This is about behavior on paper, not color characteristics, water resistance, or archive ability.

From my experience:
Noodler's standard Black (still the champion, some nib creep, a little work to flush out of a pen, not fast-drying enough for some left-handed writers)
Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black, a.k.a. A T Cross Black
New Sheaffer Skrip Black

From FPN members' reports that I've noticed:
Parker Quink Black
Lamy Black
Sailor Kiwaguro "Nano-Carbon Black" (probably at least as good as Noodler's but twice the cost in the USA)

To avoid using when someone else chooses the paper, from my experience:
Waterman Black (picky about paper quality)
Namiki/Pilot Black (even pickier about paper quality)

On thermal-print receipt paper:
Namiki/Pilot Black, not a class leader in most other situations, is nevertheless the only black fountain pen ink that I've gotten to write well on that stuff: no feathering and very little show-through when written on the printed side. This paper does make this ink dry slowly (but it's very fast-drying on uncoated writing paper).

What other black inks belong on this list?
Noodler's Borealis Black?
Platinum Carbon Black?
Sailor "regular" Black?

Borealis Black definitely belongs on the list!

I like Heart of Darkness also, but I'm sure others will find fault with it for drying too slow (in my experience, it dries almost as fast as it hits the paper), or will claim it clogs their pens (no problem in any of mine), or that it feathers (not on any paper I use). Just anticipating the Noodler haytas.

I use J. Herbin Perle Noire for taking notes in college, and use it on cheap paper and good paper. What i love about it is that it drys fast, almost instantly on good paper. It does not feather much if at all on cheap paper. Its my go-to black ink.

I've successfully used Sailor Kiwaguro on receipt paper (I just tried it again right now, too). It dries nearly instantaneously, does not bleed through, and the line looks exactly like a fine-tip Sharpie line.

Neill

Thanks for the answers and additions! I had forgotten the good reports about J Herbin Perle Noire.

AIR the story, Noodlers Black was the only ink that was designed to write on bad paper. Something about newsprint so someone could do the crossword puzzle with a fp.

FWIW, paper has gotten a lot less fp friendly since the popular acceptance of the ball point pen.

Noodler's X-Feather. I keep a VP inked with it to use on the stack of Levenger Circa Paper I'm going through... about the most FP UN-friendly paper around.

X-Feather is great on cheap, porous papers, but is very slow drying on smooth glossy papers like Rhodia and Clairefontaine... it's tendency to smudge on good paper has caused a lot of people to eschew it. But on "bad" paper, X-Feather is an excellent ink.

If you mention Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black, a.k.a. A T Cross Black and New Sheaffer Skrip Black... why not mentioning Aurora black?

I have not used it on really low quality paper but Sailor black (the regular black) seems to do a pretty good job.

Sailor Kiwaguro is better, and does not creep like noodler's. I also get no feathering with it, although that may just be my pen.






Martok

OK, updating the additions to the list:

J Herbin Perle Noire
Noodler's Borealis Black
Noodler's X-Feather Black (not for good paper? )
Noodler's Heart of Darkness (drying speed between standard Black and X-Feather?)
Sailor Kiwaguro (nano-carbon, premium price, great behavior)
Sailor Black (dye, regular price, good behavior)
Aurora Black (well-reputed on the FPN)

More?