Private Reserve Spearmint

[GradesWithFPen]

Noodler's Widowmaker. It's my favorite red so far, but I have several more that I want to test.

 

Thanks, SnakeLegs - I have three Noodler's Bulletproofs (Iraqi Indigo, Dostoyevsky, and Hunter) but not in red. My next ink purchase will definitely be a red!

 

The Noodler's reds mentioned so far in this thread are all part of the standard line with no claims of water proofness, archival durability or fraud resistance. I believe Empire Red is Bulletproof (waterproof, archival and fraud resistant) and Fox Red is Eternal (waterproof and archival).

I was in Houston yesterday on business and went to a fabulous place near Rice University - Dromgoole's. Nice pens, inks, paper - felt like I'd died and gone to heaven. I didn't have but about 30 minutes to spend in there, which was not nearly enough, so had to make a quick decision. I went with a small bottle of PR Fiesta Red. Almost same color as Noodler's Tiennemen. I liked Noodler's Antietam, but knowing what I do of the Civil War, I just couldn't bring myself to buy it.

 

I LOVE the Fiesta Red! Not orange-y but more on the brownish side, which is fine for what I do. I graded fifteen research papers today, and the color was easy on my eyes.

 

I do apologize, though, for turning this Spearmint Green thread into a Red Thread. I must be more careful about my wanderings. Thank you guys for opening up my eyes to the possibilities of red again. My next red will definitely be Widowmaker.

[GradesWithFPen]

Noodler's Widowmaker. It's my favorite red so far, but I have several more that I want to test.

 

Thanks, SnakeLegs - I have three Noodler's Bulletproofs (Iraqi Indigo, Dostoyevsky, and Hunter) but not in red. My next ink purchase will definitely be a red!

 

The Noodler's reds mentioned so far in this thread are all part of the standard line with no claims of water proofness, archival durability or fraud resistance. I believe Empire Red is Bulletproof (waterproof, archival and fraud resistant) and Fox Red is Eternal (waterproof and archival).

I will look into those because we do keep our students' research papers for a year before shredding. Thus the bulletproof. I have found, however, that my bulletproof green does not flow well in some of my pens--my Phileas in particular. Wonder why.

[raging.dragon]

lovely color, it is very close to mb irish green

 

Very true. At least for now, they're my favourite greens.

[MyDarnSnakeLegs]

Dromgoole's is really good. It was the first place that my wife said "Wow!" about fountain pens.

 

Why do you need the bulletproof inks for your grading? Are you worried about the ink fading off of the papers over a year's time? I've never had that sort of issue with any inks.

[GradesWithFPen]

Why do you need the bulletproof inks for your grading? Are you worried about the ink fading off of the papers over a year's time? I've never had that sort of issue with any inks.

Well, OK, you are going to make me say it...fear of spilling iced tea or water on papers before students get them back. Actually has very little to do with archiving (although that is a plus if I am confident that ink will stay readable).

[2GreyCats]

Oh, that's so pretty! My favorite kind of green -- almost a bottle green. I had a suit that color about 35 years ago...:-)

 

I'm so glad you did this review. Spearmint is one of my favorite colors - I've been through a couple of bottles and always like to have a pen inked with it. Here's a photo I posted in another thread that shows the depth of color in PR Spearmint (and notice you can get some shading on better paper - I used a Rhodia dotpad for this writing sample). Sorry, I don't do any grading, I just like to write with this ink.

 

[MyDarnSnakeLegs]

Why do you need the bulletproof inks for your grading? Are you worried about the ink fading off of the papers over a year's time? I've never had that sort of issue with any inks.

Well, OK, you are going to make me say it...fear of spilling iced tea or water on papers before students get them back.

 

Ha! That's a legit concern. I've definitely spilled coffee and Mountain Dew on stacks of papers before.

[raging.dragon]

Why do you need the bulletproof inks for your grading? Are you worried about the ink fading off of the papers over a year's time? I've never had that sort of issue with any inks.

Well, OK, you are going to make me say it...fear of spilling iced tea or water on papers before students get them back. Actually has very little to do with archiving (although that is a plus if I am confident that ink will stay readable).

 

Another concern would be students altering teacher comments and grades before showing them to their parents. Though this is obviously not an issue if you're teaching at a college or university, I could see it being a reasonable concern if teaching middle or high school.

Edited May 10, 2012 by raging.dragon

[MyDarnSnakeLegs]

Well, wouldn't anything that would sufficiently remove FP ink also remove printer ink? Also, most paper that students print on would be pretty wrecked if they tried to wash off a comment or a grade. They'd probably be more successful in trying to subtly alter a grade with the same color of ink, but I kinda doubt that my students have FPs sitting around inked with the colors I have aback able to grade with. Short version: I'm not all that worried about this sort of fraud.