Great video! I love that you included some teals in there as well. Out of my entire ink collection, I think it would be safe to say that about 90% are blue or blue-ish. The only ones I have from your video are kon-peki, the first iroshizuku ink that was ever recommended to me) and the one from the purple inkvent calendar (festive cheer???). My initial favourite blue is Pelikan 4001 - Turquoise since it’s as close as I can get to Sheaffer Peacock blue that I fell in love with during my childhood. I love the iroshizuku inks and I’ll use them when inspiration strikes, but none of them are my go-tos. The blues that I gravitate towards the most are Montblanc The Blues Collection, which has Ultramarine, Maya Blue and Egyptian Blue. I fell so deeply in love with it, in spite of the $100/set cost for three 30ml bottles, I bought _every_ set that I could find, which was quite a feat because it was already discontinued once I came upon it. The sets have been boxes up in their original bubble wrap since I received them a couple of years ago, until I moved recently and needed to organize my collection. I had no clue that in addition to my open set, that I have five factory sealed sets. Hopefully they maintain their high quality until I get around to needing them! My other favourite ‘blue’ (teal) that I bought a few bottles of is Pelikan Edelstein Apatite, which was an ink of the year, so again, not one that will be around forever. I wish I bought a few more bottles if it, but since they’re 50ml each, hopefully I’ll have it for a while until I discover a new favourite
Thank you for your comment! I hope the special Montblanc ones you have will stay in good condition and will last you a while. While I understand that not all inks can be sold forever, it's always a little sad if a favourite gets discontinued. Pelikan Turquoise and Apatite both look very pretty, it seems I've been sleeping on Pelikan inks and should try them at some point.
Lovely video, Ru. I really enjoy your swatching videos. You should try Diamine Blue Velvet. A lovely, saturated, vibrant blue. One of my favourites. I would love to see some deep purple swatches soon. Thank you for another lovely video.
Thank you! Blue Velvet looks nice, I'll have to try that one. There are 2 more blue videos on the horizon (grey blues and teals/turquoises), but then I'll move on to purple swatches!
All the blues look so lovely! I really must use blue more often.
Thanks for swatching these! =D I love all your content.
Great video as always. I don't write with blue often but my favourite has been Diamine Asa blue.
Thank you! That's a very pretty blue ink 😊
Great video! I love that you included some teals in there as well. Out of my entire ink collection, I think it would be safe to say that about 90% are blue or blue-ish.
The only ones I have from your video are kon-peki, the first iroshizuku ink that was ever recommended to me) and the one from the purple inkvent calendar (festive cheer???).
My initial favourite blue is Pelikan 4001 - Turquoise since it’s as close as I can get to Sheaffer Peacock blue that I fell in love with during my childhood. I love the iroshizuku inks and I’ll use them when inspiration strikes, but none of them are my go-tos.
The blues that I gravitate towards the most are Montblanc The Blues Collection, which has Ultramarine, Maya Blue and Egyptian Blue. I fell so deeply in love with it, in spite of the $100/set cost for three 30ml bottles, I bought _every_ set that I could find, which was quite a feat because it was already discontinued once I came upon it. The sets have been boxes up in their original bubble wrap since I received them a couple of years ago, until I moved recently and needed to organize my collection. I had no clue that in addition to my open set, that I have five factory sealed sets. Hopefully they maintain their high quality until I get around to needing them!
My other favourite ‘blue’ (teal) that I bought a few bottles of is Pelikan Edelstein Apatite, which was an ink of the year, so again, not one that will be around forever. I wish I bought a few more bottles if it, but since they’re 50ml each, hopefully I’ll have it for a while until I discover a new favourite
Thank you for your comment! I hope the special Montblanc ones you have will stay in good condition and will last you a while. While I understand that not all inks can be sold forever, it's always a little sad if a favourite gets discontinued. Pelikan Turquoise and Apatite both look very pretty, it seems I've been sleeping on Pelikan inks and should try them at some point.
Lovely video, Ru. I really enjoy your swatching videos. You should try Diamine Blue Velvet. A lovely, saturated, vibrant blue. One of my favourites.
I would love to see some deep purple swatches soon. Thank you for another lovely video.
Thank you! Blue Velvet looks nice, I'll have to try that one. There are 2 more blue videos on the horizon (grey blues and teals/turquoises), but then I'll move on to purple swatches!