Pelikan Edelstein Inks: Opinions Needed

[Mendel]

Greetings from Mendel!

As I am researching fountain pen inks, are Pelikan Edelstein inks anything special? The glass bottle is attractive but is the ink itself really any better than Private Reserve for example?

 

[Vlad]

I haven't tried any, so I have no opinion of my own. But I have heard others say that the colors are nothing special and they are not very saturated. I love Pelikan, so I really wanted to like them, but none of the colors I saw were 'must-haves' and they are too expensive for me to get just because I love the brand.

 

[The Nid Hog]

Can't address the Edelstein, but the conventional Pelikan inks are outstanding.

 

[chuckr9]

I have only tried the Edelstein Aventurine green ink. It flows nicely with no tendency to clog. Color appreciation is very subjective, but I like this green.

 

[Dave258]

I really like these inks now. I have 4 of them; topaz, aventurine, tanzanite and onyx. I am picky about what inks I use in my Pelikans (only 2 now) and these work great. I did reviews on them, I will repost them in a little bit.

 

[Dave258]

Here are the reviews I did. The Tanzanite is not as dark as it seems in the review. Obviously, what pen and nib size or paper may make the colors change a bit.

 

[maxman]

I have some samples and I think they are great.
Expensive so you wouldn't want to buy a gallon but I'd like to have a bottle in a nice colour like the topaz.

 

[nemo]

Thanks Dave!

Older thread here http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...an-Edelstein-ink-Thoughts?highlight=Edelstein

I still haven't tried any of the colors yet (black only).

 

[Doc4]

IMHO "quality" inks can vary so much in aspects of performance that you really need to try some samples of different inks to see what you like. It's so personal.

 

[jkingrph]

I have two, the Adventurine and Tanzerite and they are ok. Nothing really special, but I choose inks based on color more than any other criteria.

 

[Dave258]

I think they are more saturated colors, and write wetter than the regular Pelikan inks. YMMV!

 

[RichieRich3902]

I'm hoping to try a sample of a few of these inks soon. I really liked the De Artementis Sherlock Holmes and Black Blue-Black, I recently sampled. They flowed very will in my two pens and look great, but they run $15 for a very small bottle 35ml. For the price if the Pelikan inks compared I'll gladly give them a try.

 

[drocu]

I think they are more saturated colors, and write wetter than the regular Pelikan inks. YMMV!

I just loaded up the sample of Topaz that I received from Dave258 in my VP and it's writing very well. I definitely like the color too.