Most Magnificent Ink To Behold

[torstar]

Penman Sapphire, down to my last dozen or so bottles, no I won't sell you any.

 

And BSB is good stuff. The Baystate inks are the only ones that wash out in flecks and specks in my coffee mugs when I flush out the pens.

[Hohn]

BSB in a big wet nib on quality paper is really something to behold.

 

JH

[clmurphy]

Back to "Meddler's 'Aortic Spray' again then: one of my favourites. A good red with quite a high iron content - normally.

 

Sounds like a vote for Noodler's Antietam.

 

In all seriousness, tough question........

 

I would say BSB, PR DCSSB, and Nikita.

[jaqcp]

My favorite to look at is Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses with a very wet 2556 nib.

 

I once accidentally mixed Noodler's Blue and Zhivago. It looked much like the pictures of MB Racing Green I have seen! It was pretty.

 

I have also found that Noodler's blue and Vintage Skrip Melon Red make a stunning Blue-Black! Who'd a thought?

 

. . . and +1 for BSB being almost painfully brilliant. When I go back and read past writing I am still amazed at what I see. It is nearly unnatural!

[SamCapote]

That's hard to answer, in part because there are all the different color categories, but in blue, it would be between Parker Penman Sapphire and Baystate Blue.

[jgrasty]

I have a lot of blue inks, including Baystate Blue, but I must say my favorite blue is Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo, followed closely by Sailor Jentle Yama-dori.

[Oranges and Apples]

I love Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng is my favourite ink to use because of its color. I even like the smell

Edited August 17, 2011 by Oranges and Apples

[sexauerw]

I just got a bottle of Noodler's North African Violet and I just love it. It's a bit drier than most Noodler's inks so it tames my wetter pens nicely. And it's a gorgeous color.* It does however, show a very slight tendency to feather, but not enough to bother me at all.

 

*Disclaimer: I'm more than a bit color blind, so my perception of the ink's color will not be the same as yours! I probably can't see the difference between blue and violet, for example, so I just think it's a really pretty shade of blue.

[mori45]

Waterman SSB & Sailor Yama-Dori are my top two.

[chris.hale]

I'd have to go with Baystate Blue, it's a fantastic colour and doesn't look like any other ink.

[inquisicorp]

J. Herbin 1670 Hermatite. Different color on different paper.

+1 on J. Herbin 1670 Hermatite. The magic of modern ink chemistry! Looks best, so far, on Stillman & Birn "Delta" ivory-colored paper.

 

Jan

[stuartk]

Noodler's BSB, #41 Brown, and Navy are my current favorites. BSB is a very vivid ink, while the other two are more deep and rich looking.

[Paco_chee]

Oh yeah, I can see that I will be buying more ink. For the time being I ordered Iroshizuku Asa-gao and the Tsuki-yo. Probably inspired the Iroshizuku thread, and I liked the colors. They will be a nice change from the Noodler's Zhivago that I am currently using.

 

The nice thing is the inks appear to be the cheaper part of this 'hobby' so I will probably be justifying some more purchases in the near future.

[Possum Hill]

Diamine Registrar's Ink -- when you look at it you look into history. And BSB is very nice, too.

[OPG4711]

+1 on the J. Herbin 1670 Hematite. The paper, lighting and the pen all contribute to a unique experience.

 

BSB is a close 2nd but it's also totally different.

 

Great topic choice!! Bravo!

[Surnia]

Sei Boku, PR Avacado, Noodler's Golden Brown. All three shade beautifully, and great inks to write with!

[JefferyS]

Other than BSB, there aren't many indicators of central tendency here. A newbie would have to think we're all nuts. I'm not sure Andrew Wyeth ever used more than 5 watercolors. On the FPN, we could write a dissertation on the brown inks alone.

 

Not that this is bad. But I wonder how many third parties see the ink as anything other than brown or blue.

 

I did get a compliment from a student today, while filling out an override form to get her into an Anatomy class. She told me that my Bexley Corona was "beautiful". It is the dark blue swirly one. And she took the time to tell me that while a screaming 8-month-old was straddling her left os coxa.

[Inkspill]

This will sound boring, but having played with dozens and dozens of various inks and colors (I wouldn't be surprised if I had 100 bottles lying around), I find myself usually coming back to Pelikan Black for normal use. It's a nice clean, dark and clear black, now washed out like some, and has good flow attributes. I buy it by the liter.

[JefferyS]

Hey, my roommate from college would agree. His closet was filled wth black slacks, black turtlenecks, and black shoes. He lived on James Joyce. Anything else was irrelevant.

[JefferyS]

By the wy, if I were pleased with just one black ink, I would need only one pen.Which one? It would have to have a joWo 0.9 mm cursive italic nib, either a Gate City (take your pick), a Bexley Corona, or an Edison. Or a Pelikan 805 1.1 mm cursive italic.