Noodler's Bulletproof Luxury Blue

[Whisternefet]

This shares the great physical characteristics of all the Noodler's ink I've tried. It has slightly slower flow than the normal ones (All the bulletproof inks seem to.) but otherwise shows no feathering or bleeding. It dries quickly. The shade is a little light for what I really want in a blue, but it does manage to look very 'dignified'.

 

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[holgalee]

Thanks for the review. I like your description of the colour as it matches what I see, a blue-grey that's a little light. I'm surprised it doesn't feather--not to my eyes anyway--and has just a wee bit of bleedthrough with poor quality paper.

[mateo44]

I just got a bottle of this today, and I really like it. I think this scan is very true to color -- it's a nice (but light) blue-grey with maybe a hint of teal color. It's got kind of a vintage look that I'm diggin'.

[WendyNC]

The color seems very close to Polar Blue but, based on your observations, it's better behaved. Thanks for the review!

[Ed Ronax]

Nice review, thanks.

[stevo]

I've had this ink for a while now, it's a very solid ink. But it's very expensive, so I replaced it with Gulfstream Blue from Swisherpen which is also bulletproof. I also find that this ink is somewhat chalky in appearance and quite light as your scans show. I also found that it had a tendency to spread lines a bit and bleed some. That being said, it's kind of the standard bulletproof blue that all others are judged against. Nice review.

[stevo]

The color seems very close to Polar Blue but, based on your observations, it's better behaved. Thanks for the review!

 

I found that Polar Blue was darker and more saturated on the page. But as you say, not very well behaved.

[seanruss]

I just got a bottle of Luxury Blue, and i really don't like it. It seems to feather very badly on cheaper paper, and doesn't seem to flow well in dry nibs, but just my opinion. I may list it for trade for some other noodler's ink.

[jsonewald]

Luxury Blue seems more nib sensitive than any of my other inks. In a drier, narrower nib it seemed washed out and weak. When I put it in pen with a wet and slightly broader nib, it really popped off the paper.