Dragon's Napalm - Noodler's

[visvamitra]

Noodler’s is one of the companies that don’t need any introductions. Nathan Tardiff is a legend and his work is well known by fountain pen and ink afficionados. Not everyone is crazy about Noodler’s inks but I enjoy most of the ones I’ve tried so far.

Dragon Napalm is one of the inks with greatest names ever (first place goes im my ranking to J. Herbin’s Poussiere de Lune). When it comes to ink it’s quite peculiar. Retailers classify it as orange but if it’s orange it’s one of the strangest oranges I’ve ever seen. It leans strongly toward pink but it’s not pink. To my eyes it’s not orange either. It’s something strange and unspoken in between. Sure thing is it’s not the kind of color you would expect a Lawyer to use in his everyday work – it’s bold, saturated and vibrant.

Also the sample I’ve received contains some kind of “metallic” chunks I’m not able to identify. They’re visible on Ink Splash.

The ink behaves wellon good quality papers, on cheaper ones it can cause moderate geathering and show-through. Drying times are rather reasonable – 3 -10 seconds depending on the pen / nib / paper you use.

There’s now such issues on good papers (Rhodia, Clairefontaine, Leuchtturm1917, even on Lyreco Budget 60 mgsm which is surprisingly nice paper).

Ink Splash

Software ID

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, Broad nib

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, Broad nib

Oxford, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

 

[lgsoltek]

 

Sure thing is it’s not the kind of color you would expect a Lawyer to use in his everyday work – it’s bold, saturated and vibrant.

 

 

 

Of course this doesn't apply to OUR lawyer here right?

[visvamitra]

How could I forgot about Amber? Yes, it's definitely kind of color you would expect some Lawyers to use

Edited July 27, 2016 by visvamitra

[PaganArcher]

That color is more what I'd call Alaskan salmon. Somehow orange and pink.

[WaskiSquirrel]

There shouldn't be any metallic chunks in it. I find it interesting that the bottle describes it as sepia shading, but I haven't seen that.

 

The best description I ever heard of the color is mercurochrome. As a kid, I remember this stuff getting put on cuts, though I'm pretty sure it's no longer sold due to the mercury content.

 

[Cyber6]

Yeah, Mercurochrome... I hated that stuff. Maybe that is why I never cared for this ink. I do like orange colored inks.. but this one has always put me off.

 

Another thing, first time I heard the name... I got excited thinking "Dragon Napalm" will be a gorgeous deep red... (don't ask me why)... So it was a big disappointment to find a weird orange.

 

 

 

Not my color.. but again.. a GREAT review Vis!!!

 

 

C.

[Ghost Plane]

I'm having traumatic flashbacks to summers long past and the color of my perpetually-skinned knees. Argh!

[Cyber6]

I'm having traumatic flashbacks to summers long past and the color of my perpetually-skinned knees. Argh!

 

 

Exactly.. that thing hurts like a b*tch...

 

 

C.

Edited July 27, 2016 by Cyber6

[visvamitra]

I don't know it. In Poland parents used to use iodine so a lot of children had violet patches on their bodies

[Octo]

I love this ink, but it's hard to find appropriate places to use it.