Noodler's Ink?

[Corbs]

I have had similar experiences to many of you, with Noodlers ink giving flow problems in a variety of pens - so I gave my Noodlers ink away. All, except the Air Corps Blue Black, which for some inexplicable reason I hung on to.

Then recently, I acquired a Noodler's Konrad flex and an Ahab flex, both of which wrote intermittently with a range of different inks (Diamine, Pelikan and Parker) - namely feathering.

All these problems magically disappeared when I switched the flex pens to the Air Corps Blue Black. Was it some mysterious premonition which caused me to keep the Noodler's ink??

[cedargirl]

I have KTC in one pen, but several pens that I've tried it in have developed clogging issues, same story with the LRM, and it can take a very long time to clean them out thoroughly when I put the pen away. That makes me reluctant to use them in real favorite pens, although I want them in pens that will do justice to the colors.

 

We should acknowledge that Noodler's does recommend using Kung Te-Cheng in a dedicated pen - one that is very resistant to drying problems - and supplies a pen that works well with this ink. Having said that, its such a nice colour that it is tempting to use it in other pens.

[jonwat]

Hi.

 

I have only 2 bottles of Noodler's ink - they are difficult to get hold of in the UK!

 

I use and like Noodler's Black . No 41 Brown is a nice colour (and I enjoy its bulletproof properties) but it has clogged up every pen I tried it in and I am not using it now.

 

Hope this helps,

 

John

[ISW_Kaputnik]

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So which blues do you use? I'm also a blue/blue-black user.

 

Regular Namiki Blue is my standard. The Iroshizuku Asa-Gao is also nice, but expensive. Waterman Blue-Black is another good one. No problems with staining or clogging with these. I'm sure Noodler's has some nice blues, of course.

[maryannemoll]

My staple is actually Zhivago. I've been using it since 2006, and it never fails me. Starts right away, does not clog the pen, and it's bulletproof. The only problem would be the nib creep, but it doesn't bother me anymore.

 

And it looks great, a black tinged with green.

[kronos77]

I use van Gogh Starry Night all the time now, mostly for sketching, but for writing too. People say it is almost black, but I noticed that in subdued or indirect light, the blue really shows. It is a well behaved ink that can be used for formal purposes. It cleans out of my pen really well.

 

Probanly half of my inks are Noodlers but that could change. The only things I fear are the slightly increased maintenance with bulletproof inks, the danger of staining my clothes with the same inks, and Kung te Cheng, which has flow problems. Even the KTC can be made good supposedly with dilution and photoflow.

[pw1224]

I love Kung Te Cheng and Black Swan in Australian Roses. I also have Heart of Darkness, which is the first truly black fountain pen ink I've had (and I love the fact that it's black. I hate "gray" inks that are labeled "black").

 

 

I did, however, just have my first incident with a sample of Bay State Concord Grape. It was minor. But the ink stained my ultrasonic cleaning basket yesterday. That was completely unexpected. It has no bearing on any part of the rest of my life. It did not ruin a pen. But it means that I'm staying away from Bay State everything. It's not worth the risk to any pen (or any other plastic) that I really like.

 

 

As a lifelong Yankee fan, it reinforces a certain suspicion I have about Massachusetts! (just kidding -- kind of!)

[maus930]

I don't know what is NOT to love about Noodler's ink -- I have a wide selection of Noodler's colors among the 80 plus bottles of ink on my self from 10 countries and Massachusetts.They all perform beautifully, in my opinion, including "Bay State Blue". My current favorites are the "Black Swans". "Legal Lapis" is interesting but haven't decided if I really like it

Edited March 11, 2013 by maus930

[pyramus]

Apache Sunset is astounding: there is literally nothing like it on the market, a yellow-orange that has seemingly an infinite number of hues of orange, brown and yellow bound inside it, and therefore shades like nobody's business. Not waterproof AT ALL, though.

 

I also love Red-Black (more accurately Red-Brown-Purple-Black, I would say), Baystate Concord Grape (vivid waterproof violet), and Kung Te-cheng (mysterious blue-violet).

 

Rome Burning is a strange tan-yellow-green (like a murkier version of Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün) that is waterproof in a most unexpected way: when you wash it, a brilliant yellow departs, leaving a bright violet in its place. Hell of a thing.

[MaddyMarcel]

Love Noodlers, for the "on-page toughness", as tonybelding says.

 

Problems, if you want to call them that, are 1) nib creep, but this doesn't bother me at all; and 2) if you get it on anything that contains cellulose, it's not coming off. This would include wooden cutting boards* and curtains*, as well as clothes.

 

*(Yes, it happened. What, you don't fill your pens at the kitchen sink??!)

[penultress]

Love Noodlers, for the "on-page toughness", as tonybelding says.

 

Problems, if you want to call them that, are 1) nib creep, but this doesn't bother me at all; and 2) if you get it on anything that contains cellulose, it's not coming off. This would include wooden cutting boards* and curtains*, as well as clothes.

 

*(Yes, it happened. What, you don't fill your pens at the kitchen sink??!)

 

I surely do fill my pens at the kitchen sink!

I have not used a wooden cutting board but my counter is wooden and there is a blue spot now. That was an accident - I now use a glass dish to hold the ink bottle/vial.

[MaddyMarcel]

Love Noodlers, for the "on-page toughness", as tonybelding says.

 

Problems, if you want to call them that, are 1) nib creep, but this doesn't bother me at all; and 2) if you get it on anything that contains cellulose, it's not coming off. This would include wooden cutting boards* and curtains*, as well as clothes.

 

*(Yes, it happened. What, you don't fill your pens at the kitchen sink??!)

 

I surely do fill my pens at the kitchen sink!

I have not used a wooden cutting board but my counter is wooden and there is a blue spot now. That was an accident - I now use a glass dish to hold the ink bottle/vial.

 

:roflmho: :roflmho: Penultress, I don't use the cutting board either .... there was an incident, shall we say ...

 

Normally, I'm very careful, and very neat, but this time I must had been tired. I was filling the converter straight from the bottle, no nib, and I dropped it. It hit the stainless steel and bounced, yielding a very interesting splash pattern ... curtains are long gone but I still have the cutting board to show for it. ... :head smack:

 

(edited to add, ps - lucky I was in the kitchen, or it surely would have been a worse mess ...)

Edited March 13, 2013 by MaddyMarcel