Does anyone have a comprehensive list of the inks Noodler's has made as exclusives? The thread on Plains of Abraham made me wonder how many are out there. I know about Emerald City Green from World Lux in Seattle, and Pendemonium has several exclusives...

Thanks.

Here's a list from the ink indes:

The Color of The King (waterproof - note: only 10 bottles made for Raliegh 2004 pen show) penguinmaster's review
Noodler's, exclusively for the Art Brown store
Brooklyn Brawn penguinmaster's review
Legal Blue (waterproof) Wim's review
Manhattan Blue girlieg33k's review, penguinmaster's review
Pinstripe Homage SteadyHand's review
Subway Series Sepia SteadyHand's review

Noodler's, exclusively for Dromgoole's
Raven
Texas Patriot (Dallas Pen Show)

Noodler's, exclusively for Fountain Pen Hospital
Bank Note Green (waterproof) Viseguy's review, Tequila's mini-review
Ellis Island Blue-black (waterproof) girlieg33k's review, penguinmaster's review
Old Manhattan (black & waterproof) Heinous's review

Noodler's, exclusively for FPN thumbup.gif clap1.gif
FPN Dumas Tulip Noire Ghost Plane's review,
FPN Galileo Manuscript Brown (bulletproof) Wim's review low bandwidth, Wim's review high bandwidth, SteadyHand's review
FPN Van Gogh Starry Night Blue penguinmaster's review

Noodler's, exclusively for the Pendemonium store: All of these exclusives are bulletproof.
Eternal Brown Bill-The-Editor's review
Iraqi Indigo girlieg33k's review, Harry R's review
Legal Lapis KCat's review, FLZapped's review, fenrisfox's review, JDlugosz's review, JJBlanche's review, Harry R's review
Russian Market Noodler's (A Pendemonium exclusive in the USA)
Akhmatova (light green)
Chekhov (light orange)
Dostoevsky (turquoise) chupie's review, limesally's review, Harry R's review
Esenin (red-pink)
Kuprin (hot pink-orchid) QM2's review
Lermontov (lavender) Verdant's review
Pasternak (med. blue)
Pushkin (grey-green) handlebar's review
Rachmaninov (bright pink) Melnicki's review
Tchaikovsky (orchid)
Tolstoy (coral)
Tsvetayeva (cerise)
UK Market Noodler's (A Pendemonium exclusive in the USA)
Britannia's Blue Waves Will Argyle's review
El Lawrence handlebar's review
Empire Red rattybad1's review, DerMann's review
Highland's Heather girlieg33k's review
Mata Hari's Cordial maryannemoll's review
Socrates Carrie's review
The Sun Never Sets Carrie's review
Victoria's Mint gravitas's review

Noodler's Singapore Series - waterproof inks
Lotus Grace kookychick's review
Majestic Orange kookychick's review
Samsui Red StephY's review
Spirit of Bamboo soloworx's review

Noodler's "SwishMix," exclusively for the Swisher Pens store: All are about 75% waterproof
fast-drying; needs "good" paper
Burgundy Hunter 186's review, Stephen-I-am's review, HDoug's review
Nile Ebony
True Rouge
Lakeshore Spruce Stephen-I-am's review
Glacier Blue Viseguy's review, captnemo's review
Tahitian Pearl (blue-black) SigP228's review, rwboyer's review
Seminole Sepia

Noodler's 100% Waterproof, exclusively for the Swisher Pens store:
Aquamarine Blue kudzu's review
Devil Red
Goldfinch Ann Finley's review
Grizzly
Gulf Stream Blue corienb's review--scroll down for photo
Hellbender Red (magenta)
Naval Orange (intentional wordplay) Ann Finley's review
Verdun Green

Noodler's, exclusively for World Lux
Emerald City Green penguinmaster's review

Wow! I didn't know there were that many!

Thank you very much for the list.

I believe there are more in the Singapore series (12 or so). They may not have been reviewed.

Also, there is a Taiwan series, with three or four titles. These have been mentioned but I don't know whether they were reviewed or not.

Maybe I have understood wrong, but I thought Upper Ganges Blue was just one of many Indian-market inks Noodler's makes. Is that right?

