Jump to content

Noodler Bay State Blue Or?

MTHALL720

By MTHALL720
in Inky Thoughts

 Share

Recommended Posts

amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

Lux Blue is a little chalky and Dromgoole's Blue Steel is a little green... but both are water proof (DBS has a green wash).

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inklings/slides/2013-Ink_757c.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 49
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • amberleadavis

    16

  • MTHALL720

    5

  • TXKat

    4

  • TheRealScubaSteve

    3

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Posted Images

amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

And again...

 

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_222.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

Can you find the BSB spider?

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_224.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_224b.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

I bought a bottle a couple of years ago.

 

Be carefull with this ink,

 

It was simply imposible to flow in any pen. It was, even, very difficult to clean the pens in which i tried the ink,

 

Better try Levenger Cobalt Blue,

 

I have not tried it, because they don't ship to Mexico, but looks nice in the samples published here in FPN,

 

Julio MX

 

Cobalt has never been water proof for me, and it fades. Even worse, it's a dry ink for me.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_1767.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

fpn_1408166437__kwzi_5-8.jpgYou might consider one of these:

 

fpn_1408166408__kwzi_1-4.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

So... I use Upper Ganges when I want fairly wet and water proof. It's still chalky, but it's a lot less expensive than Luxury Blue.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Colors/Blue/slides/2012-08-20-washed_001.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
A144 Rare

A144

Posted
Posted

I don't think there's much that can match the in your face vibrancy of BSB. It is a truly unique ink.

 

It is also as waterproof as they come.

So many inks, so little time...

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TheRealScubaSteve Collectors Item

TheRealScubaSteve

Posted
Posted

BSB is certainly in your face vibrant. I put my sample of it in a Pilot Varsity and it flows incredibly well with the wick feed.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Icywolfe Collectors Item

Icywolfe

Posted
Posted

 

 

Funny you mention the smell - it doesn't bother me, but it's definitely a strong smell. Another post in the "Frequent Topics" forum just wanted inks that smell that way. (And led to me opening and smelling Pilot Blue, Pilot Blue-Black, and my bottle of Phenol.)

 

That smell is Phenol. It's a biocide and helps prevent SITB, and a lot of inks used to use it for that. A lot of the vintage inks smell this way, apparently. (I have none.)

Out of all the inks I own only Pilot's inks as a strong smell. (Not Iro, the regular inks.) I can smell the ink coming off the page. I've used Platinum inks and you need to sniff hard to smell that.

#Nope

Link to comment
Share on other sites
SeeksAdvice Vintage

SeeksAdvice

Posted
Posted

Phenol = good. Though, sadly, it was not enough to protect my Diamine Registrar's Ink.

Not sure what all the fuss is about with the Blue that Shall Not be Named. There are lots of other, more user-friendly bright blues out there. They may not be "waterproof", but they work a whole lot better with pens. And, they don't leave you, your pens, and your work area looking like you spent hours vivisecting Smurfs.

Imagination and memory are but one thing which for diverse reasons hath diverse names. -- T. Hobbes - Leviathan

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

Smurf vivisecting may be unlawful in your state.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Morphling27 Extremely Rare

Morphling27

Posted
Posted

Smurf vivisecting may be unlawful in your state.

I'm not sure if that's a state I would want to live in or a state I wouldn't want to live in.

 

I don't know if it was mentioned, but I just refilled a pen with it - Goulet's Noodler's exlusive, Liberty's Elysium, is pretty bright and relatively waterproof/bulletproof/shockproof/dustproof/etc.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

Well, I live in Nevada... we are all about vivisecting here.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mhosea Collectors Item

mhosea

Posted
Posted

Some of the Noodler's inks come with a pen and you are instructed to only use that pen, because they will damage things sooner or later.

 

I think these warnings were made tongue-in-cheek as a jab at subset of FPN'ers who are excessively worried about the "safety" of inks. Reference of that is made here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/162506-noodlers-kung-te-cheng/?p=2132012

 

I heard it myself in the referenced chat, but finding that reference requires more effort than I'm willing to make on the matter. Now in actual fact, some inks do seem to yield halting flow in some pens if they are not diluted a bit, KTC among them. BSB is a bit prone to feathering if it is not diluted a little.

 

Having said all that, BSB, among others, is one of those that I insist on choosing the pen carefully for. I'd really like to use it in one of my Pilot Celemos, but since BSB has allegedly melted one Pilot translucent feed, I don't feel like testing that with my pens. Also, once it has dried, it is water resistant to a point that it is extremely difficult to eradicate from a pen, more so than any other ink I have dealt with, including Sailor's nano pigmented inks. Isopropyl alcohol is a good solvent for BSB, so I restrict its use to modern pens that can stand up to alcohol if need be.

I know my id is "mhosea", but you can call me Mike. It's an old Unix thing.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
SeeksAdvice Vintage

SeeksAdvice

Posted
Posted

I have had problems cleaning The Blue that Shall Not be Named out of pens too.

Imagination and memory are but one thing which for diverse reasons hath diverse names. -- T. Hobbes - Leviathan

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TXKat Vintage

TXKat

Posted
Posted

See this thread.

 

Personally, I love, love, love BSB!!!! I do clean my pens when done using, but I don't worry about using it in vintage pens and I think the bad rap it gets is more the exception, not the rule!!

So, what's your point?

(Mine is a flexible F.)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

http://sheismylawyer.com/2013-FADE/slides/2013-FADE_018.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Tests/Fade/2013/slides/2013-FADE_121.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TXKat Vintage

TXKat

Posted
Posted

Asa Gao is a great blue. When placed next to BSB, it has a more grey tint to it while the BSB has a vivid color with almost a hint of purple to it. I have a photo of the two side by side, but my camera phone is nothing to speak of.

 

 

post-76436-0-09007000-1412443525_thumb.jpg

So, what's your point?

(Mine is a flexible F.)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33592
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26788
    5. jar
      jar
      26106

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...