Carlos":1qamkhv9 said:
Oh yeah, well. Inks! I love inks that shade well. Not all do. But the colors are like nothing you can get in any ball-point. Favorites...................................................still sorting that out.
In no particular order.
Noodler's Sequoia - A really nice green that shades well. Well behaved in my pens. It is a pine-green color. You hear the name and see the color and it just makes sense. Writes fairly slick.
Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black - Might be one of my favorite Blue-Black's. Extremely well behaved and writes good and slick. It is on the gray side of Blue-Black. If you like simple, Brillant Brown is a nice fall color, and green for spring. All have similar behavior and write well.
But I always had trouble making up my mind about Blue-Blacks. Noodler's FountainPenNetwork.com Van Gogh Starry Night Blue, & Manhattan Blue. Private Reserve Ebony Blue, and Electric DC Blue. All similar, all different. All well behaved in my pens. I used more of these than any other colors.
Noodler's Legal Lapis - One of those Blue-Black's that are on the green side. And it is one of those bullet-proof kind of inks. Not washable once dried. A cousin to this one is Noodler's Contract Ink. Not a Blue-Black, but Aquamarine. Get on a shirt, or paper, and it's there to stay.
Noodler's Nikita - was my bookkeeping red color when I worked. An outstanding blood red color. I did not like the free pen that came with the eyedropper bottle. But my Pelikan's liked it very well. But I usually used a simple glass dip pen.
Noodler's The Violet Vote (Iraqi Indigo) - A nice purple. Some middle eastern countries (Iraq) dip their finger in purple ink to show they have voted. The name changed since I bought it and it is possibly discontinued now. Something about not being able to get a required pigment I think. I only found one nicer looking purple. That is Noodler's Kung Te-cheng (Emperors Purple). The Violet Vote is well behaved, and The Emperors Purple is not. Emperors Purple may possibly damage some pens (Lamy). The Violet Vote writes nice and smooth, where The Emperors Purple needs a very wet nib and then it creeps badly. But they are amazing colors.
Similar to Kung Te-cheng is the Baystate line from Noodler's. Only use in a pen you trust with a wet nib. Blue, Grape, and Cranberry. Colors so intense it will make your eyes bleed. Known for sure to have trouble with some Lamy's. I think Lamy changed some plastic in their feeds.
Noodler's Nakahama (Whaleman's Sepia) - Supposed to replicate the ink whalers often used, which was supposedly made from squid ink found in the stomachs of whales. Very dry writing, so use with dip pens or a very wet nib in a pen you trust. Shades reasonably well. Interesting brown/black/reddish tones.
I have several of the Pilot iroshizuku inks. momiji is supposed to be the fall colors ink. All prefer dry writing nibs. Very wet, slick, creepy inks. Nice bottles.
I like my Rhodia notebook, but have almost always used copy paper for most of my writing. And much of that was recycled. I created my own forms and that is what was provided.
Nailed that one on the head. I've got a bottle of Baystate Blue, and while it's probably my favorite shade of blue due to how intense it is on paper, it stained a Monteverde reservoir I had. It luckily hasn't affected any other inks after a very very thorough cleaning, but it leaves a mark.
For everyday writing, I'm a big fan of Noodler's Black Swan in English Rose; a good, dark red without getting too far into either black or red. Goes down well, doesn't bleed or feather even on crappy paper, and is easy on the eyes.
Next for me is Diamine's Oxblood. It's practically purple, and dries on paper looking like blood. It does have a tendency to bleed here and there, so I try to use it only with a medium or fine nib, never stub.
If I need to make important notes that I'll see and remember, Noodler's Dragon's Napalm is great. I think you can see it from a mile and half away if you put it on pretty thick.
For funsies, I've got a bottle of De Atramentis Tobacco Brown (part of the scented inks they've got); smells more like toasted almonds and vanilla than tobacco, but it's a fun gimmick. It's an okay color, though it's a bit pale for my taste. If it were a more saturated brown, I'd like it better.
The Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris is another reeeeeeally nice ink, and is a blast to just look at on a page. Is it black? Is it grey? Is it blue? Is it green? I don't know! :rabbit:
I have a toooooon of sample-sized inks (thanks to BH, being the kind fellow he is) that I like to doodle with, but the ones that I like their names elude me right now. I'll need to go look at the sample bottles and edit my post later to reflect the faves.
