Noodler's Ink: Concord Grape

[kestrel]

Grape and Cranberry are considerably better behaved than The Ink That Shall Not Be Named. BSB was the first of the three to hit the market and several of its properties took users by surprise. Some failed to notice Nathan's warning about BSB not playing well with other inks and discovered, the hard way, what precipitation means to a chemist. Nothing else stains quite like it. I like BSB but I am very careful what pens it goes into and where in my home I flush said pens after use. I didn't have to worry about either of those restrictions with Grape or Cranberry samples I tried.

[Aquaria]

Grape and Cranberry are considerably better behaved than The Ink That Shall Not Be Named. BSB was the first of the three to hit the market and several of its properties took users by surprise. Some failed to notice Nathan's warning about BSB not playing well with other inks and discovered, the hard way, what precipitation means to a chemist. Nothing else stains quite like it. I like BSB but I am very careful what pens it goes into and where in my home I flush said pens after use. I didn't have to worry about either of those restrictions with Grape or Cranberry samples I tried.

 

For the most part, I use BSB only in cheap Hero 616 pens, and it's been surprisingly well-behaved for me that way. I also used it once in my Jinhao with the Nemosine broad nib replacement, and it wasn't nearly as aggressive and willful as Concord Grape has been in the finest nibs.

 

I was really pleasantly surprised with how well BSB acted, after all the horror stories about it.

 

Now I wouldn't put it in a demonstrator or one of my expensive pens, but I've still had fewer problems with it than I ever had with Concord Grape.

[A Smug Dill]

As much as I'd love to ‘hate on’ Baystate Concord Grape for the mess it always makes, and am now prepared to throw away the (one new, one still nearly full) bottles I have, I must say I don't see much of an issue with feathering and bleed-through.

 

 

[vtgt]

I'd just like to say that on the sample of Baystate Concord Grape I tested in 2020, I had no feathering issues on any paper, at least not with an fine nib. Even on the cheapest uncoated paper it didn't behave any worse than any other fountain pen ink.

Maybe Noodler's continually revise their formulations?

Edited January 3, 2021 by vtgt

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[vtgt]

^ That is a new link?

It's 11 years old.

My sample of Concord Grape from 1 year ago does not behave like that. It behaves perfectly.

[arellano81366]

I bought one in 2019 and also I have a lot of issues with feathering on virtually any paper. I will make a giveaway for this problematic ink. I love the color but behaves really bad.