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Hi guys, im amassing a few bottles of lues, blacks and blue black inks before i get onto colours, and i dont have any blacks, so what the best black ink

all opinions welcome

regards woliaj

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Very roughly in this order: Aurora, Herbin's Perle Noire, Noodler's Old Manhattan and HOD, PR's Invincible.

 

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Hello Woliaj,

 

One more vote for Aurora- nice deep black with excellent flow and lubrication. Aurora only makes two colors, (black and blue); however, the two that they do- they do right. :)

 

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Hi Woliaj

 

I have recently re-visited my bottle of Noodler's Bulletproof Black and have to say that it is a very good black ink.

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Aurora Black--if I did not need to watercolor over it

 

Platinum Carbon Black--the best--just flush often.

 

Namiki black is great also--love the smell!!

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Overall quality gets Aurora the vote, but I also quite like Noodler's Old Manhattan, and the new Montblanc Mystery Black is also rather nice.

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Sailor Kiwaguru Nano-Carbon Black ink is incredibly well behaved, smoothly lubricated, and pretty darned much permanent ink. It's pricey, available from a limited number of vendors, but it's been my "go to black ink" now for a long time.

 

I simply haven't used a better black ink.

 

 

 

John P.

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I personally like Sheaffer Skrip Jet Black. Its a basic go to black with good flow and lubrication, it also is pretty waterproof and does not bleed on low quality paper.

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It's probably not very fashionable to say this but I rather like Parker Black.

 

 

+1. Parker Quink Black is not the blackest ink around, but it works very well in most of the FPs I've used it in. It dries quickly, and its feathering and bleed-through characteristics are pretty favorable. It is also easy to find and relatively inexpensive too.

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I add my vote for Aurora, it is a deep velvety black, but it has the disadvantage of, while not being very water resistant on paper, is incredibly staining on anything else. I still have, after many washings, a gray-blue splotch on a bed sheet (don't ask me how it got there).

 

edited to add: it is one of the wettest inks out there, too.

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Sailor Kiwaguru Nano-Carbon Black ink is incredibly well behaved, smoothly lubricated, and pretty darned much permanent ink. It's pricey, available from a limited number of vendors, but it's been my "go to black ink" now for a long time.

 

I simply haven't used a better black ink.

 

 

 

John P.

Kiwaguro Nano Carbon Black is unbelievably good!!!! Nothing comes close!

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