I sampled the Private Reserve Ebony Blue, I also tried Diamine Twilight. This one ended up being a whole different "genre" of blue-black, one with a bit of gray and purple in it. Very well behaved. To my eye it gives a much more old-fashioned or vintage impression. I ordered a full bottle right away.

    Having tried a (very) few blue-blacks I find my attentions turning to turqoise and brown.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    Diamine Majestic Blue
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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    In view of Montblanc's decision to take the iron gall out of Midnight Blue, when the last of my bottle is gone the replacement will be Ecclesiastical Stationery Supplies Registrars' Ink. Happily, ESSRI is so wonderful that I consider it an upgrade.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    I forgot to add Noodler's 'Prime of the Commons' to my earlier list.
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    Default Re: Your Favorite Blue-Black?

    Love the BB inks. Levenger Empyrean is very dark denim with no shading; Diamine Denim similar but not as dark and shades a bit; Diamine Twilight and of course Waterman BB...so many others...what I have left of Pel BB seems to have changed in the bottle. Noodler's ACBB....

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