Would Like Recommendations For Black Ink, Please!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Already have Waterman Black, Chesterfield Obsidian (which some say is Diamine Quartz Black's secret identity), and a teeny sample of JH Perle Noire, which I've never used, because I'm just that way.

 

I want it blackity-black. And wettish. And free-flowing. And starting up first time, every time.

 

I know Burma Road Brown is not Black, but I have it in an early model Noodler's Flex Pen and it needs a dip to start, every time. This is precisely what I want to avoid.

 

So let the recommendations roll, if you will, and thanks!

[Skyppere]

When I first began to use FPs and joined another forum, THE black ink of choice was Aurora Black. It's still my favorite.

skyppere

[Pentulant]

I like Noodler's Black as my go to - it just works.

[Uncle Red]

PR Velvet Black

[Joane]

 

I use MB Mystery Black in MB, Parker and Waterman and it starts up first time every time in all of those.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Thanks. taking note. Goulet and isellpens are out of Aurora samples.

Edited April 8, 2014 by Sailor Kenshin

[swanjun]

Thanks. taking note. Goulet and isellpens are out of Aurora samples.

 

But Anderson Pens isn't!

[torstar]

Aurora is the best.

[Ink Stained Wretch]

+1 for Noodler's Black, but I think most who've been here for a while knew I'd say that.

[yogalarva]

I only have one black ink, and it's Noodler's HoD. I don't use it much by itself because it isn't super well behaved, but I like to use it for mixing and diluting and then it's fantastic. :-)

[doggonecarl]

Pilot Namiki Black.

[amberleadavis]

Polar Black

 

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[dcwaites]

It really does depend on the pen and the paper. I find that HOD is thicker and runnier than Noodler's Black, so I use it in dryish pens, and NB in wetter pens. Both look equally black on the same paper.

 

But, even the much maligned Parker Quink Black can look quite black if used in a wet pen on good paper.

I have some samples from the 1970's written on cartridge paper with a crow quill pen and they couldn't look any blacker.

 

Aurora Black regularly gets the gong for the blackest black, but I haven't seen comparative samples with other inks written with the same pen on the same paper.

 

Noodler's Black and HOD both look very, glossy, black on non-absorbent paper, as some of the ink stays above the paper.

The carbon inks like Sailor Kiwaguro dry to a matt black that is theoretically blacker than those above, but because it is matt black, our eyes don't perceive it as such.

[Inkydinkydog]

I like Noodler's Black as my go to - it just works.

I agree. I use it for drawing as well as writing, and it's well-behaved.

[proton007]

My go-to black has been Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black. Works well with dry pens, and is non-washable.

[dspeers58]

Aurora Black is great

Noodler's Heart of Darkness is great

Iroshizuku Take Sami is excellent

Pilot Black is very nice

[colrehogan]

Noodler's Dark Matter

MB Permanent Black

Pilot Black

Noodler's Borealis Black

[playtime]

aurora black.

 

[dizzypen]

Noodler's Black.

[Sasha Royale]

Aurora Black is excellent. I used it for a long time. When I ran out, I tried Noodler's Heart Of Darkness.

I like it just as much as Aurora. It might be a little "blacker", though it might just shine a bit more.

HoD is bulletproof.