Pilot Bottled Black

[Mafia Geek]

Here's my review of Pilot's Bottled Black ink. This is a fairly nice black ink, not the darkest of blacks, almost a real dark grey, but is true to colour and has some shading, which is rare for black inks. I had a hard time telling what the colour base for the ink is, most blacks are blue, green, or purple inks at the source, this one I couldn't really tell. It does have a strong smell to it though, which I'm personally not a fan of. Bottle makes filling real easy because it has an inner well that fills when you tip the bottle upside down (with the lid on obviously).

 

 

Here's the water resistance test. For this I wrote on a small Rhodia pad and after letting the ink dry for several minutes ran it under tap water for a few seconds.

 

[chiaroscuro]

I'm really interested in those bottles, but if the smell is anything close to what's in the carts...

[Mafia Geek]

I think it is, it's a deal breaker for myself, I can smell it on the nib. Great ink otherwise through, real a shame but that's the way things go sometimes.

[georges zaslavsky]

looks like an interesting black from pilot. thanks for sharing