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There's a guy offering me a couple of Safari's "Limited Edition" black and white pens that according to him were bought in 2008 or so. However, I just can quite find the difference between those and the current editions. Anyone knows what should I be looking for?
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Hi, I read many reviews about Noodler's black saying that it is one of the darkness/blackest ink in the market. I don't know if my bottles have a problem, but I'm obtaining a very light black. I'm attaching a test comparing two bottles of Noodler's, Parker Quink and Montblanc. As you can see Parker is 10 times stronger that Noodler's. The text is written with a Pelikan M200 using the noodler's black bottle 1. Any idea what could be happening here? Kind regards, AM
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Hi folks, this is my first post on FPN. I would like to thank everyone who has posted reviews as it made my life so much easier in selecting new pens. Here is a letter I wrote using a Noodler's Konrad Pen with Noodler's Black. I changed the flex nib out for a Goulet 1.1mm stub. The letter is not technically a review, but more my reaction to an interview of Nathan Tardif by David Goulet. However it may give you an idea on how the pen writes. I used cheap printer paper and was pleasently surprised by the results. Anyway, if you appriciciate what Noodler's stand for and enjoy there products, please post your gratification on this post. I think Nathan Tardif is an inspirational person. I hope you enjoy my letter and Long live Noodler's. P.S Please excuse my handwriting, grammer and spelling. I have to write, but I am not good at it.
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Hi everyone, this is my review of Parker Quink black. If you have any questions or suggestions please leave a comment. I am still trying to figure out the best way to do this. Enjoy! - Daniel
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So it's probably not a great idea to put two topics in one thread, but it's easier for me, and it's both paper related at least. Lately I've been using dip pens and metallic ink, and some of the inks are like white or near-white and only look good on darker paper, but I've found when I try to use cardstock or construction paper it can make my dip pens scratchy and that's not good. So I want to know if there are friendlier papers that I can use? I just got test sheets from JAM papers, that has some different black sheets so we'll see if those are any good, but does anyone have any other suggestions? Now onto my second inquiry. I have recently fell in love with the look of the Rhodia Ice pads, and will probably buy more as soon as I get paid again, but they only come in a staple-top-bound pad form which I'm not used to using at all. Right now I'm a college student, so I mainly write to take notes in class, which means I'm not about to rip off the sheets as I use them, I'm more likely to turn the page, and want to use the back-side. Is there a common or better way for doing this? It just seems like pads aren't really made to be used that way, and yet to me it defeats the purpose of getting paper that's bound together to begin with. Is there maybe some easy way to save the paper together after you take it off the pad? I'm totally up for DIY ways of doing this as well if there's a good proven way.
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Hey! It has been a LLLOOOOOONNNNNGG time since I posted. I'm looking for a nice blue-black ink, to use for writing essays and such in school. I only own a few bottles of ink, but no blue-blacks. I'm looking for a nice dark colour, probably on the blacker side of the chart, but if you have any suggestions and/or writing samples of any, please post. I like Iroshizuku Shin-Kai, however the dry time of 20+ seconds turned me away on Brian Goulet's review, and the bleed through was also quite a turn-off. Thanks!
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Hi again. I recently posted about what blue black I should buy. After a few people replied I have decided on Montblanc Midnight Blue. If anyone in Australia, preferably NSW, has any and is willing to send me a sample it would be much appreciated, as the cheapest I could find it for was $35 posted, which is quite expensive, and I don't want to risk having a bottle of ink sitting around not getting used. Thanks.
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http://www.fp-ink.info/colorcard/2.png As always, light resistance will follow in about one month, images will be replaced:
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Hi, Just seen this pen on an auction site, anyone know what it is?
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I'm looking for a very saturated, very permanent black ink for regular use. I've got a sample of Noodler's Bad Black Moccasin that I've been enjoying--it is indeed very black, and I like the way it feels with the pens and papers I've tried it with--almost slippery. But I hear that Heart of Darkness is even blacker, and that's really appealing to me. Folks who have tried both: how do they compare?
