What's Everyone's Favorite Black Ink?

[MTHALL720]

Noodler's Black

[MTHALL720]

Noodler's Black

[jkingrph]

I try not to use any, even in ballpoints. I was active duty Air Force back through the 1970's and all we could use was black, so I got burned out on it.

[Rua Uilliam]

Black ink is the only permissible colour I can write with in my job so I use Super5 Waterproof.

[Tas]

Ha I was just going to post something similar so if it's okay, I'll tag my tuppence worth onto this thread

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_waterman_intense_black_page_1.jpg

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_waterman_intense_black_page_2.jpg

 

 

I've just loaded some into my Lanbitou and I still stand by this - When writing with this ink, you somehow don't think or consider the ink. You just write and the ink does its job.

[Karmachanic]

but, but, but Nurebairo! Kiwa Guro!

[Tas]

but, but, but Nurebairo! Kiwa Guro!

I know, I know. I hear you . . . . They have their own special place in my heart

 

Tell me though, when you're using them, I bet you're thinking, "Ooo, what lovely ink"

[PAKMAN]

I try not to use any, even in ballpoints. I was active duty Air Force back through the 1970's and all we could use was black, so I got burned out on it.

 

This!

And, life is too short to write with ugly pens or black ink...

[wallylynn]

 

This!

And, life is too short to write with ugly pens or black ink...

Ha! Thanks to this necropost I'll be using black on my next fill. Just gotta decide between HoD or OMB...

[Pentode]

I use quite a lot of black.

 

Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black was my hands-down favorite for many years but it now shares that honor with Noodlers Old Manhattan Black.

 

I have a lot of other black inks in the house that I like just fine but not quite as well as those two:

Aurora Black (very, very nice)

Parker Quink Permanent Black

Sheaffer Skrip Black

Watermans Black

Delta Black

Monteverde Disney Black (some sort of limited edition- I dont remember where I got it but its super-saturated)

Camlin Permanent Black (very much like Quink)

Montblanc Black (a very old W. German bottle, almost gone)

 

From the second list Im not sure which Ill replace when theyre used up. Aurora for sure. Waterman and Montblanc probably. Camlin? Yeah, probably. Not so sure about the others....

[chromantic]

I've only tried three: Platinum Black that came with a Plaisir, it was ok, nice gold sheen; Bookbinder's Red Belly Black, very black but dried on the nib really fast if you paused too long to think.

 

Finally broke down and bought Take-sumi - way too wet in my M405 EF but worked fine in a Cadet F and, now, in the cheap PaperMate c/c I've got it in. Maybe not the blackest (though it seems plenty dark to me) but very smooth, velvety feel to it when writing.

Edited February 12, 2019 by chromantic

[Karmachanic]

Tell me though, when you're using them, I bet you're thinking, "Ooo, what lovely ink"

More like hmmmmm, nice!

Two black inks is one more that I need. Which is why I'll probably soon have a bottle of Warsaw Dreaming. Just to see if it really is a Nurebairo for the less affluent.

For the benefit of others, of course. Cuz ya can't reeeeallly tell with just a sample.

[Tas]

More like hmmmmm, nice!

Two black inks is one more that I need. Which is why I'll probably soon have a bottle of Warsaw Dreaming. Just to see if it really is a Nurebairo for the less affluent.

For the benefit of others, of course. Cuz ya can't reeeeallly tell with just a sample.

 

 

[SpecTP]

I have not used a black ink in over a year.. but I do have a bottle of MB mystery black that remains unopened

[Intensity]

Not into writing with black inks but thought I should have one bottle finally. Got a lot of different samples first, and Aurora Black was definitely my favorite. Alas, I ended up with a bottle of Iroshizuku Take Sumi from an ink trade, which is nice too (though I still prefer Aurora). I might get a nano-pigment waterproof black at some point, but every time I think of adding it to cart I think “eh, I already have that one black ink I almost never use.”

 

That said, most of my college notes were taken with various black pens, and I could use black again in similar circumstances. But it’s been many years since then. Murky “off-black” inks are much more interesting to me.

[Timotheus]

JetPens' choice: https://www.jetpens.com/blog/the-best-black-fountain-pen-inks/pt/20

 

I followed their suggestions, and bought Herbin's Perle Noire and Aurora Black. Both are excellent, but I especially love Perle Noire.

Edited February 13, 2019 by Timotheus

[7is]

Perle Noire & 4001 Black for me anytime.

[stenolearner]

Platinum carbon black (from an EF nib)

[shinryu]

KWZ Warsaw Dreaming. The homepage says it is actually deep blue black but for all intents and purposes it looks black. It is a cool toned black if that even makes sense and the saturation really gives it character, something that can be hard to find in black inks.

[downtheinkwell]

De Atramentis Document Black for me.