The left half of this slip of paper was dipped in water for five minutes and swilled around... no visible bleeding.


The color of the first picture is more representative of the real color, at least on my monitor.

Thanks for the review. Looks much more...hmm...conservative than the original picture from djahughes and I can see no shading. Not an ink I'd invest in personally as I'm not that big a fan of blues as well.

Thanks for the review and second opinion of this new ink.

Thank you for the review Mr.X

The sticky-ink syndrome is common to all the Noodler's waterproof blues I have tried, along with the dramatic color change when drying. You can add to that the "out-of-this-world" color while in the bottle.

It's an interesting ink really. Looking through the glass of the bottle, it's decidedly purple. However, the residue on the inside of the cap is a brilliant cerulean. Once on the paper and dry, it's a much deeper blue.

The dry color reminds me of the signature color used on documents with reproduced signatures (like letters to all customers from company presidents etc) which maybe was the intent, what with this being a bulletproof ink.

Here is a better sample of the color both from a Medium point and from a Q-tip (again, matched to my monitor)

Hi Dr.X i mean Mr.X
Thanks for the nice review,nice scan and second opinion.Neat handwriting too.

Take Care,
Emrecan

Written with my Conway Steward Elegance Deco Diamonds, Medium Italic.

For a larger image click here.

Bryan

The image isn't there, but the link was Bryan.

Thanks for the great review. I like the color of the ink. It looks like Aquamarine with a tint of Gulfstream Blue to tone it down. Nice to hear about the drying time as well.

At the price, I think I'll stick with the Aquamarine and Gulfstream, but nice to see another good ink from Nathan - even if a bit $ for me.

Bryan - your review is very interesting (wow high resolution picture!) because it seems that everyone who uses Lux Blue has a different experience! You say the ink isn't very saturated - from my pen it's far more saturated than it appears in your image. What pen/nib combination are you using? It dries reasonably slowly for me, as well, but my pen is quite a wet writer. I must say I envy the color and shading you're getting

I should add that my CS write with about medium flow. This might explain why my sample looks less saturated and faster drying times. I usually like to have my pens write wet, I'll have to try this color in wetter writing pen...

Bryan

This is the best blue I have ever used. Fanatastic colour, flows well and is water resistant. I like it because it does not have a purplish hue to it as do some other inks. Highly recommended. By the way ink creep occurs but is not a major issue for me!

It the ink dries slowly try a blotter. I use one and it works nicely.

Harv