Polar Nights

[Inka]

My latest creation, may have already been done but this is a very long thread and I didn't see it done.

 

I call it "Polar Nights", a 100% Noodler's Polar ink blend, making my first true [to my eyes anyway] blue-black ink.

To break it down, it's a 7:1 ratio exactly, of Polar Blue to Polar Black, very carefully measured drop-by-drop until getting it right.

Now it's my favorite ink, more than well behaved, doesn't feather, doesn't bleed, doesn't skip, doesn't creep, very "Eel" slick, 100% "bulletproof" & now used in my daily-writer.

 

"Polar Nights" blue-black blend...

 

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu56/InkaFX/Polar-Nights-All-Polar-blue.jpg

[Sailor Kenshin]

That is one good-looking blue!

 

Seems similar to the Sailor Blue I have in my Sailor student pen---sort of a navy blue that just about matches the barrel color.

[liapuyat]

I love that Polar Blend! Congratulations!

[eilu]

I'm thinking of doing a polar blend as well because the polar blue is too light for me, but I think the 7:1 is too black (picky, picky). I'm going to play around with other ratios and see what I get.

[Inka]

I did another scan of my "Polar Nights" blend, using my freshly ground CS-I nib in my Levenger; Plumpster [now my favorite nib].

I'm really loving this new Polar blend as my every-day ink, nice color, some nice shading, "bulletproof" and very well behaved.

Now I'm really wanting to buy more bottles of Polar Blue and Polar Black, just to make sure I never run out, that's how much I'm liking this blend...

 

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu56/InkaFX/Polar-Blue-Black-Blend-or-P.jpg

[ksh]

Similar to your Polar blend, but darker: I had Herbin Bleu Azur that I never used because it was too light. I had Zhivago that I never used because it was too green. So I did about 5 parts Bleu to 1 part (or maybe less) Zhivago and ended up with a very nice blue-black.