I have Intense Black, Serenity & Mysterious Blue, and Audacious Red. They are my 'safe' inks, particularly for vintage pens, but are all beautiful in their own right.
@pen.venture A beautiful pen - well worth looking after. And, as you show, Waterman may not make the flashiest of inks, but the colours are superb, and Serenity makes my top three inks list!
Great overview! I couldn't help noticing "Intense Black" is missing from your video. This is an excellent performing ink and one I use as a benchmark in many modern and vintage models.
These are such underrated … i took the spare time today to make this video after looking on my table and finding more like 4 pens inked up with these inks
Noted 🖋️🫡 we will focus on inks too since we have quite a lot of them at PV, over 600 individual colors from numerous brands, plenty of good things to share
The best! :D A friend of the channel send it to us :D it fits Gravitas pocket pens and it's crazy nice - we are analysing it in order to probably bring it to everyone with Pen Venture
Nice one, although would have helped if the camera was closer to the paper to get a better view of the shades. Have started with Mysterious Blue and loving it, probably going to try the Harmonious Green next
Great video. I have Serenity Blue and Intense Black, but I've only been using them for vintage pens. You've convinced me to share the love a little more. I think I'll ink up my clear Pilot Custom 823 with Waterman's Intense Black. That should go nicely with the black finials.
You are so welcome! Thank you for the feedback :D - although I like shading, im not looking exclusively for it - but its a nice bonus when its available
Waterman inks are underrated.. I love Serenity Blue and Tender Purple.. also Pilot Namiki Blue, and Blue Black.. SAFE. That Gravitas vac filler is one of my fav new pens. 🎉
:D I just realised we have not listed the tender purple and the black inks of Waterman :)) on our website. My gravitas has one of those titanium nibs with a 3d printed feeders that is a monster ... just devours ink like nothing else
Thank you for bringing these great staple inks to attention ! 😊 Waterman Violet Tendresse (Tender Purple) has always been my choice number 1 ink ! I absolutely love it. It's deep, it shades.....❤ It seems to me that in the last 5 to 10 years, the colour shifted a little bit from more reddish purple to less reddish purple, but it's subtle and it has always been my favourite purple anyway. I wonder if it happened when they changed the design on the outer packaging. Vert Harmonie is a second favourite. The turquoise is a little too light for my taste, I tend to prefer Lamy turquoise, or Iroshizuku Kon Péki. I have to test again Mysterious Blue - it didn't whow me when I used it years ago, but after seing your vidéo, I have to try it again !!!! ❤
:D Now this is some valuable feedback because you have experience these inks for many years :D thank you for the great imput - I can totally understand on the Turquoise because its light even for me but its quick to wash so this is why im using it.
Why does everyone in the comments have only Serenity Blue and Intense Black? I don't even use them anymore. I use Inspired Blue and Harmonious Green constantly. Nearly all of my pens are vintage flex and these shading inks show off line variation beautifully, are more beautiful generally, have gorgeous sheening, and they clean out much more quickly than the much more saturated Serenity Blue and Intense Black.
@@singlesideman because we are different and thank God is this way - those inspired blue and harmonious green would be nowhere available if we all used those
@pen.venture it's frustrating that so many people default to using just these two colors. That's what I'm talking about - not that people seem to prefer these colors, but that so few people bother to look at Waterman's other inks. It's not just the people writing comments for this video, either. I've used them both and find them less interesting and harder to clean out than Inspired Blue and Harmonious Green, and ever since I've been using these two colors and showing them to people at pen shows, on my UA-cam channel, in my Facebook group and other Facebook groups, and on Instagram over the past several years, I've seen a lot more people using them.
Probably because the Waterman inks are reliable and well priced which make them ideal for everyday pens and the inks you mentioned are my workhorse colours. I do have purple inks by Waterman, Mont Blanc, and Visconti but don't have much call to use them even though the the thought of doing so appeals to me. Apart from being a man who keeps a "dinky" in his holster I was impressed to see to a man with Visconti pens in his collection and would be interest to hear his opinion on the Visconti inks which I use exclusively in their pens.
@@simonwoodford8728 I think you're missing the point of what I said. I use Waterman inks almost exclusively because they're safe for vintage fountain pens that use rubber sacs or have soft rubber parts that make direct contact with ink, which is about 95% of the pens in my collection and that I use. I said that it makes no sense that of the Waterman's inks only two are mentioned, and they are the same two that most people who don't have a lot of experience with vintage fountain pens default to, and they're missing out on Waterman's more adventurous colors, such as Inspired Blue and Harmonious Green, both of which shade beautifully and are vintage safe.
