Cheque Writing Ink?

[century]

I write a lot of cheques on a daily basis and have been thinking of using a FP full time.

I just have to choose the right ink.

 

Its obviously needs to be waterproof, quick drying and have good security. Blue or Black.

Quick drying is pretty important to me, as Im a fast worker and they will need to be stacked almost immediately after writing.

 

Can you recommend any?

 

Thanks in advance.

Emil

[Gloucesterman]

Check out Noodlers Bullet-proof inks - blue and black definitely. Also, Diamine has some similar ones.

 

Lots of reviews and threads about "bullet proof" as well as Noodler, Diamine and others.

 

Goulet Pens, isellpens.com are good sources for more information, visual samples (Goulet).

 

Good luck...

BTW, no affiliation to anyone.

[Blade Runner]

MB Blue black/Midnight blue iron gall ink

[DovR]

Platinum Carbon Black, best indelible ink around. I've been using in my Platinum 3776 music for years.

 

Sailor also has but more greyish. The Platinum is as black as black can get + totally waterproof. Bought couple of bottles from Swisher before he sadly closed shop + am on last bottle now. I generally inject with a syringe into a Plat cartridge which gives a lot of usage.

 

Noodles OK too but nothing beats Platinum Carbon

Edited September 3, 2013 by DovR

[TSherbs]

I like Noodler's Bad Blue Heron (blue-black) for this. It is touted as anti-forgery/fraud, etc. Nice color, too. But there are other good choices (see above for some).

[fourseamer]

Noodler's Luxury Blue is my blue "bulletproof" ink of choice, and it's the most durable ink I have in my stash. Once it hits paper, it doesn't budge for water, light, etc. It's more expensive ($12.50 for 1 oz. bottle), but it's money well spent, IMHO.

[welch]

I write a lot of cheques on a daily basis and have been thinking of using a FP full time.

I just have to choose the right ink.

 

Its obviously needs to be waterproof, quick drying and have good security. Blue or Black.

Quick drying is pretty important to me, as Im a fast worker and they will need to be stacked almost immediately after writing.

 

Can you recommend any?

 

Thanks in advance.

Emil

 

Use safety checks.

 

The financial industry invented safety checks several years ago to prevent a crook from altering a check. It might even be the default at your bank; it is certainly used by any company that writes a check. Safety check paper goes wild if someone hits it with water or bleach or any other sort of ink eradicator.

 

If you write check for a company, use a "clear to pay" file also. That tells yiour bank every check the company treasurer has written, with amount, currency, and beneficiary.

 

Then use any ink you want.

[inkstainedruth]

I generallly use Noodler's Kung Te Cheng for writing checks, which is pretty much *everything*-proof. It's technically classified as a purple, but it's really an indigo blue-violet color (at least my current bottle is ). Some people think it's too cloggy, though, and it does have to be an every day user or it does become a hard starter, so often they dilute it with distilled water.

As it happened, though, I used a different ink -- Organics Studio Charles Darwin -- because that what was in the first pen I grabbed. Don't know if it's UV or forgery resistant, but it sure is waterproof, and very fast drying. The downside of OSCD (besides being black -- never my first choice for an ink color, but that's just me) is that in a wetter pen (in this case a Noodler's Flex Piston Creaper) I've had showthrough and some bleedthrough issues.

Another choice would be to use an iron gall ink (my favorite IG blue-blacks are Pharmacist's Urkundentinte and R&K Salix). IG inks call for a little extra maintenance -- a vinegar solution flush between water flushes before an ammonia solution flush) but that isn't really all that onerous.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[uojfe]

I like Noodler's Bad Blue Heron (blue-black) for this. It is touted as anti-forgery/fraud, etc. Nice color, too. But there are other good choices (see above for some).

I like a good blue/black, especially if there is some subtle shading. Makes it very difficult to reproduce.

 

I've noticed that Bad Blue Kingfisher also has a tamper warning. If you soak it the blue will smear everywhere but the black component will still be legible. The document will have irrevocable proof of tampering yet the original intent will be preserved.

[Pens Woods]

Montblanc Midnight Blue or Diamine Denim with a fine nib.

[The Good Captain]

In no particular order: Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black; Montblanc Midnight Blue; R&K Salix; ESSRI; Pilot Blue-Black or Blue and probably Akkerman No 10.

[century]

As far as quick drying properties....Should I just focus on using a finer nib (less wet) or are there actual properties in ink that will make it dry faster?

[Ada]

I like iron gall and pigment inks for this purpose (I've used Damine Registrar's Ink, R&K Salix and Sailor Kiwaguro, but there are other good choices too as others have noted above)..

[ravantra]

I use Salix or Kung Te cheng. Mostly KTC.

[wallylynn]

Bernake Black is designed to be fast drying. Not sure if it's bulletproof. Could always add a dash of regular black to make it bulletproof.

[welch]

Your check does not need to be anything fancy. Many, if not most, checks are printed on paper that blocks fraud. Says one check maker:

• Security Features: Our checks feature Chemical Protection, Erasure Protection and Microprint Signature Line.

Don't bother with special ink. Your check already has features to block fraud; the features are available to anyone, no mater whether they use ballpoint or plain FP ink. Check fraud is a threat that banks already guard you against. Incidentally, I work as a computer programer within a large banking organization. When I asked our commercial staff -- all ex-bankers -- most had never heard of the problem; one rolled his eyes; another, a 40 year vet of Chase, started giggling. "I haven't seen that in a long, long time".

If you want to use Noodlers or ESSRI bombproof or archival quality inks, find another reason.

Edited September 4, 2013 by welch

[century]

Fraud protection isnt why I started the thread. I WANT to use my FPs and was looking for a decent ink that was fast drying.

Im aware of the security features of modern cheques, thats not really my concern here.

 

Thanks

Edited September 4, 2013 by century

[welch]

If waterproof and "good security" don't matter, and they should not, then the answer is simple: get a blotter. That's what people used 60 years ago when everyone wrote checks and almost everyone used a fountain pen.

 

There are simple blotters of the sort we used in school, but look at "roll" type blotters: handle in center of a curved chunk of nice wood, blotter material attached to the wood. Roll blotters were about the size of a check, since they were used mostly to dry signatures -- especially on checks.

 

I haven't looked, but Pendemonium might be a good place to start. They have nearly everything...and why bother with EBay when you can give your business to Sam and Frank?

[collectingfool]

I'm new to all this. When I was looking at inks the other day one was suggested to me "Noodler's State Dept Ink". Supposedly new and designed to be very quick drying. It comes in blue and it does dry quickly.

 

Ruben

[century]

I'm new to all this. When I was looking at inks the other day one was suggested to me "Noodler's State Dept Ink". Supposedly new and designed to be very quick drying. It comes in blue and it does dry quickly.

 

Ruben

 

Ill check it out. Thanks.