Only One Ink

[ethernautrix]

I'll pick the "boring" and magnificent and trouble-free Noodler's Black (with or without a dash of Noodler's Old Manhattan Black).

[rj1167]

Well, I asked, so I must give mine.

Diamine Twilight

No, wait, Diamine Sargasso Sea.

Who in their right mind would ask such a question? LOL!

[PAKMAN]

Iroshizuku kon-peki blue!

[Shaggy]

Pilot iroshizuku Kon-Peki. It's interesting enough to suit me for a long time without me ever getting bored with it.

[Fabienne]

Akkerman Shocking Blue. It does everything right and it does tricks, too.

[ac12]

Diamine Sherwood Green, for now, subject to changing my mind.

 

Runner ups:

- Waterman black, always a good color to have.

- Noodler's Gruene Cactus, might be a bit too bright for the only ink I would use.

 

I'm still looking for a good red/black and green/black, when I find either, then that would be my ink.

Although it may call for mixing. In which case, I would need 2 inks; black + green or red.

Edited January 5, 2016 by ac12

[jabberwock11]

Chesterfield Antique Yankee (rebranded Diamine Regency Blue, but at a much better price). This is a nice dark blue that works well in all of my pens and on all papers. If it were waterproof it would be the perfect ink.

[DrDebG]

Forget my previous answer(s).

 

It would have to be Franklin Christoph Midnight Emerald. It works well in every pen and the color has lovely variation and shading, yet very professional when need be.

[rickygene]

Sailor Sei Boku.

It flows well. It has shading. It has sheen. It is waterproof.

 

I like the color more often than the other blue-blacks (even though it's really a blue) depending upon my mood and the paper. It would have to be in a good bottle (Akkerman, MB Shoe , Etc.) so I can fill my Pilot 823 and Visconti Homo Sapiens properly

 

Pelikan 4001 Blue Black as a backup.

ESSRI as a backup for that.

A pencil as a final backup.

 

A ballpoint? Never!

[Piper 987]

Take away all of my inks but one?

 

 

We Scots use both hands for things other than the pipes!!

[max dog]

Montblanc Permanent Blue is perfection!!! The 149 of inks.

[Margana]

My answer to this question is always the same. Noodler's Black is the one for me.

[dcwaites]

Take away all of my inks but one?

 

 

We Scots use both hands for things other than the pipes!!

 

A new take on "From my cold, dead hands"

People used to hide their claymores in the thatch, couldn't you do that with the inks, as well??

[Fuzzy_Bear]

Might as well. I would probably go with Private Reserve Chocolat. Dark enough to sign with but shows it's color with wider nibs.

[Fuzzy_Bear]

@piper 987.

https://youtu.be/yDvMPaspKds

[VivienR]

Either Sailor Kobe Sannomiya Panse or Diamine Imperial Purple.

[haruka337]

Forget my previous answer(s).

 

It would have to be Franklin Christoph Midnight Emerald. It works well in every pen and the color has lovely variation and shading, yet very professional when need be.

Totally. +1

[rxgus]

No one answered my answer:

 

Noodler's Lexington Gray

 

Dark enough to be formal, shading enough to be interesting- and the added "double-take" of having a pen look like graphite.

Add in that it bulletproof, waterproof, and fast drying... that makes it a pretty darn versatile ink.

[221B]

Noodler's Blue

[Mathematics Teacher]

I get to pick 3 things if I'm gonna be stuck on a deserted island, but I have to limit myself to only one ink for this scenario. How is that fair?

 

Diamine 1864 Blue-Black.