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Comparing Noodler's To J. Herbin Inks

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...catfish-oriented...

Best Noodler's generalization ever.

 

It was quite humorous.

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I find Noodler's to smell like old, sickly-sweet, about-to-rot fruit. . . Heheh, that's just me.

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Hi Margana,

 

Long time no see - we missed each other in this vast place I guess :D.

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I still maintain that certain pens call out for certain inks, they tell me what they want :D.

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Warm regards, Wim

 

Good to see you, too, Wim. The volume of posts now makes it impossible to keep up with everyone. I have been gobsmacked on occasion to see a name new to me but with thousands of posts. How did I miss all that?!

 

I am so glad to find my pens aren't the only talkative, demanding ones. However, it is the times when the first ink tested, and to smashing success that has me concerned. Did the pen suggest the magical match or did we (the pen and I) just get lucky?

 

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I find Noodler's to smell like old, sickly-sweet, about-to-rot fruit. . . Heheh, that's just me.

 

It does have a fruity smell to it. Reminds me of blackberries.

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Hi Margana,

 

Long time no see - we missed each other in this vast place I guess :D.

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I still maintain that certain pens call out for certain inks, they tell me what they want :D.

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Warm regards, Wim

 

Good to see you, too, Wim. The volume of posts now makes it impossible to keep up with everyone. I have been gobsmacked on occasion to see a name new to me but with thousands of posts. How did I miss all that?!

It happens to me too, actually, and I am here a fair amount of time :D.

I am so glad to find my pens aren't the only talkative, demanding ones. However, it is the times when the first ink tested, and to smashing success that has me concerned. Did the pen suggest the magical match or did we (the pen and I) just get lucky?

 

Best regards,

 

Margana

No, you just get a feel for it, after a while, experience counts too. In sync with the pen :D.

 

Warmest regards. Wim ;)

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Noodler's is unique among brands that I've tried, in that they have such a wide spectrum of differently bahaving inks. Many other brands are so consistent that if you try one, you get a half-decent idea of the performance of all.

 

I'm not convinced that's try for any ink company. E.g., between Herbin's 1670, Poussiere de Lune, and Vert Olive you've got a saturated ink, a middling ink, and one you can't even read from a dry pen. Similarly, Diamine has straight up inks like midnight, extremely wet/flowing inks like majestic blue, oddball/gunky ones like pumpkin, registrar's in its own category. Pilot has a great blue, an insipid black, and a gold plated line with differences of its own. Sailor has jentles, pigments, special editions, etc. Noodler's probably has more different behaviors, but it also has more inks period. I'd never expect to be able to extrapolate the behavior of one ink just because I tried something else from the same manufacturer.

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