Long time no ink. But a kind soul (this means you, Scooby!) at Fountain Pen Geeks has revived the Great Mystery Ink Extravaganza, and I was lucky enough to get on board. MI 14 turned out to be blue. This was fortunate. Dr. Inkenstein likes blue.
Ur scribblz, I haz demz:
This was Rhodia paper, and the ink delivery system was a Dollar Demonstrator used for countless ink tests.
This particular ink seemed to start hard after I had loaded and left it on its side for a couple of hours, but it wrote with a fairly suave and slinky manner.
I started to guess: Sailor Jentle Blue also has red sheen, but MI 14 probably isn't this; I have JB in a JinFari at the moment, and the Jentle ink looks darker. This is a bright blue that looks denim-y in heavier application.
Is it a Robert Oster ink? I'm pretty unfamiliar with the line, apart from some pen pal letters.
Diamine Blue Velvet got on my fingers, too, every time I used it. Clearly, though I loved its properies and color, that ink hated me.
Mystery Ink 14 turned out to be.....Akkerman Shocking Blue. Which I already had. So why couldn't I guess right?
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