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Here's my review of the Susemai Black Amber ink sample from amberleadavis
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Ink Mixing With Toucan (Australian) Inks - Crimson And Black
Jamerelbe posted a topic in Inky Recipes
In a recent thread on the Toucan ink range, someone asked a question about mixing the inks - specifically red (Crimson) with black. Somewhere or other I indicated I'd check it out if I found the time - but can't remember which thread, so thought I would post this here. A general comment, first of all: the designers of this ink specialise in paints and dyes of all kinds, and manufacture most of their products to allow mixing of colours. This extends to their inks - they've been intentionally designed to allow mixing. With my older daughter, I've created a 'peach' colour by mixing orange with magenta (which should be called pink) - she likes to use it in one of her cheap pens. I've also tried mixing crimson with violet (I think it was) to create a maroon or burgundy - though it's not as vibrant as the Platinum purple (Preppy) colour I was trying to mimic. I hadn't tried mixing with black before - so this is my first try. The picture first, then the explanation: http://i.imgur.com/Z0Bn0HF.jpg[Photographed with my Sony, at my desk, using 'Fill Flash' on my Sony xPeria Z1 phone - excuse the 'ghosting' from the other side of the page!] (1) I started with one of the pens I'd inked with Crimson on Friday (a 'Classic 626', as per previous post) - sample top-left. (2) I dumped the ink back into my sample vial of crimson ink, then drew out 2ml of Crimson (roughly) with a syringe - deposited into a fresh, clean vial. (3) I added roughly 0.2ml of Toucan Black ink with a 3ml syringe, agitated the mixture vigorously, then flushed the new ink colour in and out of the pen by turning the cartridge converter piston back and forth several times - then wrote the sample, top right. (4) I dumped the contents of the cartridge converter BACK into the vial, and added ANOTHER 0.2ml of ink (roughly), then flushed the ink back in and out repeatedly as per step (3), before writing the sample, bottom right. (5) Dumped ink back into vial, added another 1ml of Crimson, agitated, flushed repeatedly through nib, then wrote bottom left sample - unfortunately I omitted to wipe excess ink off the nib tip, so the top line was excessively saturated. All of the above was pretty unscientific (I should know, I used to BE a Research scientist ) - but hopefully this gives you some idea of how easy it is to mix these inks - and how effectively you can darken a base colour with small quantities of the black... Standard disclaimer: I have no affiliation with, and no financial interest in the JustWrite company (though I HAVE been given some pens by the proprietor, free in return for an impartial review); and I have no vested interest in this group buy, other than promoting some inks I enjoy using and maybe generating some business for an Australian company I enjoy dealing with! -
I love matte black. I think it makes everything look better. It's even more spectacular when the whole thing is matte black. Fountain pens look incredible in matte black, too. The Pilot Vanishing Point, Parker Urban, Faber-Castell E-Motion, Monteverde Invincia, Lamy Safari and Parker Premier all look stunning in this colour. Are there any pens that I missed? What's your opinion on flat/matte/muted/matt black?
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I read this today: http://www.surreynanosystems.com/news/19/ It is apparently the "blackest" black material ever made. I wonder if it can be used to turn really black fountain pens or mix a really black ink.
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Hello. Someone gave me a Parker Classic with a medium nib sometime ago. I had some difficulties getting it to work right with an international cartridge with Monteverde ink in several colors, always leaking, didn't write quite right. Switched to Parker Quink ink black, same issues, plus it didn't look black but gray. Then I got a Parker converter, and was amazed to find that the gray looking Parker Quink ink transformed into a beautiful black ink, almost as dark as Noodler's black, just from adding the Parker converter alone. The leaks greatly diminished also, but did not quite go away. I wondered whether silicone grease applied somewhere on the nib would help, but hesitated to experiment. Then I read about someone having leak issues with a Parker 180 and the Quink ink, which he claimed they went away when he switched to a drier ink, Sheafer I think (the 180 and the Classic use the same nib, I am told). So I switched to Noodler's blue, the driest ink I currently one, per experience with other pens. All leak issues went away, and it writes a rather wet line at that! So the question is, do I have a problem or not? While I am glad to have a combination that works, I am not happy that a Parker pen doesn't work with a Parker ink supposedly designed for it. Any thoughts on this issue appreciated. P.S. On the leak issue, it made some difference whether I inked the converter from the nib, or with a syringe, and whether the pen was completely dry of all water after a rinse. In the current non leaking situation, I filled the converter directly, avoiding the nib, and started with a completely dry pen, so I am not entirely sure the leak is fixed since I took steps to avoid it.