I have absolute brown which is beautiful. I filled three journals with it. It cleans very well with just pkain water. I might get mysterious blue next.
We are in contact with the Romanian distributor for waterman and we have access to these pretty easy and constant - although many clients told us they get harder and harder to find in stores 🤷🏻♂️
@@pen.venturethis is very interesting. I was under the impression that Absolute Brown had been discontinued. I’m guessing by your comment that this is not the case. Is it still being manufactured?
@@ShadowHawk357 still being made but it’s something in the supply chain some delays and changes, as far as we know we have like 40 pieces in stock at this time so we are covered
Used Waterman Tender Purple in my brand new Laban Rosa Lilac & it's now permanently stained so they can stain! And yes I have flushed over & over, soaked for over a week & tried a sonic cleaner & it's still stained!
Well - as I mentioned there are pens that are using some materials of lower grade / or left unpolished with their surface open / or they have spots where ink can get in and sit there for longer time - regardless these will stain sooner or later - with some or even all inks, an ink staining a certain pen doesn’t make it a staining ink, but I know at least one ink that stains all pens even the unstainable ones :)) even metal gets stained by it sometime - Baystate Blue
@@pen.ventureproblem is as I said, this is a £100 pen which was brand new & I thought I was being safe as it was a Waterman ink but it's obviously not!
One of the problems with Waterman inks is they're getting harder and harder to get, at least here in Central Europe. Many traditional retailers now still carry Parker, but not Waterman anymore, even if they used to.
:D we've noticed a spike in the number of requests for these inks lately - I dont know why but I asked our distributor if we should worry, are they going to be discontinued or not - for now we got told to be relax because they are available
I couldn’t say - but since they wash so easy, one may assume that they don’t stand the test of time like something more permananet (if we can say “more permanent” to define inks that stand better the water test and are not permanent by nature)
Inks made for fountain pens do not contain pigments, with the exception of a handful of questionable waterproof inks that have "micro-pigments", and which can be used relatively safely in only safety pens. Also, there's nothing particularly "tricky" about sacs.
im not looking to be perfect - that is a spot reserved for very few, on my channel I want to do things to the best of my abilities and knowledge - in the limitations of language and style :D thank you, now I must get back to record some more videos - have a good day
I have it the discontinued toffee brown - I like it but there is like a green hue that I don’t understand where it fits in a brown ink - overall I often use it but the green is a turn off for me, I like more a lighter brown, something like Taccia tsuchi, diamine warm brown, Taccia koiame 😁 but that’s just me
Waterman Ink has always been my go-to ink for vintage fountain pens.
:D vintage and normal... they all like these inks ... :D that I know for sure
@@pen.venture Yes, that is so true. I have never had a problem with Waterman ink in any pen, vintage or otherwise, after many years of using them.
I adore Waterman inks. Always dependable.
:D yey :D they are great
I have Intense Black, Serenity & Mysterious Blue, and Audacious Red. They are my 'safe' inks, particularly for vintage pens, but are all beautiful in their own right.
:D I have a Waterman 52 gold bands that I use only with waterman inks - it has a sac and this is the only ink I feel safe using in it
@pen.venture A beautiful pen - well worth looking after. And, as you show, Waterman may not make the flashiest of inks, but the colours are superb, and Serenity makes my top three inks list!
Great overview! I couldn't help noticing "Intense Black" is missing from your video. This is an excellent performing ink and one I use as a benchmark in many modern and vintage models.
:)) we are at this moment looking to stock up with them :D last time we had a major stock up we couldnt find them available but now there are :D
@@pen.venture good to hear!
100% I’ve been happily using these inks since the 90’s
These are such underrated … i took the spare time today to make this video after looking on my table and finding more like 4 pens inked up with these inks
Please do more ink reviews Emmy.
Noted 🖋️🫡 we will focus on inks too since we have quite a lot of them at PV, over 600 individual colors from numerous brands, plenty of good things to share
Love the leather holster!!
The best! :D A friend of the channel send it to us :D it fits Gravitas pocket pens and it's crazy nice - we are analysing it in order to probably bring it to everyone with Pen Venture
Thank you for showcasing these underrated, old school inks ! ❤
I'll check out your store.
Thank you so much - I appreciate your support :D
I carry only the Serenity Blue right now, but see your point in the demonstrators ...! Thanks for the more colors review!
