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Here is a sample of Noodlers Borealis Black in my Argentine made Parker 61 Flighter with the Accountant (XF) nib....

It is on a piece of 3.75x4.125" Clairefontaine paper... line spacing is .25" for reference...

I had also tried Old Manhattan Black in this pen and the Borealis writes much nicer and darker and feels smoother...

I have also tried this ink on basic ink jet paper with no feathering or bleed through...

It also appears to dry quicker than Old Manhattan Black....

My quickest dry time in on my Rhodia pads.... I find all inks dry much slower on the harder surfaced Clairefontaine papers...

This is without a doubt one extremely black ink....

 

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Would you try that ink in a vacumatic "51" or do you think it's too risky? I am looking for a good dark black with bullet proof qualities. I would like to use it in as many pens as possible. I have quite a number of vintage pens and would of course try the ink in my more modern pens first. I hear members are getting good results with the J Herbin black and it is supposedly safe for vintage Parkers and Sheaffers.

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Would you try that ink in a vacumatic "51" or do you think it's too risky? I am looking for a good dark black with bullet proof qualities. I would like to use it in as many pens as possible. I have quite a number of vintage pens and would of course try the ink in my more modern pens first. I hear members are getting good results with the J Herbin black and it is supposedly safe for vintage Parkers and Sheaffers.

 

I do not believe this ink is classified as bulletproof, but I do intend to put it in at least on of my Vacumatics with a fine nib.

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Well I hope you share the results with us :thumbup:

 

Would you try that ink in a vacumatic "51" or do you think it's too risky? I am looking for a good dark black with bullet proof qualities. I would like to use it in as many pens as possible. I have quite a number of vintage pens and would of course try the ink in my more modern pens first. I hear members are getting good results with the J Herbin black and it is supposedly safe for vintage Parkers and Sheaffers.

 

I do not believe this ink is classified as bulletproof, but I do intend to put it in at least on of my Vacumatics with a fine nib.

 

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Ya, it's.... black.

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right

to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers,

and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Revelation 22:14-15

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This one definitely goes on my "To Buy" list!

 

From one I've read, it isn't Bulletproof -- but it won't wash away when a raindrop hits it.

 

Very nice black ink.

 

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Thanks for this review. I am getting a Lamy 2000 XF and was looking for an ink to work with that nib. Sounds like it should work very well based on your experience with the XF in your 61 Flighter (very nice pen BTW).

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Can anyone offer a compare/contrast with Noodler's Heart of Darkness? They're both off the charts on the saturation scale and I was wondering how their properties differ, if at all.

 

JLT (J. L. Trasancos, Barneveld, NY)

 

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