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Hi everyone. I've been planning to add a new black ink to my collection. I'm an illustrator and primarily use it for drawing. I have used Noodler's Black, Bad Black Moccasin, Heart Of Darkness, El Lawrence and X-Feather Black. I primarily use these for sketching with light grey washes applied. I find all the above inks suit this purpose. Apart from these inks, I have a bottle of Platinum Carbon Black and Lexington Grey exclusively for heavy washes with watercolours. I recently acquired a new pen and childishly wish to get a new bottle of ink for it. I generally use eyedropper pens with ebonite feeds and flex nibs for drawing. I have noticed all the above inks have unique properties. I also noticed Noodler's Black and El Lawrence have a tendency to get erased away with a pencil eraser when dry. I have not encountered this with the other inks. The ink that I wish to add is Noodler's Eel Black. I have a few queries, which if anyone has some experience with, will be very helpful. 1. Does the ink erase off a bit with a pencil eraser when dry. 2. Is there any spread or feather with this ink? Rather, is this ink particularly fussy on paper. I use fountain pens in sketchbooks with friendly paper. Sometimes certain inks still feather. How is Noodler's Eel in this regard. 3. I plan to use it in a transparent Demonstrator Eyedropper. Does Noodler's Eel cause any staining issues in the long run. Conversely, is the ink a 'laxative' one. Can it remove pre existing stains from a demonstrator since it supposedly contains a lot of surfectants and lubricants. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

This ink belongs to the Artist series and is slightly less archival than the Document series. In a nutshell: I would recommend this ink only to those who either used broad nibs, wet medium/fine nibs without feedback and excellent smooth paper. For those who don't use these options, mindfulness is obligatory. 😇 Longwinded version: This is a high maintenance ink in a nonconventional way: It demands the right nib/paper combination! The Pilot Kakuno Ef wrote with a smoothness of fingernails on chalkboard. The perfect self-torture implement. The Stub like a blunt knife. With Lamy Safari F/M, while the line was nice and juicy, I recoiled each time I reached for the pen. Some one had mixed sand in the ink. It’s a good option for those who have serious pen /ink addicts. You will be pen sober in no time. However, writing with a Pilot M/Safari B/Kanwrite was surprisingly enjoyable. And with the fude nib acceptable. So be forewarned. Chroma Ink comparison: Writing samples: Rhodia TR 68gr Midori Cheap/ absorbent paper Back Photo: TR 68gr Close up: I challenge myself with the yearly inktober. This sketch was done with the Ef nib. I can blame the mediocrity of my talent to the ink... but surprisingly the experience was acceptable... The left to right motion worked fine. Water test: A bit of excess ink is removed, but other than that respectable. · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno (Ef/M/stub) Lamy Safari (Fine/ /Medium /Broad) / Kanwrite Ultraflex (wet) / Jinhao 450 fude (wet) · What I liked: Writing with a broad nib, and Kakuno M and sketching · What I didn’t liked: Writing with Ef, F, medium and stub. It needs a wet pen and a smooth nib. · Shading: From medium to broad · Ghosting: Yes, On cheap paper · Bleed through: Yes, with absorbent papers. · Flow Rate: Good · Lubrication: If you write with wet nib. · Nib Dry-out: Not noticed. · Start-up: No problem. · Saturation: Dark. · Shading Potential: Bleak. · Sheen: Nonexistent · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not noticed · Nib Creep / “Crud”: No · Staining (pen): No · Clogging: No. · Cleaning: Easy. Though it might stain transparent sections. · Water resistance: Excellent · Availability: 50 ml bottles Comments appreciated but not obligatory

Alright, I am an artist who *loves* brush pens. When I work digitally, I mostly use a red-black (actually, more of a pink-black) for lineart, but I couldn't find a brush pen that had a red-black. Until now. https://www.jetpens.com/blog/guide-to-brush-pens-for-comics/pt/879 However, this pen isn't refillable. Not only do I feel wasteful wasting a whole pen just because there are no inks to refill it with, but I also have significant environmental concerns. I work with Copic markers (which are alcohol-based), so I was wondering if there's some ink out there that is pink-black or red-black and is completely alcohol-proof (no smearing at all when really rubbing into it with alcohol). If not, is there any way I could make an ink like that myself?

I found this artist's case for paints, brushes and other materials in a Japanese surplus store, and decided to convert it into another case for pens. Some of you will recall that I turned a similar case (a larger one) into a case for pens five years ago: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8443280687_ab69f77bb1_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8443285285_663d0c565e_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8506094988_aebae6ea7e_z.jpg This was the case I used this time--older and narrower: Got some help from a handyman who varnished the case and installed the dividers (leftovers from a previous project, so they weren't tall enough to go all the way to the top, but they do the job). And here we go: