Favorite Low Maintenance Inks?

[haziz]

What are your favorite low maintenance inks? My Definition of low maintenance:

 

1. Does not clog pen.

2. Does not stain pen.

3. Does not need frequent flushing.

4. Washable from clothes. May need Amodex or other ink stain remover but you should be able to rescue your clothes if stained; or better yet, using plain water.

5. Generally not fussy.

6. Fairly fast drying.

7. Tolerant of a wide range of papers including poor quality papers, and does not feather easily.

 

Of course in addition to being low maintenance you have to like the ink for it's color, flow and other properties.

 

I'll start: My favorites currently are Aurora Black and Aurora Blue.

Runners up: Pelikan Brilliant Black, Waterman Florida Blue, J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir and Sheaffer Skrip Blue.

 

So what are you favorites?

 

Thanks.

 

Sincerely,

 

Hany.

Edited July 8, 2009 by haziz

[eilu]

Off the top of my head, Cross Blue. Generally the blue inks seem to fit your needs more.

 

Although I much prefer bulletproof inks...

[cfclark]

to Waterman Florida Blue--a very low-maintenance ink. Spilled some on my shirt the other day (a dress shirt no less), soaked it overnight in water and nothing else, no trace of the stain.

[Thornton]

Of the inks I've tried, Montblanc Bordeaux, Waterman Blue-Black, and Diamine Steel Blue all fit the bill. These are all less saturated inks that are not as high maintenance as others on the market.

[jk0592]

I also think that Waterman Florida Blue is your best bet.

[Goodwhiskers]

Sheaffer Skrip Blue

Namiki/Pilot Blue (only this color in Pilot/Namiki)

Sheaffer Skrip Black

Platinum Blue-Black

Platinum Black (not "Carbon")

 

Sheaffer Skrip Red

Sheaffer Skrip Purple

[Ondina]

Waterman. Florida Blue, Blue-Black, Black, Purple, Havana Brown. The whole line.

Diamine: Too many to list. Special mention to Damsom, Sapphire, Majestic Blue.....

Herbin: The whole line, also.

Pelikan: (the red is not my cup of tea, the rest are super but dry

Parker: idem.

Mont Blanc.

Lamy

Aurora

Sheaffer

Pilot

Caran D'ache

De Atramentis

Rohrer&Klinger

Visconti : the blue and bordeaux specially

Conway Steward

Yard-O.Led

Montegrappa: the moss green. Ahhhh....

Inoxcrom. Dry but good.

Sailor

Rotring

 

 

 

[Mr Ink]

Parker Black

Aurora Black

Herbin Perle Noire

Herbin Violette Pensee

Sailor Jentle Black

 

[Doug Add]

My favorites would be these. I also have several ink mixes I use, but most of the components are in this list.

 

Aurora: Black, Blue

Doctor: Blue

Noodler's: Red

Omas: Roma Blue, Vespucci Red

Private Reserve: Fiesta Red, Spearmint

Visconti: Blue

Waterman: Blue Black, Florida Blue South Sea Blue

[inkobsessed]

Low maintenance inks:

Parker Quink Washable blue, (nice 'shade', a huge invitation to keep on writing with any pen on any paper, so it's a real pity that it tends to fade)

Parker Quink Blue, (nice but not showing a real personality although the strange thing is, in opposite to a lot of remarks on this pen-network, that it is bit darker in all my pens than the much liked Waterman Florida Blue)

Parker Quink Black, (my favorite low maintenance ink)

 

Not that low maintenance, (but I only need to clean my pen every two month), is Lamy Blue-Black ink. Very nice 'shade'; modest thoug impressive and a bit vintage looking color. I use it fore adressing envelopes, signing documents and writing letters.

 

Pelikan M 200 'F',

Lamy Accent 'MK' and 'F' / Vista 'M' / Joy '1,1 mm',

Scheaffer Prelude 'B',

Parker 45 'F'/ 75 'French M' / Sonnet 'F' / Latitude 'M'

[lapis]

I'll tenth Florida Blue, but I do prefer others like Éclat de saphir, Visconti Blue and Electric DC Blue just because of their colours. Their maintenance is, however, still very low, otherwise I wouldn't use the darn things.

 

Mike

[J English Smith]

Lamy Blue

Aurora Black

Waterman Havana Brown

[jmkeuning]

Lamy blue

[GeeTee]

+1 on Waterman Florida Blue.

[Silvermink]

+1 on Waterman Florida Blue here, too.

[Sailor Kenshin]

What are your favorite low maintenance inks? My Definition of low maintenance:

 

1. Does not clog pen.

2. Does not stain pen.

3. Does not need frequent flushing.

4. Washable from clothes. May need Amodex or other ink stain remover but you should be able to rescue your clothes if stained; or better yet, using plain water.

5. Generally not fussy.

6. Fairly fast drying.

7. Tolerant of a wide range of papers including poor quality papers, and does not feather easily.

 

Of course in addition to being low maintenance you have to like the ink for it's color, flow and other properties.

 

I'll start: My favorites currently are Aurora Black and Aurora Blue.

Runners up: Pelikan Brilliant Black, Waterman Florida Blue, J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir and Sheaffer Skrip Blue.

 

So what are you favorites?

 

Thanks.

 

Sincerely,

 

Hany.

 

In addition to any and all of the 'pen' inks (Waterman, Sheaffer, Pel), I am a fan of J Herbin (any color, really! The only ink that I'll collect everything they make) and some of the Diamine inks, especially China Blue, Steel Blue, and Woodland Green. This makes me want to get Diamine Umber as well.

 

I like the PR colors but I have to use them in wet writers only.

 

[richardandtracy]

I used Pelikan Turquoise as my only ink for 15 years. Never clogged, stained or did anything horrible, even though I never flushed the pen. Fantastic ink on eveything except newsprint.

 

My only complaint with it now is that I'm bored with it.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

 

[lapis]

How 'bout whippin' out MB's turquoise? It's somewhat bluer, more intense, more lively and has a better flow than Pelikan's turquoise.

 

Mike

[dizzypen]

Skrip Peacock Blue. It is fabulous and problem free. I use it to test all my new pens. It never fails to please and is so easy to flush.

[stevo]

So it looks like a mixture of Noodler's Aquamarine and Aurora Blue is out.

 

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