Ink Review #2541: Akkerman Out of the Blue

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Akkerman Out of the Blue is a 2024 limited edition ink. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Out of the Blue is a bright classic blue with bronze sheen.

*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 has lots of bronze sheen.

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, high bronze 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:

Out of the Blue has a little less sheen than Diamine Maureen. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Waldmann Xetra Vienna with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, this is a nice blue ink-it has plenty of sheen but no smearing. If you’re looking for a well-behaved sheeny blue this is a great option.

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Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Akkerman Dutch Masters 6, 8 & 10

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Let’s take a look at three Akkerman inks from the Dutch Masters collection. You can find these inks for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: 06 Lievens, 08 Rusidael’s and 10 Van Huysum’s.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 40-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Low-medium shading and 08 had low copper sheen.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there is some feathering in every nib size but no bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Lievens is less saturated than these other red inks.

Ruisdael’s is similar to Octopus Blue Chameleon.

Van Huysum’s is close to Inkebara Highlands Green.

Longer Writing:

All of the inks had dry flows.

Overall, all three are well behaved, but a bit dry for me. I wish they were a bit wetter, but other than that I enjoyed them.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Akkerman 6-10 Inks

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Let’s take a look at five Akkerman inks. You can find these inks for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: 06 Binnenhof Blues, 07 Koninginnelnach, 08 Diep Duinwaterblauw, 09 Laan Van Nieuw Oost, 10 Ijzer Galno.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 50-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All five had low shading.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

06 is a bit brighter than Octopus Blue Koi.

07 and 09 are pretty similar to each other.

08 is brighter than Monteverde Zebra.

10 is lighter than KWZ IG Blue #2.

Longer Writing:

All of the inks had average flows.

Overall, I enjoyed all five of these inks. They are great basic blues, and you can’t go wrong with any of them.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Akkerman Limited Edition Inks

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Today let’s take a look at three limited edition Akkerman inks: Gourmet Pens Pink, Business in the Front, Party in the Back and Delfts Blue. You can find these inks for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Gourmet Pens Pink, Business in the Front, Party in the Back and Delfts Blue

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 40-50 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: The first two had low shading, Delfts Blue had medium shading.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size but no bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Gourmet Pens Pink is a little lighter than Taccia Momo Pink.

Party is one shade darker than Nemosine Pleiades Blue Black and one shade lighter than Sailor Shimoyo.

Delfts Blue is similar to Colorverse Rocky Blue.

Longer Writing:

All had average flows.

Overall, I enjoyed all three of these inks, but Business in the Front Party in the Back is my favorite. I enjoyed the way it flows and the little bit of shading.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Akkerman 21-24 Inks

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Let’s take a look at four Akkerman inks today. You can find these inks for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: 21 China Town Red, 22 Hopjesbruin, 23 Bekakt Haags and 24 Zuiderpark

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 30-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: 21 and 24 had low shading, 22 had high shading and 23 had medium shading.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size but no bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

China Red is close to Taccia Aka Red.

Hopjesbruin is more yellow than Sailor Ink Studio 573.

Bekakt Haags is close to Aurora Brown.

Zuiderpark is lighter than Colorverse Bluish Green.

Longer Writing:

All had average flows.

Overall, I enjoyed all four of these inks. They are well behaved and nice colors.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.