Noodler's Beaver

[eric.zamir]

Thanks for postin. This is chocolade brown colour that I was looking for (and end up with everything else).

Wow, this may be the brown I've been looking for.

Most browns I've tried have been either insipid or poor-flowing.

I like the color of Penman Mocha, sometimes.

I like Noodler Standard Brown.

But I haven't found the ideal rich, warm, runny brown - in a fountain pen ink - something like the ink version of those pools of milk chocolate at the Hershey factory...

[chupie]

To me Beaver is just like pools of chocolate.

[Ink Stained Wretch]

The results of the paper towel chromatography shouldn't be surprising. Not if you’ve ever played with Play Doh as a kid (or as an adult?) and mixed all the colors together thinking you’ll get a super color - after all you’re mixing lots of colors together! Then got disappointed because all you had was brown, and all those great colors were gone

Something similar happened to me a couple of months ago. I mixed Noodler's Grizzly with, I think, Waterman Florida Blue. I was hoping for a darker blue with maybe an interesting, visible brown tinge to the resulting mixture. Well, of course brown and blue make gray. So I ended up with a rather dull looking gray ink. It was quite boring and disappointing. Of course I should have known better.

 

One slightly interesting aspect of this mixture is that after a water test you're left with a light brown line after the blue washes away completely.

[cmeisenzahl]

Nice Pelikan GO! ;-)

[KCat]

hmm.... i missed this thread somehow...

 

I think i may be in trouble. I'm trying *not* to add inks back into my collection. But that does look like the brown i've always wished i could find. Penman Mocha is great - but sometimes too grey. Likewise Levenger Cocoa (which tends to bleed) and Havana Brown is a bit too red at times. This looks smack dab in the middle - a "true" brown if my monitor can be trusted.

 

Next time I'm at Dromgoole's maybe.

[chupie]

It is truly elegant and velvety.

[Matt]

i have both Noodlers Walnut and Beaver. Walnut is definately a darker brown. I prefer Walnut to Beaver.

 

Matt C.

[Bill D]

i have both Noodlers Walnut and Beaver. Walnut is definately a darker brown. I prefer Walnut to Beaver.

 

Matt C.

Matt, how would you compare how they flow. I tend to prefer fairly free-flowing inks.

 

thanks,

Bill

[JRodriguez]

Great post Chupie! I like your writing style.

[Slush99]

To me Beaver is just like pools of chocolate.

Pools of chocolate... ahhh...

[Matt]

Bill,

 

Sorry to get to your question so late. Sometimes I forget where I have posted something. If I remember correctly flow is about the same in both walnut and beaver. It has been a few months since I have used the beaver ink though.

 

Matt C.

[Bill D]

Thanks, Matt.

I'm going to give the Beaver ink a try

 

Bill

[cmenice]

I really like this color. I have this thing where I like my ink to stay put on the page, or I won't use it. So I test every ink I have to see if it passes my water test. I had some walnut which resisted pretty well, but eventually only left me with black when I wanted brown.

 

Has anyone one tried to replicate beaver as a bulletproof ink yet? If not, I think I'll try.

Edited January 20, 2007 by cmenice

[Viseguy]

Has anyone one tried to replicate beaver as a bulletproof ink yet?  If not, I think I'll try.

You can darken FPN Galileo Manuscript Brown by adding Noodler's Black, as I did here. The resulting mix is completely waterproof. To replicate Beaver, you would probably need less black than I used. Have fun!

[Mocksy]

:roflmho:

 

Man, you should really try re-reading this thread with a mind as dirty as mine.

[pigpogm]

Man, you should really try re-reading this thread with a mind as dirty as mine.

 

I'm so glad it's not just me.

[captnemo]

I really like brown ink, and this one (Noodlers Beaver) seems to be exactly what I am most looking for. But there's always a rub, isn't there? I am also somewhat addicted to the idea of truly waterproof ink. So now what do I do? Wait for a waterproof version of this ink? The problem is that in coming up with a waterproof version, Nathan might not be able to replicate this wonderful velvety Beaver he's come up with.

 

Arrrggghhh! :bonk:

[cmenice]

I am in the process of ordering some waterproof inks, so I can try and replicate the color as a waterproof ink. I will post when I have the formula.

[captnemo]

I am in the process of ordering some waterproof inks, so I can try and replicate the color as a waterproof ink.  I will post when I have the formula.

You sound mighty confident, saying "when" instead of "if". I hope you succeed. I'll track this thread, just in case you do.

 

Phil

[cmenice]

Well, I've never seen this ink in person so it will really only be a guess. I've mixed a few colors in the past and I couldn't tell the real noodlers from my made up one. I figure either way I'll get my own brown that I like.