Inky T O D - Inks That Are Objectively Impressive

[Patrick L]

INKS THAT ARE OBJECTIVELY IMPRESSIVE .... What I mean by this are inks that are impressive not (necessarily) because of personal taste, but because their manufacturers managed to achieve something that's rare or even unique amongst inks.

 

Here's two that I consider impressive:

 

Sailor Irore ink : The only true red ink available on the market. For me the other reds are not true reds, not even the highly praised Sheaeffer red.

 

Sailor Kiwa Guro : One of the very rare inks that can be used on really bad paper without bleed-through.

 

My experience with inks is quite limited but I'm sure that there's quite a few impressive inks out there.

 

 

 

[Fox Point]

Kudos to Noodler for inks that have not budged when I've spilt lab reagents or cleaners on them. Eternal and bulletproof class inks impress me!

[takkun]

Seconded for Noodlers! Amazing technology coming from a solitary man's workshop, from Bulletproof to non-feathering to super-fast drying. BSB, with all its problems, is widely regarded as the most saturated and vibrant ink out there, but liking it is another story. And don't forget Blue Ghost and Whiteness of the Whale.

 

Aside from that. I find Platinum Carbon an impressive ink for being a pigment based formula with particles fine enough to be used in FPs.

 

I'll also throw in J. Herbin's 1670 inks for the same reason, albeit a bit more precious of pigments!

 

(I edited this to better answer why they're objectively impressive and not simply that I like them.)

Edited October 31, 2014 by takkun

[visvamitra]

Well, J.Herbin's Stormy Grey is definitely impressive due to its high content of goldish particles and incredible sheen.

[Charles Rice]

Objectivity in inks? You have to be kidding.

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

Interesting question!

 

I think the introduction by Noodler's of cellulose-reactive inks was impressive, which gave us highly robust inks in colours not then available in the iron-gall [Registrars] inks. Yet the iron-gall inks are now being handcrafted in various hues, so we reap the rewards of those innovations too.

 

The introduction of nano particle inks was also impressive, but it seems to me there's more potential than what we've seen in the market.

 

Also the inclusion of 'bling' in aniline dye inks by Herbin is something different.

 

Then we have Noodler's Baystate Blue, which set a new standard for vibrant high-chroma colours: a Blue that is a screaming Orange-Red in mufti.

 

Bye,

S1

[LamyOne]

Hello PatrickL, et al,

 

I also think Noodler's BSB is impressive to look at; so was Parker Penman Sapphire - that one really made an impression! (I still miss it).

 

Best regards,

 

Chris

Edited October 31, 2014 by LamyOne

[VivienR]

Well, Platinum Carbon and Pigmented are which are impressed me, and probably others because its ability, although I would really welcome one in purple color, like Diamine Imperial Purple kind of color.

 

Well, I don't have Parker Penman, but there are a lots of fan of it...

[gwyneddd]

I'm going to praise (again) my favorite ink, which is Kon-Peki. Because Iroshizuku made a blue that is not boring, yet you can use it at work or even on condolence notes. And the bottle is a work of art. So not-boring but widely useful? Oh, and it flows wetly, if that's what you like in an ink (I do like mine slightly gushy.) I have my bottle at work, where I can gaze on it, and I took a very pretty paperweight out of my collection (a gift from my late husband that I really love, from a trip we took) and the swirls look like the ink inside. A small vignette to make my office (which is in a windowless room) look pretty.

[amberleadavis]

Objectivity in inks? You have to be kidding.

 

I'm with you.

 

Inks are entirely subjective.

 

Except when they are submissive (in my abusive experiments) and subversive when they are being sneeky (like when an ink pretends to be black until you really look at it).

[amberleadavis]

Sandy, I like your recap of the ink changing events.

 

Let me say that when you write with BSB, Whiteness of the Whale or Blue Ghost, strangers and little kids will stop and oooh and aaahhh over your writings. People who know you, will just roll their eyes.