RE: Luxury Blue, was: Whatcha using?
- From: "Chuck Warman" <cpwcpa@xxxxxx>
- To: <fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 17:55:04 -0500
Well, at one time or another, I've used all the inks you listed, except for
the Omas, and I prefer Luxury Blue to any of them. But I'll doubtless
change my mind within a week or two....or the next time Nathan comes up with
a new witches' brew.
Chuck
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric D.
> Zamir-Zimmerman
> Sent: 05/09/2006 5:47 PM
> To: fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Luxury Blue, was: Whatcha using?
>
>
> Well, I have to say, for blue, I like a few:
> Penman Sapphire, which I have used up or sold off in favor of
> American Blue and Super Show Blue.
> Omas Roma 2000 Blue, which is really a perfect blue, to my
> taste. Black Magic Blue, for those days when I want a rich,
> purply blue-black. In Turquoise, I have recently discovered
> Naples blue, which is the
> best of the bunch.
> I also like Blue Suede, although it's more of a teal green.
> I had Ottoman Azure for a while and didn't like it too much. But now
> I'm kinda wishing I hadn't dumped it.
> Aurora blue is also nice.
>
> Midnight Blues is okay, but a little too somber.
>
> On 10 May 2006, at 0:41, Chuck Warman wrote:
>
> > Two practical differences are: First, it dries instantly
> > (essential for me,
> > a lefty), but it doesn't seem to bleed or feather like Swisher's
> > fast-drying
> > inks. Second, it's waterproof.
> >
> > But mostly it's just plain subjective preference, I'm afraid. The
> > ink is
> > not particularly distinctive in color, it's just a solid pure
> > medium-to-dark
> > blue with no green or purple overtones. It's dark enough
> for me to
> > use for
> > all but the most formal writing occasions, but not so dark
> as to be
> > somber.
> >
> > I just wish it weren't so darned expensive.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric D.
> >> Zamir-Zimmerman
> >> Sent: 05/09/2006 4:42 PM
> >> To: fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: Whatcha using?
> >>
> >>
> >> Why is Luxury Blue special? How does it differ from other
> blues you
> >> have used and enjoyed? Eric
> >>
> >> On 9 May 2006, at 23:39, Chuck Warman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Oh, this is about ink too, is it? Well, then....
> >>>
> >>> One Sailor Magellan is filled with Noodler's Luxury Blue,
> the other
> >>> with Swisher/Noodler's Maroon. Luxury Blue is also in my
> Hamilton-
> >>> Broadwell
> >>> signature pen. Pelikan M800 has Swisher/Noodler's Blue-Black.
> >>>
> >>> Luxury Blue has been my favorite blue ink since the first
> time I saw
> >>> it.
> >>>
> >>> Chuck
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> [mailto:fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chuck Warman
> >>>> Sent: 05/09/2006 11:50 AM
> >>>> To: fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: RE: Whatcha using?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Seems like, no matter which pens are in my official
> >> "rotation," I'm
> >>>> almost always using a Sailor Magellan w/ XF nib for
> >> routine writing,
> >>>> and either my Mottishawed Pelikan M800 or my new
> >> Hamilton-Broadwell
> >>>> (flexible XF by Richard
> >>>> Binder) for signatures and more formal stuff.
> >>>>
> >>>> Chuck
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> [mailto:fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve
> >>>>> Sent: 05/09/2006 10:26 AM
> >>>>> To: fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> Subject: Whatcha using?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sometimes I look at the pens I'm actually using and think
> >> it is kind
> >>>>> of odd.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Today I have used a Montblac 149 with a fine firm nib
> >> (usually not
> >>>>> my choice of favorites), a Waterman 7 Pink, and my oblique pen
> >>>>> holder with a Deleter G-pen nib. I have written a couple
> >> of "Thanks"
> >>>>> notes (Waterman), addressed 60 envelopes (oblique pen
> >> holder), and
> >>>>> made notations in 7-8 charts (Montblanc). Seems like and odd
> >>>>> collection of pens to be using in one day especially when
> >> I have a
> >>>>> Parker Challenger with a warranted music nib and a PFM
> >> with a broad
> >>>>> point with me.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How about you? What are you using today?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Steve
> >>>>>
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