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Hi all, This past weekend I had my first real use of Platinum Carbon Ink. Initially I ordered the desk pen with a few cartridges just to try it out, however I fell in love with the ink and am looking to find a way to make this ink suitable for use on the move by putting it into a different pen. The huge disclaimers on the websites that sell this ink suggest that the Platinum Carbon Desk pen is the only pen this ink should be used with and it's physically different somehow to accommodate this ink but I have the impression that others use the ink without issue in other pens albeit no specific pen recommendations I can find. I tend to be a bit messy working with bottled ink and frequently end up with my hands/fingers covered in ink when filling converters. Don't get me wrong, bottled ink is my preference but for now I'm just using Carbon in cartridges. I've ordered a Platinum Cool to try exclusively with Platinum Carbon Black, it seems to have quite an open feed (for scrubbing) that runs along the top of the fins all of which you can see as the pen is a clear demonstrator. It seems to be possible from the videos I've seen to disassemble this pen completely for cleaning (remove the feed and nib) so with the compatibility with cartridges added this seems like a good pen to test the ink's compatibility with other pens. I'm just wondering though, has anyone else tried this ink/pen combination and have any feedback on how it went? Or are there any other pen recommendations that have been tried and worked successfully long term with the ink? Any advice or comments much apprecaited AJ
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I think I will drive myself crazy if I try further nail down a description of what I see in these vials. You all have probably read that blacks are usually a mix of colors so that if you dilute them you should not necessarily expect a pure gray. You maybe have even noticed this when flushing a pen and watching the dilute black in go down the drain or changing the color of the water you dipped it in. I wanted a reference to what these colors were in case so I could be mindful of them when mixing inks. I purchased a number of black samples for this purpose and this shows all blacks I thus have in my possession. I tried adding a drop of the ink to a full sample vial, but that was still too dark to see the color and I don't have a way to make smaller drops. The method I used was to dip a cotton swab, swab out a sample, then dip the cotton swab into a sample vial of distilled water. I would dip as much as need to get to the point of it being dark enough to recognize color. Here are the results: Dark Matter: Definitely blue, as the blue spectrum goes it tends more towards yellow then it does towards red, but I would not call it green. Aurora Black: Purple. Very similar to Borealis but more red(pink). Borealis Black: Purple. Very similar to Aurora but more blue, making it seem a little darker, dustier Carbon Black: Yellow, a little more brown/orange than Noodler's Black, but very close. Lamy Black: Purple. Not as vibrant as Aurora, making it closer to Borealis, though I think more yellow making it seem paler. Heart of Darkness: Grey? More Blue and Red than the Yellows, more Blue than the Chinese Cartridge. Noodler's Black: Yellow Noodler's Blackerase: Yellow Private Reserve Velvet Black: Purple. Like Lamy but less dusty. Waterman Intense Black: Pink. Fits in well with the purple ones, but when you look at them side by side, it is definitely less blue. Quink Black: Pink. Less blue than the Waterman Generic Chinese Cartridge: Peach. Initial reaction on this one was grey; it really matters which inks you juxtapose. I note that the color of light the vials are viewed under could make a difference in how I would classify them above. I came up with the above viewing them under an incandescent desk lamp bulb (so a fairly yellow light). Everything below preserves the same order listed above. Pictures of the vials, I did my best to capture them but still not great: Swabs: The top line for each color was gone over 3x, the second 2x, and the bottom 1x. The purpose of this was to get into the what is the darkest black discussion, but the swabs are fairly revealing on on that front as well. Accidental pesudo-chromatography (ordered left-to right, top-to-bottom): EDIT: Note: The above paper is try in both pictures, Noodler's Black does have that smokey ring but it is washed out in the second picture by the strong light.
