Sailor Blue

Review of Sailor Blue fountain pen ink using a Pilot Penmanship EF nib.

Chapters:
00:00 Swatch color comparison
00:05 Zoom (microscope) photo
00:10 Line Width
00:15 Written review
00:29 Dry Time
00:45 Writing Sample
02:01 Subjective Analysis
02:36 Zoom of absorbent paper
03:07 Quote & Writing Prompt
03:36 Close-up of completed review
03:47 Scan of completed review
03:52 End screen, links to channel and previous review

Post-recording notes: Dark and muted enough to be interesting, but not enough to be blue-black or even dark blue. There's a bit of sheen on the right paper (a wetter nib would surely yield more). Shading may increase on more shade-friendly papers and from the right nib.

Cleaning wasn't bad, but you may need flush or a swab - it was the tiniest bit clingy. The microscope smear was dullsville. I thought I saw a smudge on the 1:45 mark during recording, but examining under greater magnification shows none, so I set the dry time at just over 1:30. In testing, it was over 2 minutes...

Zoomed in photo (Too muted on one monitor, too purple on the other. But not too far off.)
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Screenshot (Text is much too dark.)
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Scan of Completed Review (This is closest.)
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Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (Too muted on one monitor, too purple on the other. Reality isn't blotchy.)
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Line width (The "I" in "Ink:". Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 296µm. With 283 inks measured, the average line width is 296µm.)
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