Best Blue-Black Ink?

[estie1948]

My favorite blue-black ink - I say it is my go to blue ink - is Noodlers Legal Lapis available from Pendemonium ( http://www.pendemonium.com/ ). It is bullet proof and works great with all my fine and extra fine nibs. I dries quickly. It is a great ink.

 

-David.

[Moshe ben David]

Pilot blue-black is more of a dark blue with excellent water resistance:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/193348-pilot-blue-black/

 

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[esteboune]

for me: Edelstein Tanzanite

[shahrincamille]

My favourite blue-blacks are Platinum Blue (it's a blue-black despite the name; there's no Platinum ink named Blue-Black as far as I know), Diamine Denim and the old Parker Blue-Black with Solv-X in no particular order.

 

 

 

Shahrin

[mhm802]

for me: Edelstein Tanzanite

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[The Pantaloon Duck]

My favourite blue-blacks are Platinum Blue (it's a blue-black despite the name; there's no Platinum ink named Blue-Black as far as I know), Diamine Denim and the old Parker Blue-Black with Solv-X in no particular order.

 

 

 

Shahrin

 

Platinum Blue-Black:

 

http://www.cultpens.com/i/q/PT30233/platinum-fountain-pen-ink-bottle-60ml

 

Platinum Blue

 

http://www.cultpens.com/i/q/PT16711/platinum-pigment-ink-bottle

 

[Tas]

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[vkisvkis1]

Parker Quink Blue Black is my favorite.

 

 

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[Bo Bo Olson]

ESSR and Pelikan BB are good.

ESSR had one of the longest threads ever...worth looking at. Most folks really like it....it is not a copy of Diamine Register ink.

The other way around in the original company (Stephans/Stevens an old British ink company) was there first.

One of the managers got the big wood tub and formula when the conglomerate that bought it up and gutted it quickly, as part of his settlement.

 

There was a man who liked ink.

Edited October 30, 2014 by Bo Bo Olson

[TimTheZaj]

What about hero blue black? Really cheap and really great

[Runnin_Ute]

Pelikan Blue-Black. Very nice color and shading. It is pretty water resistant. However this is a dry ink. Great for 1.1 stubs, maybe a bit too dry on fine...

I have used without issue in my Pelikan 120 M & K EF nib as well as Lamy fine and others.

 

My favorite blue black.

[Snargle]

What about hero blue black? Really cheap and really great

I am very impressed with the Hero 232 Blue-Black. It looks great, performs fine, waterproof, inexpensive, and is relatively low maintenance. I just purchased a second bottle as a backup.

[dkim87]

Fan of most Diamine Inks. For Blue-black I use twilight.

[a.zy.lee]

I have only had experience with PR Ebony Blue.

It's a really underrated ink in my opinion. However, I would classify it as a blue-black. It's really a dark teal, leaning to the green side.

It's very dark and has a bit of sheen.

I've used it in a Faber-Castell medium nib and it flows fine, but without a broad nib, it really looks green and not teal or blue.

I hope I helped.

[shahrincamille]

 

Platinum Blue-Black:

 

http://www.cultpens.com/i/q/PT30233/platinum-fountain-pen-ink-bottle-60ml

 

Platinum Blue

 

http://www.cultpens.com/i/q/PT16711/platinum-pigment-ink-bottle

 

 

OK I stand corrected

 

What I meant was the Platinum Blue-Black DYE ink as my favourite blue-black ink. There's no Blue DYE Platinum ink, so I had gotten my previous post mixed up. My bad. The wonders of growing old LOL

 

The Blue Platinum ink in your second link is the PIGMENT one. I also have this, and it's a nice vibrant blue as opposed to blue-black. Requires more maintenance, though, and should not be left for any prolonged duration in your pen lest the internals get all clogged up. I let my bottle of Platinum Blue PIGMENT ink stand unused for several months, and the pigments ended up precipitating at the bottom of the bottle. If you fill your pen without shaking the bottle first, the result would be a very runny and much diluted blue ink on the paper - not very pleasant to my eyes

 

 

What about hero blue black? Really cheap and really great

 

 

I would be a bit leery of Hero's blue-black, especially if the parts that come in contact with the ink (e.g nib, section ring) is gold-plated. This ink somehow would eat up the plating. Never had any other ink do this in a short amount of time.

 

Maybe Hero had improved their formulation by now, but I would not touch this ink although it's available very cheap here in Malaysia (2 oz bottle = MYR 2.00 only!)

 

 

Shahrin

[max dog]

I am liking Sheaffer Script Blue Black. Nice shading, water resistant, and has an antiquated look. It's like the MB midnight blue but shades better.

[pkoko]

I am surprised no one reccomended Diamine Registrar Ink

[AndrewThomas]

I don't know if it counts as a true Blue-Black, but Edelstein Tanzanite has quickly become one of my favorite inks. Well behaved and attractive.

[dneal]

I don't know if it counts as a true Blue-Black, but Edelstein Tanzanite has quickly become one of my favorite inks. Well behaved and attractive.

 

I love it too, and I think this is what the 4001 Blue-Black should have always been.

[idazle]

Parker Quink Blue Black is my favorite.

 

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