"The Drunken Lord" <fkrgrrjob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 19 May 2008 23:26:35 -0500, "Bluesea"
> <this.addy.is@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>MB Racing Green - discussed in previous posts, this is nearly unbearably
>>ugly. However, it writes well and would be a suitable ink to buy again
if
>>one likes the color which I don't. In fact, I'd pour it down the drain
if
>>I
>>didn't like the way it writes as much as I do.
>
> This is the ****iest ink I've ever seen. For this kind of green,
> Noodler's Army Green is the way to go. It's not pretty, but it looks
> a hell of a lot better than Racing Green and I've never thought of
> pouring it down the drain.
>
> Racing Green is one of the favorite inks on FPN. You can't pay
> attention to what many people say on FPN--that many FPN'ers like a
> butthole ugly ink like Racing Green testifies to that. It's the only
> ink I know of that's as ugly as FPN Galileo.
>
> Many FPN'ers seem to like ink based on the name of the ink, and
> "Racing Green" is a good name. Good name; ****y ink.
IMO, the ink's good, only ugly.
>>Diamine Orange - This is a bold, bright, attention-getting orange that
>>matches the rinds of tangerines or mandarin oranges. It's a clear
orange,
>>not at all muted or muddy. Almost overwhelming in intensity in a broad
>>line,
>>it becomes lively and very attractive in a Japanese fine line. Although
>>it's
>>not quite the shade I want, it's completely acceptable and I've already
>>used
>>it for a letter. I might experiment by adding a bit of the Conway
Stewart
>>Orange to it to see if I can get the orange rind color I want, or I
might
>>leave it and use it as is.
>
> You might want to do a little experimenting with that R&K yellow. I
> don't know. Mixing oranges doesn't work as well for me as other
> colors.
I like what I got when I mixed it with the Conway Stewart. However, I
wrote
about adding a bit of the CS to the Diamine, but what I actually did was
add
a bit of the Diamine to the CS. I s'pose I should try what I said I'd do,
but I already like what I got.
--
~~Bluesea~~
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