😁 serenity blue is like - ink and forget type of choice, when it comes to the 823 that’s on the way, I think I’ll stick with waterman inks :)) first
Nice one, although would have helped if the camera was closer to the paper to get a better view of the shades. Have started with Mysterious Blue and loving it, probably going to try the Harmonious Green next
We are in the process of changing some things and bring you all closer to the paper - both as a image but also as a sound :D
Great video. I have Serenity Blue and Intense Black, but I've only been using them for vintage pens. You've convinced me to share the love a little more. I think I'll ink up my clear Pilot Custom 823 with Waterman's Intense Black. That should go nicely with the black finials.
:D Making this video we realised that in our store we are missing the Intense Black and Tender Purple :)) so quickly we ordered a bunch of them
Absolutely agree with you Emy, brilliant ink for so many reasons. Shading is very important to me. Thanks for the review x ❤
You are so welcome! Thank you for the feedback :D - although I like shading, im not looking exclusively for it - but its a nice bonus when its available
Waterman inks are underrated.. I love Serenity Blue and Tender Purple.. also Pilot Namiki Blue, and Blue Black.. SAFE. That Gravitas vac filler is one of my fav new pens. 🎉
:D I just realised we have not listed the tender purple and the black inks of Waterman :)) on our website. My gravitas has one of those titanium nibs with a 3d printed feeders that is a monster ... just devours ink like nothing else
Hi. One of the greatest inks, truly safe and reliable. My Montblanc 149 loves Serenity blue. 🤗 cheers from Australia.🦘
Thanks for sharing! Yes Serenity Blue is one hell of a safe ink :D Cheers from Romania John
Thank you for bringing these great staple inks to attention ! 😊
Waterman Violet Tendresse (Tender Purple) has always been my choice number 1 ink ! I absolutely love it. It's deep, it shades.....❤
It seems to me that in the last 5 to 10 years, the colour shifted a little bit from more reddish purple to less reddish purple, but it's subtle and it has always been my favourite purple anyway. I wonder if it happened when they changed the design on the outer packaging.
Vert Harmonie is a second favourite.
The turquoise is a little too light for my taste, I tend to prefer Lamy turquoise, or Iroshizuku Kon Péki.
I have to test again Mysterious Blue - it didn't whow me when I used it years ago, but after seing your vidéo, I have to try it again !!!!
❤
:D Now this is some valuable feedback because you have experience these inks for many years :D thank you for the great imput - I can totally understand on the Turquoise because its light even for me but its quick to wash so this is why im using it.
I love them. I think everybody should have them.
Yup - it’s one of those “must have” inks … you just can’t go wrong with it
Serenity Blue is my default ink to test any fountain pen 😊
Good choice! I have to refill my almost finished bottle and let some of my pens ... drink it
Thanks for the video, I acutally didn't know that there were three different blue inks from Waterman (Inspired Blue, Serenity Blue, Myterious Blue).
Glad it was helpful! :D the Blue side of inks is pretty good represented in the waterman line up of inks
Why does everyone in the comments have only Serenity Blue and Intense Black? I don't even use them anymore. I use Inspired Blue and Harmonious Green constantly. Nearly all of my pens are vintage flex and these shading inks show off line variation beautifully, are more beautiful generally, have gorgeous sheening, and they clean out much more quickly than the much more saturated Serenity Blue and Intense Black.
@@singlesideman because we are different and thank God is this way - those inspired blue and harmonious green would be nowhere available if we all used those
@pen.venture it's frustrating that so many people default to using just these two colors. That's what I'm talking about - not that people seem to prefer these colors, but that so few people bother to look at Waterman's other inks. It's not just the people writing comments for this video, either. I've used them both and find them less interesting and harder to clean out than Inspired Blue and Harmonious Green, and ever since I've been using these two colors and showing them to people at pen shows, on my UA-cam channel, in my Facebook group and other Facebook groups, and on Instagram over the past several years, I've seen a lot more people using them.
Probably because the Waterman inks are reliable and well priced which make them ideal for everyday pens and the inks you mentioned are my workhorse colours. I do have purple inks by Waterman, Mont Blanc, and Visconti but don't have much call to use them even though the the thought of doing so appeals to me. Apart from being a man who keeps a "dinky" in his holster I was impressed to see to a man with Visconti pens in his collection and would be interest to hear his opinion on the Visconti inks which I use exclusively in their pens.