Try this.

There have been more than 70, but we run out. A few were very small bottle runs and no more material was available for further production. Explanation is quoted below from another post to you for general reference as to why...

Some inks in India are there for unique property "bragging rights" and have virtually no margin (5 to 8 cents or so) - yet are still the highest value inks in that market (for properties, durability, or unique light reflections, as well as some eyedropper specific inks with higher retention in response to higher temperatures). It is a paradox caused by my belief that a country that has almost universal nib adjusting abilities and an extreme fondness for the fountain pen, warrants the struggle to get Noodler's on the map there.

(Jimmy James @ Aug 1 2008, 02:34 AM)
You know what would be really impressive? Finding a way to get Noodler's and the Singapore store with the exclusive ink to that country to authorize somebody to become the exclusive US seller of that ink.

(Yes, of course I'm evil. I am a criminal defense attorney.)""


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The capacity is simply not there. First...one can't hire people in Massachusetts, it's next to illegal...and uncompetitive with just about every other state (with the possible exceptions of NY, NJ, RI and CA). The raw materials to make several inks are near impossible to produce in larger quantities. If the capacity was possible, you bet a strong effort would be made to flood the market until the cost to the pen user could be driven down considerably and availability dramatically increased. The best that can be done is to make as much as is possible, ship it with as little cost as possible to one place...and hope that at least a few people can get it off the shelf in a store at a reasonable cost.

The capacity is not there for inks of that nature. The moment it is, you will see the volumes rise and the costs decline to the consumer. Blue Ghost even went from the 1 oz bottle to the larger size because of such savings.

It is best to not advertise the most difficult inks to produce that are known in advance to be of an extremely limited quantity. They are released quietly, sell out....and then at least somebody obtained some pleasure in their use somewhere. If it is announced anymore, it only makes people angry who are not at that particular location. They will not sell at higher prices from Noodler's, and if they go higher in the aftermarket...that is the aftermarket that did it - NOT Noodler's. Our margins have always been razor thin (and a couple retailers not paying their bills can easily sink us).

If it were not for shipping costs, you would see the price of this heavy and fragile product fall in every category (every ink, not just Noodler's). That has more to do with oil prices than ink, however... ""

Nathan,

I remain impressed by the work you are doing and your willingness to explain things that we try to make sense of by putting things together we see on foreign websites or hear about from people at pen shows. I hope you keep some archive of all your activities because I know there is a substantial amount of interest in your company among pen enthusiasts. History may one day regret it if you aren't keeping this sort of documentation.

Nathan, it's too bad you can't move your manufacturing to Texas. Much better state to do business in.

Sorry, had to say that.

Virginia is closer, is still a Commonwealth, and is the best state to do business in according to Forbes.

I've lived in Virginia. It's nice, but I believe Texas is better from Nathan's point of view.

Texas has no State income tax, business taxes are low, and it's an employment-at-will state. Plus since the cost of living is quite low (anywhere but Austin or Dallas), it won't cost you $60,000 a year to hire an entry level employee. Ft. Worth would be a good choice, so would Houston (if you can stand the humidity). Lubbock is good, as is Amarillo.

Either state would beat MA.

In fairness, Texas is also more centrally located. It seems CNBC's rankings also put it at the top this year (with Virginia second).

It might have happened. Alas, there is 400 years of family history here in Massachusetts, and in the end...could not leave it. They will have to drive me out kicking and screaming. There are about 30+ other states with a lower cost of living and of doing business....but that 400 years sort of keeps winning the argument. Massachusetts one day was the industrial heart of the nation - the leader in machine tool and die shops/industrial innovation...even watch making and plastics (remember "Tupperware"...how about the Polaroid Camera or the world's best golf ball...and the Moore/Chilton/LeBouef Pen Co.s?)....and had the largest ink company in the world (Carter's Ink Co. - some of the veterans of that great company I have known over the years). I'm still crazy enough to think things can still turn around.

East Texas, with its abundant water resources and affordable EVERYTHING...would be the likely place to flee if forced to leave Mass. You already know I like Texas because of the theme of the company (and the Red River catfish that nearly pulled me under!).

Yep. The point wasn't lost on me.