Noodler's Blackest Black Old Manhattan (FPH)

[ethernautrix]

I'd like one that is waterproof if possible & also one that dries quickly.

I've been using Pelikan & Aurora, but neither offer the 2 features previously listed.

Suggestions?

I have had very good experience with OMB, but J Herbin Perle Noire is vying for top spot. The OMB is bulletproof, while the Perle Noire is merely water-resistant, but water-resistant to an acceptably high degree. They both dry fast (I use F and XF nibs).

[adam11]

Jim,

 

Great review. How does the ink compare to Aurora black?

 

Thanks

Chris

 

if I can pop-in and help... I have both, but aurora is far more better flowing and blacker ink. Old Manhattan is ok, but not exceptional.

 

[sharpclaw]

I have both, but aurora is far more better flowing and blacker ink. Old Manhattan is ok, but not exceptional.

This thread is amusing, since all the "What is the blackest black?" threads I have seen include a large number of "Old Manhattan Black is the blackest black of all blacks!" posts. This is the first thread I have seen in which anyone has said that OMB is not amazingly, fantastically, void-causingly black. :roflmho:

 

(I have no idea what OMB is like in person, though I am sure that I shall try it sooner or later. I just found this funny.)

[zquilts]

Oh! Thanks for doing this review.

That's a black that is on my list to get and I was wondering what it was rally like !

Your writing in is just fine - I have seen way way worse!

[Limerick]

I have both, but aurora is far more better flowing and blacker ink. Old Manhattan is ok, but not exceptional.

This thread is amusing, since all the "What is the blackest black?" threads I have seen include a large number of "Old Manhattan Black is the blackest black of all blacks!" posts. This is the first thread I have seen in which anyone has said that OMB is not amazingly, fantastically, void-causingly black. :roflmho:

My thoughts exactly. I like OMB, it's a nice ink though not perfect for every pen, but after having read all those "blackest blackety black black"-comments I was quite disappointed to see there's hardly a difference between HoD and OMB (at least in blackness). A fine ink though.