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Platinum Carbon Black In A Pilot Metro, Good Combination?


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I love my Metro and need a super-permanent black for prescription writing at a new job. Carbon Black looks perfect, but how is it in a pen that runs a little dry? It chokes on Salix and Registrar's, but anything else is good.

 

I've been using Quink Black, but since this clinic prescribes suboxone, which is hyper-controlled, I need something where the paper dies before the ink does.

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I've not used Platinum Carbon Black, but I have used Sailor Carbon Black. I found that the Sailor works better in a pen that is not too dry. This is my experience of course and others may have had different experiences.

 

It would be worth a try. Perhaps another choice would be Noodler's Black. It is a fairly wet ink, cheap, and it is completely permanent.

 

You may want to try samples of the Platinum Carbon Black and Noodler's Black from Goulet or Andersons. See which ink your pen prefers.

 

The other option of course is to work on your nib a little bit. You can adjust it so that it is a wetter nib.

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I've found PCB to be too runny for dip pen usage, so it might actually be wet enough for your needs. Otherwise you could perhaps add some ox gall to make it wetter.

~ Alexander

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"ox gall", what's that?

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For the person seeking absolute permanency, I recommend Noodler's Heart of Darkness. IMX, it flows a little better than basic Noodler's Black, and is less prone to smudging. It has survived every chemical assault to which it has been subjected, including a year in Amberlea's window, facing the Nevada desert sun (ie, a lot of free radicals).

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For the person seeking absolute permanency, I recommend Noodler's Heart of Darkness. IMX, it flows a little better than basic Noodler's Black, and is less prone to smudging. It has survived every chemical assault to which it has been subjected, including a year in Amberlea's window, facing the Nevada desert sun (ie, a lot of free radicals).

It would take a chunk for me to come back to the Noodler's side- aside from 54M, BSB and Habanero, my runs with Black, X feather and Black Eel were underwhelming. They simply spread too much, especially the Eel, and the X-feather, while it didn't spread, took forever to dry.

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It would take a chunk for me to come back to the Noodler's side- aside from 54M, BSB and Habanero, my runs with Black, X feather and Black Eel were underwhelming. They simply spread too much, especially the Eel, and the X-feather, while it didn't spread, took forever to dry.

 

Heart of Darkness is worth at least a try. I much prefer it to Noodler's Black (haven't tried the other two). It doesn't spread, and it dries faster than Noodler's Black.

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I have found Sailor Kiwa-Guro (what some are calling Sailor "Carbon Black") to be permanent, a bit less runny than Platinum Carbon Black and yet, strangely enough, it seems to make a dry writing nib write smoother. While you don't want to leave it in a pen you're not going to use, it is an outstanding ink for a daily carry pen, which may make it exactly what you're looking for. Of course, as an ink that some consider to be pricey, you may want to order a sample vial (Anderson has them - Goulet does not carry Sailor and Vanness does not carry Kiwa-Guro (or at least does not have it on their website at the moment)) and try it out before you commit to a full bottle.

Current Daily Carry: Pilot Custom 743 with 14k Posting nib (Sailor Kiwa-Guro), Sailor 1911L Realo Champagne with 21k Extra Fine nib (Sailor Tokiwa-Matsu). Platinum Century 3776 Bourgogne (Diamine Syrah), Nakaya Portable Writer Midori with 14k Extra Extra Fine nib (Lamy Peridot), Pilot Vanishing Point Stealth Black with Extra Fine nib unit (Pilot Blue Black), a dozen Nockco DotDash index cards of various sizes and a Traveler's Notebook.

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