Ink Review #2540: De Atramentis Pigeon Blue

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De Atramentis Pigeon Blue is from the De Atramentis standard collection, but it’s also known as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi from the School collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens. Thanks to the reader that sent this ink in for review!

The color:

Pigeon Blue is a deep blue with a little bit of green in it.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks much darker than it does in writing.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Pigeon Blue is darker than Anderillium Flying Squid Blue. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pelikan M205 Petrol with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a wet flow.

Overall, this is a lovely affordable, standard dark blue ink. If you’re looking for an inexpensive blue with a wet flow you should give this one a try.

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