Herbin Éclat de Saphir

Review of Herbin Éclat de Saphir 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
00:31 Dry Time
00:47 Writing Sample
02:08 Subjective Analysis
02:44 Zoom of absorbent paper
03:04 Quote & Writing Prompt
03:38 Close-up of completed review
03:50 Scan of completed review
03:55 End screen, links to channel and previous review

Post-recording notes: The scanner and microscope hate this color. The camera doesn't like it much better. It's like a semi-pastel royal blue. It definitely leans toward purple, but isn't blurple. It's a rather soothing / relaxing color, but still too close to ballpoint / rollerball blue for me to like. The microscope slide was boring as could be. Cleaning was easy with plain water but did require a little extra flushing, so I'm guessing the dye is rather concentrated. The color in the video seems too bright to me.

Zoomed in photo (The color isn't awful, but it's not great either.)
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Screenshot (This might be the closest, but it's too dark, not vibrant enough.)
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Scan of Completed Review (Color isn't as vibrant and not quite enough purple.)
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (No better than the zoom.)
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

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 319µm. With 275 inks measured, the average line width is 296µm.) (This might be the best color, but also not enough purple.)
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

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