EFNIR: Noodlers FPN Dumas Tulipe Noire

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Noodlers FPN Dumas Tulipe Noire

This is review #86 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: Lost focus during "take 1" and had to redo the video.  Lost the water-test recording and didn't want to do it again, so I only included the end result and comments.  Cleaning was quick and easy - especially given it's a reddish color!  Sorry - lots of noise when I recorded this: airplanes, helicopters seeming to circle my house, every "souped up" car for miles, dogs barking...

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:

Scan of Completed Review:

Zoomed in photo:

Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):

Screenshots also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

Previous Review: Sailor Jentle Black.

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Hope you enjoy.  Comments appreciated!

[yazeh]

This is one of those inks that I like on paper, but I don't like when I write with

Was it Makhabesh who kept disappearing your videos in Quintus' bag or was there a special operation to capture Quintus in your area?

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

Pretty color, but the 'forever' dry time... 🙀

[I-am-not-really-here]

Thank you for showing another ink plus two others in the swatch that I can ignore.  This one, meh, may be good for grading snowflakes but too dark for me.

[LizEF]

46 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Was it Makhabesh who kept disappearing your videos in Quintus' bag or was there a special operation to capture Quintus in your area?

I don't know why the helicopter circled my house - perhaps they were hunting Marsell, the Oily Sorcerer of Bicbiro - but if I were slightly more brave, I would do what my brother suggested and paint a message in big letters on my roof...

[LizEF]

27 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Pretty color, but the 'forever' dry time... 🙀

That about covers it.  Fortunately, there are good alternate inks with more reasonable dry times.

[LizEF]

25 minutes ago, I-am-not-really-here said:

Thank you for showing another ink plus two others in the swatch that I can ignore.  This one, meh, may be good for grading snowflakes but too dark for me.

You and your bank account are most welcome!

[mizgeorge]

Thank you Liz - no temptation for me here either  Which is not a bad thing considering the amount of ink I've bought in the last week or so!

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

Thank you Liz - no temptation for me here either  Which is not a bad thing considering the amount of ink I've bought in the last week or so!

You're welcome!  And it's a really good thing you're not tempted, since you can't buy this ink anyway - the temptation would be very frustrating.

[inkstainedruth]

Yikes!  That IS a long dry time.  And here I was about to ask if and when the  FPN special Noodler's inks might be available again....  

Does seem to be a nice color, though.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[LizEF]

31 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

And here I was about to ask if and when the  FPN special Noodler's inks might be available again....  

This was discussed in a recent thread after the crash and recovery, and Wim basically said it wasn't making them enough money to justify all the labor involved and so they weren't going to return to it before things were stable - both with the new version and financially.  Then they might look into it.  In other words, don't hold your breath - if it happens, it could be a long time coming.

 

But, seriously, some of those comparison inks were really close.

[LizEF]

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 275µm.