My First Mix (Blue-Black).

[Crashbox]

About ten months ago, I wanted a blue-black ink but for economic reasons I didn't want to purchase one outright. Also, the boy chemist in me never dies, but I'll save that discussion for another time.

 

Since I had both Noodler's Bad Blue Heron and Bad Black Moccasin inks of the Warden Series in stock, I figured I would try and mix the two to create a blue-black ink. So, I mixed Bad Blue Heron and Bad Black Moccasin at an approximate 3:1 ratio, respectively. I really like the color it produced, and plan on mixing up more.

 

I refer to the mix as "Bad Blue-Black Flying Water Snake"

 

Odds are pretty good that someone here has already created this, so I apologize for any re-inventing of the wheel. Just thought I would share this.

 

(EDIT: I failed to mention that this mixture flows very well, almost too much so for one of my pens unless I write really fast)

Edited January 29, 2018 by Crashbox

[inkstainedruth]

Is Bad Black Moccasin part of the Warden series? I thought it was one of the Eel series (which is probably why it's got such a flow). No, I stand corrected -- it is one of the Warden inks.

That being said, I'm glad that it worked out for you. Just be sure you don't ever mix the Bay State Series inks with anything but themselves. There was a thread a few years ago where someone mixed BSB with Noodler's Black -- well, *tried* to, anyway -- and let's just say the results weren't pretty (I saw the photos).

I'll admit that I haven't tried either of those inks even by themselves. I did try a sample of Bad Belted Kingfisher, a few years ago, but didn't care for the color all that much, and had picked that one over BBH as appearing a bit more blue and less teal.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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