Noodler's Bad Blue Heron

[DrChumley]

 

 

Edited: I forgot I had already commented on this thread. (*Facepalm*)

Edited June 20, 2013 by DrChumley

[Lazarus Long]

I tried a sample a couple years ago, my sample doesn't look anything like the review. My sample was a much paler washed out blue, the review looks more like Bad Belted Kingfisher. BBH is much more water resistant to BBK though. I also noticed that my sample of Noodler's Navy doesn't look like the reivew - mine had much more green in it.

 

BBH also smells bad - it has a nasty chemical smell.

[NativeTxn]

I tried a sample a couple years ago, my sample doesn't look anything like the review. My sample was a much paler washed out blue, the review looks more like Bad Belted Kingfisher. BBH is much more water resistant to BBK though. I also noticed that my sample of Noodler's Navy doesn't look like the reivew - mine had much more green in it.

 

BBH also smells bad - it has a nasty chemical smell.

I agree with this. I recently tried a sample of BBK and BBH and thought that the BBH was far different than the sample in the review. The sample of BBH I had was pretty washed out when I tried it (though admittedly I didn't use large nibs) and dried to an almost "chalky" color. I didn't care for it at all, and I ended up going with a bottle of BBK.

 

In the water tests I ran, I found found the BBH to be more resistant than the BBK, but I also found the BBK to be plenty resistant (especially compared to many other inks).

 

Overall, I know a lot of people really like BBH - it just wasn't for me. In my testing, had it looked like the review sample above, I would have probably gone with it.

[parnesh]

This is one of my favorite everyday inks. Was always in my Safari. However my bottle of BBH had a bit if an accident and I am currently using Noodler's coral sea in its stead. Coral sea is more green but it is growing on me. However I will be getting a bottle of BBH in the future.

[Albinoni]

Would you say this ink is more so of a blue/black colour, I will admit its nice

[Bynming]

I've been using this ink in my Noodler's Ahab (haven't tried any other inks in that pen yet) and I have to say that it behaves extremely well.

 

However, I'm not usually too bothered by chemical smells but this does smell pretty terrible.

[PinkLady]

Am I missing something here? Those photo bucket icons don't seem to want to open -- is there a trick? or do I have to go to your blog to see your reviews?

[mhosea]

I've been using this ink in my Noodler's Ahab (haven't tried any other inks in that pen yet) and I have to say that it behaves extremely well.

 

However, I'm not usually too bothered by chemical smells but this does smell pretty terrible.

 

I certainly wouldn't describe the smell as "chemical" nor particularly bad, though it is strong if you put your nose to the bottle. It reminded me of the water-based paints they would mix up for kids to paint with.

[JordanN]

Am I missing something here? Those photo bucket icons don't seem to want to open -- is there a trick? or do I have to go to your blog to see your reviews?

The original post is pretty old. The hotlinks to the image probably aren't valid anymore.

[terminal]

I wrote MHPhoto about it but I haven't heard back. I think he still has the images I think photobucket is holding them hostage.

[Safari_Camo]

links of the photos are gone.

[Colors]

I like the looks of this ink. I have tried other dark blue or blue black inks from Noodler's and while I love 54th Massachusetts, despite that it's supposed to be blue black, there is a green tone to it as well. Did you notice any green in Bad Blue Heron? Thanks.