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HI there, can anyone recommend me for a wet waterprof blue ink for daily use? I am a college student and have a lot of matrix to deal with, normally, I can dry a new filled montblanc 144 in a day, so it better to be cheap and easy to get, like pelikan 4001. Any recommendations are welcomed, thank you and happy writing.

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Noodler's Blue Eel. Oops, not waterproof, I don't think.

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If you could stretch to 4001 Blue-Black, there's not a lot better considering they say it's not iron-gall! Other than that, the Pilots are good - cheap and cheerful.

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If you can afford it, try Namiki Blue. It's a bit more expensive than the Pelikan 4001 blue-black, but a lovely delicate shade of blue. Not iron gall and water-resistant.

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Either Pilot or Namiki - same ink, different bottles. Very nice ink and holds up very well to water. The Blue Black is nice too.

 

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I second pilot blue or blue/ black. Both are great inks. Pelikan blue/blk 4001 is incredible too

All are very water resistant

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Pilot blue black is one of my favorites and is very close in color to my eyes to the Pelikan blue black. Both great inks but in my experience a little on the dry side but that seems to help prevent feathering on cheap paper.

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If you could stretch to 4001 Blue-Black, there's not a lot better considering they say it's not iron-gall! Other than that, the Pilots are good - cheap and cheerful.

 

+1 on the Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black, except that it is dry.

 

(Otherwise, Bay State Blue is water resistant!! :D)

(Read up on Bay State Blue before you chose to put it in your MB pen)

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Thanks all for your help,my problem is my newly arrived montblanc 144 is tooo dry, skip all the time, so I was considering looking for a wet ink.

 

All the Best.

 

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It is a W.Germany montblanc, the first generation of plastic feeder, I was also wondered if there are some inks sparking with that kind of feeder?

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Thanks all for your help,my problem is my newly arrived montblanc 144 is tooo dry, skip all the time, so I was considering looking for a wet ink.

 

All the Best.

 

Zhe

 

Why don't you just make the nib a little wetter?

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Noodler's Bad Blue Heron is a wet-writing ink that is very permanent and a great vibrant blue to boot.

 

I live in Canada so I don't know what is affordable to you or not, but in Canada Noodler's is one of the best value inks, if not the best.

 

Pelikan 4001 is available in 1 Liter jugs that are tremendously cost-effective, if you really love it. Ink is actually really cheap, but the little glass bottles add a lot of cost because of their weight and cost. If you can find ink in bulk packaging you can save a ton of money. Some Indian ink is also sold that way.

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Why don't you just make the nib a little wetter?

Since it is a used pen and I have just received that pen yesterday, I prefer to adjust it by writing first. Maybe it is just because I have a different writing style with it's pre-owner...

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Noodler's Bad Blue Heron is a wet-writing ink that is very permanent and a great vibrant blue to boot.

 

I live in Canada so I don't know what is affordable to you or not, but in Canada Noodler's is one of the best value inks, if not the best.

 

Pelikan 4001 is available in 1 Liter jugs that are tremendously cost-effective, if you really love it. Ink is actually really cheap, but the little glass bottles add a lot of cost because of their weight and cost. If you can find ink in bulk packaging you can save a ton of money. Some Indian ink is also sold that way.

Definitely, but in Singapore a 3oz bottle of noddle could be sold in 25 usd, not cheap for me, while pelikan 4001 62.5ml just takes 2.4usd...

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Is Diamine expensive in Singapore? You can't go wrong with Diamine's Blue Black and it's fairly wet.

 

Icevec, love the idea of Pelikan blue black in a jug! Especially since it's not being sold in the U.S. anymore. You have any sources?

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So it's dry? Use a pen/nib combination to work around that.

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