Noodler's Red-Black

[Mafia Geek]

Here's my review of Noodler's Red-Black ink. This is a pretty unique colour. I had slightly different expectations for this ink, it turns out more a brown colour than a red-black, but for some that's great, I'm just not a big fan of brown inks. The scan makes it out to be much more red than in person. Writing with the ink was quite pleasant, flow was nice and looks nice enough on the page. Doesn't have much show-through and doesn't bleed through on Rhodia paper, might on some others with a really wet nib though. I don't know if this could be used for marking, even if it is a red-black, but it could be used as an everyday ink for people that like brown inks. I would recommend this to someone looking for a good solid brown ink with a unique character. It is partially bulletproof, I suspect it's just a mixture of Noodler's Black with Red. Highlighter smeared the ink quite a bit though, which isn't a big surprise if it is a mixture of Noodler's Black since the black smeared a lot as well.

 

Here's my review.

 

 

Here's the water test. For this I wrote on a small Rhodia pad and after letting the ink dry for several minutes ran it under tap water for a few seconds.

 

[Lloyd]

I LOVE this ink!

[79spitfire]

Try this ink in different pens/nib combinations, it really responds differently in different pens. When I first tried it I was bored to tears, and disappointed. It sat in the 'box of shame' for a while until I saw a review here, where the ink looked completely different than what I remembered. I inked up a Pilot Knight with it and with it!

 

Well behaved, different, business appropriate, smooth and unique. Now that Pilot lives on the stuff, and we are both much happier...

[mhphoto]

Great review! You've been busy with these latest reviews!

 

I LOVE this ink in flex nibs. The shading is to die for.

[DanF]

One of my favorite browns!

 

Dan

[mallymal1]

Great review of a great ink.