Noodlers Black

[sakib]

Hi there. Relatively new to this habit( a year to be exact), still searching for the perfect black. Had very high hopes for the noodlers black.

But I am disappointed. It's almost a dark grey. I can live with the dry times. But the color is disappointing,and yes, I have shaken the bottle before inking.

Anybody has similar experiences?

[Tas]

No. Noodlers Black, for me, has been a good black in terms of colour (a little naughty in terms of behaviour though). I have found its stablemate Heart of Darkness gives me a better all round experience though.

 

Blacks are tricky beasts. Full of hidden depths and complexities.

 

Before you know it, like me, youll have a good half dozen of the things in a drawer whilst trying to find your favourite.

 

Perhaps take time with a coffee or two and look up some reviews here for your next step.

 

Good luck.

[carlos.q]

I haven't had a similar experience. Maybe you got a bottle from a defective batch. Or maybe the nib on your pen is very dry.

[sakib]

No. Noodlers Black, for me, has been a good black in terms of colour (a little naughty in terms of behaviour though). I have found its stablemate Heart of Darkness gives me a better all round experience though.

 

Blacks are tricky beasts. Full of hidden depths and complexities.

 

Before you know it, like me, youll have a good half dozen of the things in a drawer whilst trying to find your favourite.

 

Perhaps take time with a coffee or two and look up some reviews here for your next step.

 

Good luck.

Maybe.have to write in really crappy paper at work.so HOD is no go. I live how the ink behaves ,just not the color in good paper. Looking at kuwa guro at the moment.

[bass1193]

I have found its stablemate Heart of Darkness gives me a better all round experience though.

Second for HoD! This is the only black ink I've ever enjoyed using. I bought it for use in a lab notebook, for its permanence (a requirement with those). I was pleasantly surprised to find that it's insanely black, it dries quickly, and it performs fantastically well even on questionable papers. I've had a Wing Sung 618 inked up with it for nearly six months now, and that pen has been performing perfectly with nary a flush in that time. Never thought I'd love a black ink, but this one has me smitten.

[Mongoosey]

I vote Heart of Darkness for best black color/hue, but it's not the best on poor quality paper, but can handle low quality paper in a dry pen.

 

I found Iroshizuku Take-Sumi to work alright on 20 lb copy paper: May be worth a sample.

 

But the best is Kiwa-Guro and the one I recommend the most for you. It's the best ink on Poor Paper, period. One of the best inks, period, but you need a descent flowing pen. Doesn't necessarily have to be a wet pen, but it has to have consistent flow. Kiwa-Guro will let you know if you have a dry writing pen as Noodler's black does when it shows up gray.

 

I also found Noodler's Black to be unfortunately gray in dry flowing pens as well, but in wetter ones, it has a better black color.

Edited October 22, 2018 by Mongoosey

[sakib]

Thanks Mongoosey, yeah already ordered a kiwa guro. Since I write on cheap paper at work, dry writing pens are my preference.

[Arkanabar]

Another option for bad paper is an iron-gall ink, e.g. Pelikan Blue-Black (should be available in Bangladesh; it's only the US that restricts import, as far as I know). But those are usually very dry inks, that need a rather wet pen. I am pretty sure that Hero also has an iron-gall Blue-Black.

[penzel_washinkton]

Hi there. Relatively new to this habit( a year to be exact), still searching for the perfect black. Had very high hopes for the noodlers black.

But I am disappointed. It's almost a dark grey. I can live with the dry times. But the color is disappointing,and yes, I have shaken the bottle before inking.

Anybody has similar experiences?

 

May I know what pen are you using the Noodler's Black with?

[sakib]

TWSBI ECO fine nib.

For blue black I use r& k Salix which works great. I need a black now.i guess the search for the perfect ink is also pretty thrilling.

[penzel_washinkton]

Very interesting indeed.

I actually had the same experience to what you are having when using the Pilot Metropolitan (Fine) where the ink seems grey rather than a black (also the Moonman 80s but that was more due to the pen being a very dry writer).

However I find it perfectly fine and proper black on the TWSBI ECO EF nib.