Complete List of Waterproof Inks

[FLZapped]

Thanks for that Bruce.

 

Russian eternal inks added to the list. Man those names are hard to remember.

 

I've put the approximate colour of the ink next to each name, but some of the colours were hard to decide in the scans, so don't trust my definitions.

Yeah, I know. Pendemonium must sell a ton of ink to get such a large line-up of exclusive inks like that.

 

-Bruce

[Craig]

At the Fountain Pen Hospital the other day I saw they had two proprietary Eternal Noodler's inks that I had never seen before, Bank Note Green and Old Manhattan Blackest Black.

[Ink Stained Wretch]

At the Fountain Pen Hospital the other day I saw they had two proprietary Eternal Noodler's inks that I had never seen before, Bank Note Green and Old Manhattan Blackest Black.

Yeah, I'd heard about these. The Bank Note Green sounds interesting.

 

I'd thought that the other color was some sort of a blue color. It's a black?

[Eastward313]

At the Fountain Pen Hospital the other day I saw they had two proprietary Eternal Noodler's inks that I had never seen before, Bank Note Green and Old Manhattan Blackest Black.

Yeah, I'd heard about these. The Bank Note Green sounds interesting.

 

I'd thought that the other color was some sort of a blue color. It's a black?

Hmm... I hadn't heard of that color, either. It looks like the blue you are thinking of is "Manhattan Blue," which is an Art Brown exclusive. Here we have a "Old Manhattan Blackest Black," which is an FPH exclusive.

 

"Blackest Black?" Sounds like we have a competitor for PR Ultra Black!

[Craig]

Yes, it must be blacker than Noodler's regular black, which is already extremely black. I keep forgetting if Eternal means Bulletproof or if there's some subtle distinction.

[NeoTiger]

Hi, just pulling out an old topic here... wondering if there are any new waterproof inks we should be aware of and add to this list.

[limesally]

Hi, just pulling out an old topic here... wondering if there are any new waterproof inks we should be aware of and add to this list.

 

I'm curious too.

 

I just found out that after being soaked in water, J. Herbin's Violette Pensee survives nicely - nice, clear and readable, and PR Chocolat turns red - the brown part lifts off, but the red part remains strong and legible. Both were as legible as the Noodler's Aircorp BB on the same sheet of paper. Not a scientific test, and just on inexpensive notebook paper. But I was pleasantly surprised.

 

[fjf]

Hi, just pulling out an old topic here... wondering if there are any new waterproof inks we should be aware of and add to this list.

 

Platinum blue-black: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=41268

 

[Jeff Muscato]

Yes, it must be blacker than Noodler's regular black, which is already extremely black. I keep forgetting if Eternal means Bulletproof or if there's some subtle distinction.

I haven't tried the other Noodler's blacks, but I tried the Old Manhattan black on Ed's (Fountain Pen Hospital) recommendation. Here's a comparison with black Parker Writing ink. The Old Manhattan Black is above (labeled "N") and the Parker is below (labeled "P"):

 

Original sample: Noolder's above/Parker below

 

Same sample, under water for about fifteen seconds

 

Same sample, after gently blotting the water

 

Even disregarding the difference in indelibility, you can see that the Old Manhattan is much darker and richer than the Parker. I don't know how it compares to the other Noodler's blacks, though.

[Jeff Muscato]

By the way, the Old Manhattan Black, exclusively from Fountain Pen Hospital, is bulletproof.

Edited December 17, 2007 by Jeff Muscato

[kiavonne]

Exclusive as it is, shouldn't FPN's Galileo Manuscript Brown be added?

[Rapt]

Noodler's Heart of Darkness is black and bulletproof... Unless I missed it on the list.

 

I can't wait 'til mine arrives

[Ragman]

Hello Community,

 

as an addition to the list: Gutenberg Urkundentinte schwarz (Iron Gall Ink for fountainpens, black);

 

- comes as deeper black only with a "wet noodle" otherwise strong shading with a color more grey than black

(not the deep black tones as Noodler's, Pelikan Fount India or Sailor Kiwa Guro)

- UV and waterproof (much better resistance than Montblanc blue-black or Rohrer&Klingner Salix, Scabiosa)

- needs longer time for drying

- works good with "Moleskine Paper"

- is acidic

 

Greetings from Germany

 

Ragman

[NeoTiger]

Thanks for the additional suggestions

 

However, due to the inability to edit previous posts, I won't be able to add any of these new inks to the list. I don't think there are enough new inks to warrant making an entirely new list either... :hmm1:

[scribbler77]

Thanks for the additional suggestions

 

I don't think there are enough new inks to warrant making an entirely new list either... :hmm1:

 

Why not? Can't you download the original list and then add the others? Any volunteers?

[kudzu]

I have a bottle of Noodler's Raven black ink probably made exclusively for Dromgoole's in Houston that says it is Bulletproof & Eternal.

 

Also, from Dromgoole's, a bottle of Noodler's San Jacinto very dark brown ink that I was told was bulletproof, but the label doesn't say it. (It's a dark, dark brown black, looks sort of like dirty used motor oil.)

[Excoriar]

Just saw that there will be a new Noodler's ink for Taiwan in red. I haven't seen the colors yet, but here's a picture of what the label may look like.

 

http://pennote.idv.tw/phpbb/files/taiwan_red_732.jpg

 

Mazu is actually a goddess that protects fisherman and ships as they venture out. As Taiwan is an island, Mazu is highly revered.

 

I'm not affiliated with Noodler's in any way, and this ink is not out yet, but is expected to be out this year.

[Bulldozer]

Was Old Manhattan Black mentioned?

[ksskss]

Noodler's La Reine Mauve can be added to the list. Nice ink.

 

---

Ken

[Neill78]

 

Just a spelling correction:

 

Sailor Kiwagura --> Kiwaguro

 

I've yet to experience or hear about any clogging problems with this ink.