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I like !

I have some Parker Wasabi (Washable) Blue that is also very nice.

Very nice ink. I'm a fan of Quink, but I've never tried Blue-Black. I think I'll get some. Thanks for the review. Also, nice handwriting.

Like most people here I have tried a variety of inks but always seem to come back to Parker Quink or Waterman inks - best flowing inks by a mile.

Good review!

I have been using this ink for a long time and really like the color. It is not very color fast in sunlight and it is not even water resistant, but it is great for first (second, third?) drafts and revisions. It is readily available and it is very inexpensive. I just bought a baker's dozen bottles of it.

If you have a pen with a nearly clogged feed, fill it with this ink and write with it every day or two or three. I just rehabilitated a Sheaffer Touchdown filler with it. It took six months of bi-weekly writing the feed dry, but now I have a pen that is clean and supplying ink faster than I can write.

Paddler

Awesome, i just bought 5 bottles on ebay for about 3 dollars

Great handwriting. Reminds me of my 6th grade teacher.

Harv.

Thanks for taking the time to post the review. I have been using a lot of vintage Quink Blue-Black ink of late (I think that my 4 oz bottle if from the early forties). In a pen with good flow, the ink is a beautiful color (however, it can be a bit washed-out looking in a pen that is not so free flowing). Anyway, I always keep Quink around (both modern and vintage), as it is one of the most dependable and safest inks that there is.

Dave

When I went out to get some ink for my new Pelikan M200, the ink choices were quite slim to say the least. While I haven't checked art supply/drafting stores, I did manage to find Parker Blue Black and Sheaffer Skrip. I did pick up the Parker's and from your review, it sounds like it will do nicely.

Apparently I live in an "ink challenged" city.

Regards,

Milton

Frankster,

Great review, and nice handwriting, very clear and ledgible. I have used Parker Quink in the past, and it is one of the most well behaved inks around. I did not know it could be used to rehabilitate a pen though...I may have to get some.

Regards,

Wade

Quink Blue-black is my main ink. Since it is more blue than black I have experimented mixing different ratios of Quink Black with it with good results.

Mike

I've done the same, I've also mixed the old Solv-X washable blue with Solv-X black. I've even mixed in some Waterman South Seas blue to vary the tone a bit.

Well, I have mixed Quink blueblack with Quink permanent blue 1:1 and like the result much better than the original inks.
I am not so fond of the green tint of BB and the mixture is clearly on the blue side. But it is blue, not blueblack.

Great review, I could not do such nice handwriting
I actually like the greenish tint of this ink, is quite unique.

My compliments on a beautiful hand.

JMM

Hi, I'm just attaching a small picture of how Parker Quink Blue Black looks using a Pencraft pen. It looks very different from what I saw in the review above, so, ya, just adding some additional perspective.

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I have some Noodler's Ottoman Azure that, depending on the pen it is in, varies from a dark, dark, blue with a hint of green to a light sea-green.
Just another of the joys of fountain penning. Try doing that with a roller- or ball-point pen...

Mine looks more like yours - much the same washy teal as Waterman's Blue Black, starting off a very promising deep blue while wet, but changing as it dries. At some point (when it moved to France?) Parker's Blue Black changed colour, and not, I think, for the better - the stuff I grew up with in England in the 1970s was darker and not greenish. (The same is true of Waterman's.) The current shades are quite pleasant, but I think they should be given a different name.

Simon

Thanks for the review!! I really like Quink Blue-Black! It seems a little darker to me. I'm using it currently in a med nib Sheaffer Targa. Can't miss with this ink!

Ah yes, that's exactly it, Simon: it looks like a deep, dark blue when wet, and then changes colour as it dries.

First post, so apologies if I don't get it quite right.

I agree with the comments about smooth flow and improving pen performance. That the ink dries with a green tinge is my slight concern and this has encouraged me to look elsewhere, unfortunately Waterman Blue-Black seems to have the same properties. Is it reacting with the chemicals in the paper (acidity)?

Inks often change colour as they dry - many ho-hum blues (Waterman Florida, Sheaffer, Conway Stewart, Pelikan) have a vibrant purplish quality that diminishes considerably as the ink dries, reds lose their brilliance, etc. If you otherwise like Parker/Waterman/Yard-o-lead (these three are all very similar) blue black but wish they didn't turn greenish, you can fix that problem very easily by adding a little Waterman Havana. The result is much closer to what I think of as blue-black (at any rate, it's closer to the blue-blacks I grew up with). Here's a scan I did yesterday and posted elsewhere, in case this sounds at all promising to you:

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=62949

Simon

Hi,

Yesterday I went to my local pen shop downtown to check on purchasing Parker Blue Black. I decided to load my Sheaffer Snorkel Clipper with a Medium nib and this is what I found.

The ink is bluer than old school Parker Blue Black. In fact, I have a nice plastic Quink Washable Blue from the late 80's and it's darker than the new color. You don't suppose they changed the formula again, huh?

The closest I came up with is Quink Washable Blue from the 90's. It's pretty much the same as the new Parker Blue Black. Sometimes when you use a pen more often, the ink becomes darker. In this case, it's more of a Royal Pelikan Blue than a traditional Blue Black.

We'll see how things go on as more writing commences.

Shamouti

Hmm.. I think I enjoy your handwriting as much as I do your reviews. In fact, I'm thinking of remodeling my own handwriting to emulate yours - if I can.

When I bought this ink I was very disappointed. It actually looks really great when it's wet, but it soon dries to teal. It reminds me of the San Jose Sharks' jerseys. It's neither blue nor black. I feel gypped. I agree that they should change the name!

Neill

That's so true... I have a modern Parker Duofold with a needle point nib which has been back to Janesville for adjustments twice -- hesitant flow, skipping, nib dries out quickly. I've finally given up trying exotic inks, and have it filled with Parker Blue-Black Quink -- the pen finally writes pretty well.