Noodler's Black

[HenryLouis]

Does anyone have an opinion of Noodler's Black, HOD, or Aurora Black as the black with the best of these three qualities: dry time; feathering; blackness. I am looking for a good black for use in an M805 on cheap office legal pads. I am relatively pleased with my Aurora blue, but the dry time is not as fast as I would like (even in a Sailor fine!).

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Brian

 

How about Pelikan's own Brilliant Black? Great ink, very dark and well behaved. Somewhat drier than Aurora Black which I also like. It is my standard black in my Pelikan M150 and vintage Pelikan 140 pens.

 

Oh I hate that ink... It's dark, but it's so dry it made me hate my safari for a bit.

[Philip1209]

BHR Eclipse slender flat-top.

 

Oh gosh, my first thought on seeing the review was "I wish my Lamy 2000 flexed like that!" But, back on subject, nice review, and an excellent ink forsooth.

[andy1m]

Looked like a good ink. Not bleed-through, not feathering and very black. But not all Noodlers' ink have these qualities. I have Singapore Honourable Blue, it bleed-through and feathering a lot.

[thebeesknees]

So the ink does work nicely in your Lamy 2000, that's good, I was a little afraid about using my favorite ink in the pen which I may get pretty soon....

[leicamaster]

Ive only tried Noodlers Old Manhattan Black (FPH exclusive) Its really nice. Have you tried both? Is there any difference?

[cpsantillan]

Great review,I am going to get one bottle of this lovely ink,I also heard that the best black ink you can get,is either Noodler's black or Aurora...Love your lamy 2000,though for now I cannot afford it...

[jgrasty]

Y'all:

 

I received my bottle of Noodler's Black last week. Are all their ink bottles filled to the very brim? There was barely any airspace at all. Normally, I wouldn't complain, but I nearly spilled it because it was so full.

 

Ink is just about perfect, BTW. Very nice flow, smooth and even in a Pelikan M200 EF nib. Visually very saturated, no shading at all. And very little bleed-through on cheap paper, whereas every other ink I have will bleed through. There must be something to this affinity for cellulose.

 

[GreenVelvet]

I received my bottle of Noodler's Black last week. Are all their ink bottles filled to the very brim?

 

Yes. Always. One learns to open Noodler's with extreme caution.

[HenryLouis]

Well I like it better than the ink brands that fill the bottle only a part of the way.

[majorworks]

Y'all:

 

I received my bottle of Noodler's Black last week. Are all their ink bottles filled to the very brim? There was barely any airspace at all. Normally, I wouldn't complain, but I nearly spilled it because it was so full.

 

Ink is just about perfect, BTW. Very nice flow, smooth and even in a Pelikan M200 EF nib. Visually very saturated, no shading at all. And very little bleed-through on cheap paper, whereas every other ink I have will bleed through. There must be something to this affinity for cellulose.

 

 

More information on the bottles here:

http://www.noodlersink.com/bottles.html

[GreenVelvet]

Well I like it better than the ink brands that fill the bottle only a part of the way.

 

Agreed! It's a great value.

[mackthepen]

 

How about Pelikan's own Brilliant Black? Great ink, very dark and well behaved. Somewhat drier than Aurora Black which I also like. It is my standard black in my Pelikan M150 and vintage Pelikan 140 pens.

 

 

Oh I hate that ink... It's dark, but it's so dry it made me hate my safari for a bit.

 

Me too, it ruined the Pelikan experience for me, and caused me to try to sell (unsuccessfully) my M200. It was only when I changed to Noodler's that I realised I was making a mistake.

 

Andrew

[HenryLouis]

I originally started with Pelikan brilliant black. It was a huge jump from the cartridge pen I was using...

 

Anyway when I bought Omas blue it was totally different!