Noodler's Ink - 54Th Massachusetts

[akustyk]

I must have had a bad batch bottle. I liked the color and the fact that these bulletproof inks do stay put, though I didn't really need a bulletproof ink at the time. For me, this ink would dry in the pen and clog the feed. it would also feather much more easily than Noodler's Black, and it had flow issues - it almost seemed too thick, as though it had not been diluted to the working ink properly.

 

Over the last few years, working with a number of Noodler's inks, I really just kept the Black. The Noodler's Black ink is very good, especially on cheap paper.

[Tas]

I must have had a bad batch bottle. I liked the color and the fact that these bulletproof inks do stay put, though I didn't really need a bulletproof ink at the time. For me, this ink would dry in the pen and clog the feed. it would also feather much more easily than Noodler's Black, and it had flow issues - it almost seemed too thick, as though it had not been diluted to the working ink properly.

 

Over the last few years, working with a number of Noodler's inks, I really just kept the Black. The Noodler's Black ink is very good, especially on cheap paper.

 

Having suffered repeatedly with dry starts and clogs I threatened my bottle of 54th with being given away to fellow FPNers to sample but was kindly sent a wee sample of Photo Flo.

(Thank you Cyber6)

 

 

I searched here for how best to use it and found Sandy1's instructions simple but powerful.

 

Very happy now with 10ml of 54th, 3ml of 0.5% Photo Flo, and 2ml of water. It's been in my Nib Creeper and Conklin Mark Twain Crescent filler (new version) for a good while now with NO problems. Yippeee . . .

Edited June 11, 2015 by Tas

[obilot]

This is one thing that has kept me from exploring Noodler's inks.

Very interesting point. But it makes sense that there would be greater lot variation for a small producer who can't buy -- and perhaps more to the point, *store* -- raw materials on the same scale as for example Lamy or Parker. What could make up for it, is that the stuff ships in 3-oz. bottles, which last a good long time. (Maybe. That said, I've been using my Noodler's Black at a fair clip...)