Looking for a good Black ink.

[nkk]

Trust me, the last thing you need is for something to go wrong in school and to get the nice waterproof ink on you.

Actually, the Noodlers Bulletproof inks work by bonding with cellulose. They rinse off of skin extremely easily. On the other hand, they are permanent on cotton clothing.

 

Yeah, I was mainly reffering to clothing. Ink on the skin is not really a big deal, but its horrible to have on clothing, espedcially somewhere highly visible.

 

[Lloyd]

Yeah, I was mainly reffering to clothing. Ink on the skin is not really a big deal, but its horrible to have on clothing, espedcially somewhere highly visible.

It depends on where you work. While permanent ink on clothes/furniture is worse, overly inky hands isn't exactly desirable at work.

[nkk]

Yeah, I was mainly reffering to clothing. Ink on the skin is not really a big deal, but its horrible to have on clothing, espedcially somewhere highly visible.

It depends on where you work. While permanent ink on clothes/furniture is worse, overly inky hands isn't exactly desirable at work.

 

Yeah. Just, being 17, I guess I only put it in the student perspective, and did not even consider having inky hands at work.

 

-Nkk

[andyk]

Hi,

 

Another vote for Pelikan Brilliant Black, I quite like Noodlers for dark colour but hate the way it takes ages to dry even when blotted and can smudge even when it looks dry.

 

Andy

[Renzhe]

Hmm...Everyone has pretty much listed them all.

 

Now, if you ever find some Doctor Black, I would be grateful if you let me know.

[absent_minded]

After many years, I'm still trying to find the "perfect" black ink. Right now I have Aurora, Noodler's, Pelikan, and Skrip. Though I can't recommend an ink for you because I'm just as confused about what works best, I can tell you that the Noodler's has been relegated to a Chinese knock-off of the P51: in my experience, the ink leaves a sooty residue all over the place, even if you flush. I have Pelikan nibs whose engraving looks like you traced it with a B pencil, and that have residue on the underside; and the P51 knock-off's ink sack has turned a sooty black. Were it not for this problem, I'd be using Noodler's very frequently.

Edited June 29, 2008 by absent_minded

[JD77]

Ok the top 2 ink atm are -

 

1. Noodler's Borealis Black

 

-I must admit this is the only high quality ink I have ever used and its amazing. It's fairly new if I'm not mistaken and hardly anyone has tried it.

 

2. Pelikan 4001 Fountain Pen Black.

 

-After reading it seemed better than the Aurora and Other inks, but I looked at some reviews and its dry time seemed a little high.

 

-I removed the Quink because it was too gray.

-I removed the Bulletproof because it was too permanent for school.

 

I'm a little biased at the moment because most of the inks have problems that I haven't experience with the only good ink I have used. I'm going to post a scan of the Borealis black, since I didn't found one on the forums.

 

Borealis Black

 

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5386/scanyk6.jpg

 

Cheap Ebay ink

 

-This ink came in cartridges, but I transferred the ink into a mustard glass awesome looking bottle. The ink is REALLY bad as you will see. Plus to make things worse the ink smells like a nasty mustard with coffee (The cap of the bottle had the smell and I tried everything to remove it and failed, lol.)

 

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8327/scan0001re6.jpg

 

Edited June 29, 2008 by JD77

[JD77]

Bump, It seems no one saw my awesome scans :roflmho:

[JDlugosz]

I'm not worried about drying time, so if I have to use black rather than some interesting color, I do extreme black and use Heart of Darkness.

[UncleNick]

My experience is limited. I have used Aurora Black and Pelikan Black. I think the Aurora is slightly more saturated but the Pelikan is very dark and dries faster than the Aurora. For work I use Pelikan (mostly taking quick notes), for personal correspondence I like the Aurora.

Cheers,

Nick

[Philip1209]

I'm looking to buy a ink bottle for my fountain pen and I need help on deciding which ink.

 

Here's a list of the inks I'm thinking on getting.

 

1. Noodler's borealis black. the bottle is really ugly lol.

2. Noodler's black (Polar black or the bulletproof one)

3. Aurora Black.

4. Parker Quink black (both washable and permanent)

5. private reserve ultra black quick drying

6. umm... Any other good ink that I missed.

 

I'm really new to fountain pen and the only ink I have ever used are the Noodler's borealis black (Someone, kristi, gave me a sample) and a really BAD eBay ink.

 

What I'm looking forward is a PERFECT ink, by perfect I mean the best . I'm left handed and I use a Lamy Safary, and I am looking for a ink that writes well, dries fast, and maybe water resistant. Plus a good looking ink bottle like the quink one would be awesome too lol.

 

I hope I'm not being too picky, but if I buy a ink bottle I want to buy a really good ink and not one like the ebay ink

 

As a school ink, I use Noodler's Black ink. I can't find a better ink for durability and for performance on cheap paper. However, I cannot recommend it to you. The ink doesn't dry very quickly at all, so I would imagine that it would be bad for you as a left-handed writer. Though I've never used them, I'd suggest that you look into quick-drying inks.

[JD77]

It seems they fixed that drying problem with the new Borealis Black from noodlers. I think, look at the scans

 

As a school ink, I use Noodler's Black ink. I can't find a better ink for durability and for performance on cheap paper. However, I cannot recommend it to you. The ink doesn't dry very quickly at all, so I would imagine that it would be bad for you as a left-handed writer. Though I've never used them, I'd suggest that you look into quick-drying inks.