Best Blue-Black Ink?

[manolo]

For me, in my limited experience:

 

Platinum blue-black

Sailor Sei-Boku

Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo

[Charles Rice]

Best blue black? You might as well ask 150 people what the best tasting pie is.

[Gloucesterman]

So, what's the best tasting pie?

 

Remember to include the lobster pie as one of your options. :thumbup:

[Mr.Rene]

Conclusion..ALL blue-black inks are... :D :lticaptd:

[sirgilbert357]

http://www.optical-illusion-pictures.com/images/stairs.jpg

LOL. Subtle!

 

For the OP: nothing beats a sample. It'll seem expensive at first (to get one of each of the inks you listed), but if it's an ink you plan to use often and in quantity, just get it right the first time. Order a sample of each ink you're considering. It'll be a bit of a chore to get through each one to see what you prefer, but some people would call that "fun". Lol.

[Chiyoko]

Pilot blue-black is more of a dark blue with excellent water resistance:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/193348-pilot-blue-black/

I'll second that, it's a great and beautiful ink.

[A.D.D.i.c.t.]

I always kind of liked Noodler's Bad Belted Kingfisher when in the mood for a blue-black. But my Iroshizuku inks always "felt" the best.

 

Sample, sample, and sample some more. It's a cheap way to try out lots of great inks.

[hbdk]

Conway Stewart's a Tavy--if you can find it

 

AFAIK CS Tavy is the same as Diamine Denim which is indeed a very nice B-B ink.

[Tritonus]

Best Blue-Blacks for me are the ones with Iron gall formulas - the way they perform on almost every paper is excellent. If you like your inks on the dry side combined with a wet writer (which I do), then a great but inexpensive option would be ESS Registrars Ink (ESSR) - 110ml bottle cost me around $20 to be shipped out from the UK to Oz.

My favourite however, is the old Montblanc Midnight Blue Iron gall formula if you can find it! Perfect ink in every way for me though it dries to a dark grey-blue hue unlike the ESSR which is a dark, deep blue.

Cheers

[Freddy]

Today..would be Sheaffer's Skrip { tighten cap tip bottle to fill the well } # 24

Blue - Black ink.......Yup..that's the ticket..............................................................

Usin' in full size Ebonized Pearl Regent lever filler with Jeweler's band.......

 

Fred

we are engaged in a generational battle today....

whose beginning we are closer to than its end.

~ Timothy Geraghty

[TSherbs]

really liking my Hero Bl-Blk that arrived today.

[freewheelingvagabond]

Pelikan Blue-Black. Very nice color and shading. It is pretty water resistant. However this is a dry ink. Great for 1.1 stubs, maybe a bit too dry on fine...

+1.

[Charles Rice]

So, what's the best tasting pie?

 

 

Pecan - or maybe French Silk - or is it . . . . . ?

[Tas]

I used to like Pecan Pie when they used "real Pecans . . .

[penslabyrinth]

R&K Salix hands down! Especially if you lean toward the blue side of blue-black.

[PS104]

A lot of good suggestions (my head is spinning) but I would seek out Sandy1's opinion as her nom d'plume in FPN Ink Reviews forum is Ms Blue-Black

[chas0039]

Noodler's Midnight Blue. With some of my nibs it comes out so black that I have to check with a loupe to see the edges. Other pens are dark blue. When I grind nibs, Midnight Blue is my testing choice.

 

Blueberry pie, of course.

[georges zaslavsky]

MB Blue black is also a good one

[Oldane]

MB Blue black is also a good one

 

..... but sadly discontinued. It was my favorite back then.

[JimCouch]

+1 on both the Sailor. The Noodlers Legal Lapis is a nice looking ink, but Noodler's inks don't work well in many pens.

 

The Diamine ble blck is also very nice.