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For the sake of providing a (fairly) comprehensive overview of the Toucan range of inks, here is Toucan Black. I already had two other black inks when I purchased this one - Noodler's X-Feather and Diamine Jet Black; I subsequently gave the latter away. I use Noodler's X-Feather by preference - I live in mortal fear of smudging my hand-written notes (especially work-related ones) so the 'bulletproof' nature of the Noodler's ink provides a massive reassurance factor. That said, there are times when a non-permanent black ink is not only acceptable but desirable - for example, when my 11-year-old son asks me to re-ink his Lamy Safari. Do I trust him not to stain his fingers, shirt, trousers, and various items of furniture with celluloid-reactive ink? Well, let's put it this way: it' snot that I don't trust him, it's just that I know him! So this is the ink of choice for his Lamy Safari; his second pen has Waterman Serenity Blue; his third (a Platinum Preppy) is inked up with everyone's perennial favourite 'safe' ink, namely Noodler's Baystate Blue. OK, OK, maybe that wasn't such a good idea... Without further ado, here is probably the least exciting ink in the range - photo only, not bothering with the scan: http://i.imgur.com/3MLZHd7.jpg Forgot to mention: this ink is only available in Australia and New Zealand at present - made by Tintex (Dye Manufacturers of Australia), and distributed by the Just Write Pen Company (www.justwrite.com.au).
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I bought this from JK pen stores (Abids, Hyderabad) this afternoon. He has a got a new stock of fountain pens of all sizes and makes - ebonite and acryllic. There were some which looked exactly like The Gama Supreme Jumbo (flat top), but they did not have Gama engraved and he told me that it was Swarna manufactured locally in Hyderabad. This one, he told me, is from Swarna - black matte. Jumbo size. http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii616/rakshitpai/20140518_170144.jpg http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii616/rakshitpai/20140518_164919.jpg http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii616/rakshitpai/20140518_175536.jpg http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii616/rakshitpai/20140518_225306.jpg
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Ideas On Fast Drying Black Ink For Poor Quality Paper Please!
Cyclopentadiene posted a topic in Inky Thoughts
Hi all! I'm looking for a black ink with a fast drying time for use on regular inkjet/office paper. My previous focus on inks has primarily been towards permanency and flow but now I need to find something that will dry fast and not feather on cheaper paper. Anyone got any good ideas, preferably for something I can source quickly in the UK. With these qualities in mind I hear good things on this site about J.Herbin Perle Noire, Waterman Black but if there are any others please let me know. Thanks, Badger -
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http://yoonhalee.com/images-inks/diamine-eclipse.png Honestly, if I didn't care about water-resistance, I'd be strongly tempted by this ink. And a closeup: http://yoonhalee.com/images-inks/diamine-eclipse-closeup.png
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A simple review of one of my favourite inks (I don't have a lot, so don't judge). Also, please ignore my messy handwriting and the fact i said the Namiki Falcon was a semi-flex.
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I was given some old Tryphon pen products and the instructions said that the scratch remover can be used to get rid of hard rubber oxydation. I tried it on a spot of hard rubber in a filligree overlay on a hard rubber pen. The problem? The only area that seems to go back to black is the center spot inside the filligree detail but not all the way to the edges. So, I have a spot of nice black surrounded by still oxydized hard leather. I tried Q-tips to get up to the edges but that didn't help. Suggestions?
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Hello FPN, I've been on the hunt for a Stealth (matte black with black trim) Sheaffer Prelude. Does anyone have any information about this pen, or any pictures? Thanks in advance!
