Noodler's Black, Handwritten Review

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[WaskiSquirrel]

Noodler's black is my favorite ink, but I agree about the slow dry time.

[djp]

Try diluting it with a bit of distilled water; it significantly decreases the drying time.

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Update on the ink's effects on pens: I have emphasized that none of the other pens I use (piston and c/c) have had an issue with this ink, but I have a Parker Vacumatic (the stripey kind) that I used exclusively with this ink for over a year and it appears that the diaphragm went to goo (I just sent the pen in to a repair person). It's possible that the diaphragm was going to go to goo no matter what ink was in it, since I don't know where the pen had been, but my use of this ink may have been a contributing factor.

[Cake]

A unicorn!! Who doesn't love those? Nice review. I feel the same way about Noodler's Black. It's my preferred black that I've learned to use on an array of papers. I have only used it in a Platinum Preppy as I'm not too keen on having it cause problems in my better pens.

Edited August 24, 2013 by Cake

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A unicorn!! Who doesn't love those? Nice review. I feel the same way about Noodler's Black. It's my preferred black that I've learned to use on an array of papers. I have only used it in a Platinum Preppy as I'm not too keen on having it cause problems in my better pens.

I was horse-crazy (equine-crazy?) as a child.

 

Yeah, I've been thinking about investing (heh) in a Preppy myself and that wouldn't be a bad way to go! Right now I'm using the ink in a Sailor HighAce Neo (will not cry if the pen bites it) and a Nakaya Naka-ai (hmm...).

[Nonsensical]

I would probably avoid more saturated inks in Parker Vacs in general (they're so pretty, and feel so fragile that I stick to low maintenance inks when possible) . I use this ink mainly in my modern pens, and right now it's in my Pilot Decimo (F) and I do love using it. Naturally, good pen hygiene also tends to help with any issues that may arise.

[theolu]

Noodler's Black had some flow issues with my Pilot Prera (F). Anyone else run across this? I haven't had problems with any other inks I've put in that pen, including Heart of Darkness and Perle Noire.

[ThePenPiper]

Noodler's Black had some flow issues with my Pilot Prera (F). Anyone else run across this? I haven't had problems with any other inks I've put in that pen, including Heart of Darkness and Perle Noire.

 

I have flow inssues in the form of nib creep when I use this ink in my Lamy Al-Star. I've been told that my nib is most likely too clean and by rubbing the nib while my pen is empty I can avoid this problem!