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The full review can be found here. I'm also still figuring out a better way to make reviews (more comprehensive), and share them (better photos), but I'm sharing these photos now because they are colour-accurate, which I think is the most important part of an ink review.

 

nb. I got this bottle years ago and I've hardly used it. It was way too green for me then but now the teal-black colour comes off quite well to my eyes. Unusual and visually interesting. Great performance too!

Hero #232 Blue-Black is my Waterman Florida Blue.

 

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Thanks for the review, quite interesting. We don't see much about the Hero inks here. How much does the ink bleed through onto the verso?

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Thanks! The ink has no bleed-through on this paper (or the cheap, printed-by-the-government paper I use for school). It does exhibit show-through though, but at the same amount as all my other inks.

Hero #232 Blue-Black is my Waterman Florida Blue.

 

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Nice review.It would be great though to see full review here.

Thanks, I'll consider it in the next review

Hero #232 Blue-Black is my Waterman Florida Blue.

 

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Interesting, this looks exactly like my Hero Dux 402 blue-black when it stays on the pen for a couple days and oxidizes a little. There's definitely a little green in the mix and that's actually what I like about it.

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Interesting, this looks exactly like my Hero Dux 402 blue-black when it stays on the pen for a couple days and oxidizes a little. There's definitely a little green in the mix and that's actually what I like about it.

You have great timing. I was just about to look-up what Dux 402 looks like (mentioned on a different thread). :lol:

 

I must say I don't *love* the colour but it is the best green-ish blue-black I've tried so far; the most recent being Skrip Blue-Black and Noodler's Midnight. There's something about the murky, less-saturated presence this bottle brings to the paper that the others don't have. That said, I think it's also pickier with the pen you use it with—that is, the character of the line is not consistent across pens. The much wider (medium-width) dragon pen in the review looks much better to my eye than the pages of notes I did with the Pilot desk pen (EF).

Hero #232 Blue-Black is my Waterman Florida Blue.

 

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It looks fantastic with a wet Hero 5028 stub nib. 👍

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Anti, I'm adding the pictures from your website. (The review rules require the review to be posted here). You did an amazing job. Thank you.

 

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Another tealish blue-black ink you might consider (if you like that color - and I do) is Noodler's Air-Corp Blue-Black. Very similar to the Hero Dux ink and also with a Chinese motif (but KMT, not PRC).

 

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Anti, I'm adding the pictures from your website. (The review rules require the review to be posted here). You did an amazing job. Thank you.

 

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Another tealish blue-black ink you might consider (if you like that color - and I do) is Noodler's Air-Corp Blue-Black. Very similar to the Hero Dux ink and also with a Chinese motif (but KMT, not PRC).

 

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I have both and love them both. Hero Dux is much easier to clean out of a pen, but not as interesting as ACBB.

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