@@simonwoodford8728 I think you're missing the point of what I said. I use Waterman inks almost exclusively because they're safe for vintage fountain pens that use rubber sacs or have soft rubber parts that make direct contact with ink, which is about 95% of the pens in my collection and that I use. I said that it makes no sense that of the Waterman's inks only two are mentioned, and they are the same two that most people who don't have a lot of experience with vintage fountain pens default to, and they're missing out on Waterman's more adventurous colors, such as Inspired Blue and Harmonious Green, both of which shade beautifully and are vintage safe.
I have absolute brown which is beautiful. I filled three journals with it. It cleans very well with just pkain water. I might get mysterious blue next.
Wonderful! That ink I have now in my Homo sapiens Bronze Swirls - nice one and quick to clean, tho im at the second re ink without washing in between
I managed to track down an absolute brown to complete the set. I wish Waterman did more colours, their price/performance is amazing.
We are in contact with the Romanian distributor for waterman and we have access to these pretty easy and constant - although many clients told us they get harder and harder to find in stores 🤷🏻♂️
@@pen.venturethis is very interesting. I was under the impression that Absolute Brown had been discontinued. I’m guessing by your comment that this is not the case. Is it still being manufactured?
@@ShadowHawk357 still being made but it’s something in the supply chain some delays and changes, as far as we know we have like 40 pieces in stock at this time so we are covered
Tender Purple is a great ink.
Yup - I have it in my Gravitas Ultemate Vac, that is so so sweet combined with a flexy nib
Also, I bought the Brown ink from your store.
Thank you so much - I think most of the got to be sold out in Europe because we got a huge influx of sales only on these waterman inks
Blue Black inks look much more like very faded denim than teal, which is a much more vibrant blue green.
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Used Waterman Tender Purple in my brand new Laban Rosa Lilac & it's now permanently stained so they can stain! And yes I have flushed over & over, soaked for over a week & tried a sonic cleaner & it's still stained!
Well - as I mentioned there are pens that are using some materials of lower grade / or left unpolished with their surface open / or they have spots where ink can get in and sit there for longer time - regardless these will stain sooner or later - with some or even all inks, an ink staining a certain pen doesn’t make it a staining ink, but I know at least one ink that stains all pens even the unstainable ones :)) even metal gets stained by it sometime - Baystate Blue
@@pen.ventureproblem is as I said, this is a £100 pen which was brand new & I thought I was being safe as it was a Waterman ink but it's obviously not!
I like Intense Black and Serenity Blue.
:D just realised we are missing Intense Black and Tender Purple from the inventory :))
One of the problems with Waterman inks is they're getting harder and harder to get, at least here in Central Europe. Many traditional retailers now still carry Parker, but not Waterman anymore, even if they used to.
:D we've noticed a spike in the number of requests for these inks lately - I dont know why but I asked our distributor if we should worry, are they going to be discontinued or not - for now we got told to be relax because they are available
fill with water and let it be over night= clean all easy
Even in normal flushes with water … it takes less than 5 to see clean water coming out 🤌🏻
Do waterman inks tend to get lighter on the paper as the time passes ?
I couldn’t say - but since they wash so easy, one may assume that they don’t stand the test of time like something more permananet (if we can say “more permanent” to define inks that stand better the water test and are not permanent by nature)
Inks made for fountain pens do not contain pigments, with the exception of a handful of questionable waterproof inks that have "micro-pigments", and which can be used relatively safely in only safety pens. Also, there's nothing particularly "tricky" about sacs.
noted
Waterman inks do not contain pigments. They contain dyes, like almost all inks made for fountain pens. Pigments clog fountain pens.
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Feed, not feeder.
nope - I like feeder more
@pen.venture you can "like feeder more" all you want but it doesn't make it the correct term. The correct term is 'feed', not "feeder".
im not looking to be perfect - that is a spot reserved for very few, on my channel I want to do things to the best of my abilities and knowledge - in the limitations of language and style :D thank you, now I must get back to record some more videos - have a good day
Toffee brown beat absolut brown
:D .... isnt toffee brown discontinued?
@@pen.venture standard ink from mb. The best brown ever. I have both. Ab no chance
I have it the discontinued toffee brown - I like it but there is like a green hue that I don’t understand where it fits in a brown ink - overall I often use it but the green is a turn off for me, I like more a lighter brown, something like Taccia tsuchi, diamine warm brown, Taccia koiame 😁 but that’s just me
@@pen.venture the ab is lighter