Noodler's Blue Nose Bear

[kushbaby]

Oh - apologies to the OP. For some reason I thought I was in the other Blue Nose Bear thread :bonk: . Sorry for highjacking your review (which I thought was *excellent*, by the way, and shows the different behavior in different pens).

[79spitfire]

Been playing with my sample on and off all day. I can't seem to find a paper/pen/ink combo that I really like with this ink in the mix. Interesting properties, but the spidery/spikey looking "Halo" isn't doing it for me, and the color looks like mold on an old peach skin to me. I've tried:

Leeds pocket notebook, ivory colored

Clarefonte notebook, (it bleeds on this too!)

Office Depot 80% sugar cane note paper (this is an iffy paper)

Staples Sustainable earth notebooks, This paper has been well behaved for me, and other ink samples on the same pages didn't feather.

Recover your thoughts notebook, using a "granite" type paper.

 

The feather is a very light blue, but is still distracting. If it was a nice even halo, I could get into this ink. There are times when moldy colors are needed!

 

As far as comparing it to Bad Blue Heron, it flows much better, but where I find Bad Blue Heron has 0 feathering, this has extreme. I had to "doctor" my BBH with some dish soap to get it to flow, so I can't any longer make an "equal" comparison.

Edited August 6, 2011 by 79spitfire

[SamCapote]

Here's what I mean, as scans speak louder than words. These were done with an Evans Vintage 14K wet noodle flex pen which uses very light pressure. Click the thumbnail to see the closeup details. The HP Laserjet 32# was full strength. Top half of Meade was at 1 to 3 dilution, bottom half and Staples Sugarcane was at 1 to 1 dilution with water.

 

 

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/BNBs.jpg

Edited August 7, 2011 by SamCapote

[79spitfire]

YUP! That's what I'm seeing, looks messy to me. If the light blue were more even this would be awesome ink!

[kushbaby]

Thank you for posting the scans. I'm not seeing that *at all* - maybe a tad on the papers that I said had true feathering (and wouldn't use), but even on those, nothing to that degree.

 

I still think it as to do the pen and how wet of a line that gets laid down. Maybe I've got in a particularly well suited pen or something... :hmm1: You know, maybe a flex pen is the *worst* pen type for this pen...

[SamCapote]

Thank you for posting the scans. I'm not seeing that *at all* - maybe a tad on the papers that I said had true feathering (and wouldn't use), but even on those, nothing to that degree.

 

I still think it as to do the pen and how wet of a line that gets laid down. Maybe I've got in a particularly well suited pen or something... :hmm1: You know, maybe a flex pen is the *worst* pen type for this pen...

 

It is fine on the HP 32# paper, but it is promoted as a shading ink, which I thought was best achieved with a flex pen.

[Inkwisitor]

From the nib of the Waterman's 52, the darker sample, it looks similar to Diamine Teal which is a very well-behaved ink. Such a shame about the feathering problem. Further applause for the handwriting!

[marvinreader]

I just got this ink (birthday ink!!!) and loaded in my Edison Mina .9 CI, and the ink is beautiful and well behaved...sorry you aren't getting the same results....really an interesting color and ink

[funkypeanut]

 

Maybe the problem is that the name isn't Black Swan in Canadian Bluenose Bears. :roflmho:

 

Only if the bears ate the swan. Not really such a problem with roses....

 

I really, really wanted to like this ink because I love teal and the Black Swan inks, but I had problems with the feathering, too, on both Rhodia and the Staples bagasse paper. It's also kind of washed out in my Safari. Well, back to BSiAR.