{"id":5392,"date":"2021-09-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=5392"},"modified":"2024-01-15T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T19:26:30","slug":"ink-dupes-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/ink-dupes-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Ink Dupes #14: Maruzen and Taccia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wow, I didn’t really think I’d do another of these. They’re a bit time consuming. But, I came across this pair, and knew I had to share. I’ve decided to leave off the chromatography strips, as they take the longest, and don’t tell you anything about how the inks look coming out of your pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim found Maruzen Eternal Blue a while back when a local pen peep was selling off some ink. He fell in love with it, and went out of his way to find a second bottle on eBay. It’s pretty hard to get a hold of, so I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that one of Taccia’s new Jean inks is a near perfect dupe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one was trickier to scan, since there is some sheen, so I also took a photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Inks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Maruzen Athena Inks Eternal Blue<\/strong>
Price: $40?
Bottle Size: 50ml
Price Per Ml: $0.80
Availability: Maruzen store in Japan or eBay<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Taccia Navy Blue Jeans<\/a><\/strong>
Price: $18
Bottle Size: 40ml
Price Per Ml: $0.45
Availability: Readily Available<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Comparison<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Photo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you have any suggestions for future comparisons, let me know in the comments. And check out my other Ink Dupes posts<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m comparing seemingly identical inks to see how similar they really are. This time: Maruzen Eternal Blue and Taccia Navy Blue Jeans.<\/p>\n

Keep ReadingInk Dupes #14: Maruzen and Taccia<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[407],"tags":[123,280,255],"class_list":["post-5392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ink","tag-ink-dupes","tag-maruzen","tag-taccia","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inkDupes14-IGSm.jpg?fit=288%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Z77k-1oY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10813,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/fp-tag-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":5392,"position":0},"title":"Fountain Pen Tag, Ink Edition","author":"Rachel","date":"August 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I've done \"fountain pen tags\" for pens and nibs, so it only makes sense that I dive into inks! 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