Re: Ink Reviews: Orange, Apricot Orange, Quick Lime

"The Drunken Lord" <fkrgrrjob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:27:59 -0500, "Bluesea"
> <this.addy.is@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Conway Stewart Orange:
>>It looks reddish in the bottle, but is plainly orange juice on paper.
The
>>resemblance is so remarkable that I wanted some juice to make sure. (I 
>>don't
>>keep OJ on hand.) Fortunately, a TV commercial for OJ made from Valencia
>>oranges played and I verified that it, indeed, is exactly that color. Of
>>course, I have no idea of how orange juice looks on your TV, but you 
>>surely
>>get my point well enough for me not to have to go out to buy some juice.
>
> Thanks for the comments on the CS Orange.  I've seen some CS colors
> and they looked like crap and this one sounds really watery.

It didn't seem different from the other inks I've tried with the dip pen. 
They're all basically colored water, anyway, so it's just a matter of 
whether or not someone wants what their writing to look like it was
written 
with OJ or not. I like the idea and am trying to think to whom I can send
a 
note or letter - darn email!

What I don't like about CS is that the bottle didn't come in a box like 
other inks I have. Even Sheaffer has a box, not that the clear container 
does anything about blocking out the light :(.

> If you're interested in plain orange, kind of bold, I think you'll be
> very happy with Diamine Orange, which is one of very few Diamine inks
> I'm pleased with.

Yup. It's on my list. :)


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