Noodler's Bluenose Bear

[dizzypen]

Here is the condensed version of my review. A very detailed version with numerous writing samples and close ups of the feathering and bleeding can be found at The Dizzy Pen.

 

The Condensed Details (with explanations at The Dizzy Pen.):

 

• This ink exhibits some of the worst feathering and bleeding I've seen in a Noodler's ink.
  
• The flow and lubrication are average.
  
• This ink is very fast drying
  
• The shading is excellent. The ink produces a bright blue outline/halo where the line is the most saturated.
  
• This ink is not 100% waterproof, but there is a grey component that remains on the page.
  

 

(click to enlarge and sharpen the image)

 

http://dizzypen.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/nd-bluenose-bear-card.jpg

 

No Affil.

[lapis]

Thanks for the review, but I'll still go along with your "Yuck". Feathering, bleeding, flow and lubrication, drying time and especially shading are for me very important... but... if I don't like the colour, I don't like the ink. IMO this is isn't even as good as a washed-out teal.

 

Mike

[lovemy51]

nice color, IMO, at least from where i'm sitting. too bad about all the other issues Diz and Lapis point out...

[bjcmatthews]

I really liked the colour, but the only paper that this ink didn't halo on/bleed through/feather was Rhodia Dot Paper. Clairefontaine on the other hand turned into a sponge when 'the blue bear poked his nose out' or whatever the video for this ink claims