What Would You Recommend For A Pure Black Ink?

February 22, 2018

Hello!

I am flattered by your generous remarks. *blushing to the tips of my ears*

While I do have a fair bit of experience and some savvy, I never ever pretend to be a 'know it all'.

With the vast array of inks coming to market in recent years, I reckon our horizons continue to expand. As such, our techniques of getting the 'best' out of those inks is open to exploration.

Let us not be fixed, but fluid in our own way of going about things.

We do what we can so that others do not run aground or capsise.
(But anyone running aground on the isle of PET may consider that a good thing.)

Bye,
S1

I stand by them, and they in no way contradict your response. Some of the most important lessons I've learned include that nobody knows it all; that between any two people, each will know useful things that the other does not, regardless of intellect, education, and all other factors; and that there's no benefit to false modesty. So, sure, everybody on this board is going to know things that neither you nor I do, but I'd still say that you've done more to test and review inks for real world use than anyone else here. If I'm investigating an ink, any review you've written will certainly be the first I check out.

February 23, 2018

For lefthanders (like me) who are looking for a fast drying , very black ink to use on good quality paper (e.g. Clairefontaine, Rhodia), Noodler's Heart of Darkness is the ticket.

February 23, 2018

Just avoid Montblanc Ultrablack, it's not very ultra.

why oh why? Ive just bought one (and didnt saw anything so wrong with it).

Which black do you prefer?

February 24, 2018

I've used Noodler's Heart of Darkness, Noodler's X-Feather, Platinum Carbon Black, Sailor Kiwa-giro, J. Herbin Perle Noir, Aurora Black, and Kyoto Tag Nureba-iro.

I keep Perle Noir in my go-to black ink pen. I really like Nureba-iro in my very wet stub pen because it's glossy, almost wet looking when dry. Which at least seems darker and pleasant to my eye.