Plymouth Wilderness - Noodlers Le Ink

[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.

Plymouth Wilderness was one of Noodler's LE Inks from limited materials made for New England pen show - Commonwealth in 2015. The ink is fairly water resistant but it misbehaves in intolerable way - the feathering is strong, when you write with broader pens bleedthrough can be significant even on Rhodia. Basically I guess this ink might be of some use to those who use fibne, dry pens. If however you, like me, enjoy wet and broad nibs Plymouth Wilderness will probably turn out a waste of time. I would say in terms of behavio it's worst Noodler's ink I've tried so far.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Color ID

Color range

Tomoe RIver, Kaweco Classic Sport, broad nib

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, broad nib

Rhodia, Kweco Classic Sport, broad nib

Fantastic Paper, Kweco Classic Sport, broad nib

Water Resistance

[lapis]

Thanks for the warning. Bad manners and such for an ink like this is nothing new but that's a pity because I really love its tone. Somewhere along the lines of a white forest around the amazon, f'y'know what I meana say....

 

Mike

[ehemem]

Like the color, but if it misbehaves...

[Cyber6]

I don't know what to say... for someone who has been in the business of making inks for YEARS, you will think he should know a trick or two ...

 

 

 

C.

[lapis]

Amen

[amberleadavis]

Ah... I really like it.

[lgsoltek]

I've just had a pen filled with it. It's terrible. All that feathering. Can't imagine how this thing could be made as a "limited edition".

[lapis]

Maybe it's a good thing that it's a LE.