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Hopefully I hit all the important review points this time. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. It looks like no one's reviewed this exact ink before, so here goes. I'm starting to like the feathering and shading on this ink; it makes writing look prickly, like a cactus. The ink flushed out of the pen pretty easily and didn't leave any staining, but it also took some of the lubrication with it. The piston is now working better than before, but still not as well as, say, a Pelikan piston. The paper is just a standard 5 star notebook. It bleeds a little on the other side.

 

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Thanks for the review. This one is certainly going on my "green inks I'd like to have" list.

I came here for the pictures and stayed for the conversation.

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Cool, another "Eel" convert, a fixed piston-filler pen & great review all at the same time!

I love my Eel inks, even the Polar versions that I'd started with work extremely well for me.

This is a Noodler's ink I do not have yet, but looks "similar" to my favorite green, the Hunter Green Eternal I do have.

While Hunter Green Eternal isn't an Eel/lubricating ink it does still feel slick in my pistons/plungers and writes smoothly too.

 

I like what you've said about feathering, how it's "... present, but it's not disastrous."

Might be the paper you're using, since my Eel inks do cause nib-creep but I don't usually see much feathering unless written upon lesser-grade paper types or spongy 3x5 cards.

My Hunter Green and my Eel inks tend to look best on 25% cotton paper, better shading seen when written on the cheaper Staples sugarcane baggasse loose-leaf binder paper I have.

 

 

Thanks, looks good to me, definitely another I'd like to have some day!

“I view my fountain pens & inks as an artist might view their brushes and paints.

They flow across paper as a brush to canvas, transforming my thoughts into words and my words into art.

There is nothing else like it; the art of writing and the painting of words!”

~Inka~ [scott]; 5 October, 2009

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Thanks for a lovely review. I almost picked up this particular eel, too, but backed off because it wasn't dark enough. I have toyed with the idea of picking it up and mixing it with the Polar Black to see if I can achieve something close to the MB Racing Green that everyone is in a panic about.

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Thank you, many of my piston fillers are elderly. Only one is new, one is a teenager and the others can drink ink in a bar...some can drink ink in a club...and some of them are really feeling their age.

I was going to go to a green for a green pen, and this will do.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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looks nice and it is comparable to the MB Green or Pelikan Green in terms of color.

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Thanks for sharing, a really nice green.

And how can this be, because he is the Kwisatz Haderach.

 

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I got this ink today and put it in a Jinhao x450 M nib. It's slick, shades a little and dries to a no-smudge, vivid color. It's ALSO got as much water resistance as the Turquoise. Basically, running water will take off the top layer of green and a lighter and very legible green will remain underneath.

 

This ink is a WINNER.

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I have the eel blue and put it in a stiff P120 for two weeks. I didn't notice any difference. Can you tell me what your regime was. How long did you keep the ink in the pen for? Did you write with it lots or just let it sit in there?

 

I'd be grateful for your advice

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T

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Thank you for doing this review. I agree that a darker green might be better for general use. The cactus looks pretty good but it's a lightish green. I'm more of a PR Sherwood Green fan. I also am partial to the Noodler's Squeteague which is kind of an "oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico" blue-green. However, I'm going to have to try one of the Noodler's Eel inks in my piston pens.

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I have the eel blue and put it in a stiff P120 for two weeks. I didn't notice any difference. Can you tell me what your regime was. How long did you keep the ink in the pen for? Did you write with it lots or just let it sit in there?

 

I'd be grateful for your advice

Cheers

T

 

I've been using Eel Blue in my Montblanc 146 for 3 months. Its piston filler was very hard, but after 2 months, i noticed a marked difference. This piston filler became very smooth.

 

Wait is the key!

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I have a bottle and I don't notice too much feathering.

 

Though I haven't used it in a while since the cap is broken, and every time I open it I get hulk hands.

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Hi,

 

Thanks for doing a Review!

 

The colour seems really oomphy organic, but with prickles.

 

I must say that I was taken aback by the width of line from an XF nib! Yikes!! Does the ink bleed so much on that paper?

 

A vastly more welcome colour than Lamy Green.:D I imagine it would be wonderful when paired with a cream / buff paper.

 

Bye,

S1

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