Black Duel: Parker Quink Vs. Pelikan 4001

[Monbla]

Years ago I used Quink ink, both the Black and Blue, then I was introduced to those colors as made by Aurora and I've never gone back to Quinck !! My second choice for those two colors is the 4001 series by Pelikan, both the Black and Blue.

[virgilio]

There is really no comparison. Pelikan Black is thin, dry and scratchy. On the other hand, Parker Quink is the gold standard in black inks. It is the smoothest, wettest and most reliable of all inks, period. It is unlikely to stain a pen or cause it to clog. I know this sounds like a commercial from the Parker company, but this is my honest opinion. I have tried most of the inks mentioned, and they are all greatly inferior to Quink. Most of them are also terribly overpriced.

 

Some internauts say Quink is more a grey than a black ink. Maybe their pens are very dry writers, I don't know. In my experience there is no more intensely black ink than Quink, at least among those that can be used in fountain pens.

[Bluey]

There is really no comparison. Pelikan Black is thin, dry and scratchy. On the other hand, Parker Quink is the gold standard in black inks. It is the smoothest, wettest and most reliable of all inks, period. It is unlikely to stain a pen or cause it to clog. I know this sounds like a commercial from the Parker company, but this is my honest opinion. I have tried most of the inks mentioned, and they are all greatly inferior to Quink. Most of them are also terribly overpriced.

 

Some internauts say Quink is more a grey than a black ink. Maybe their pens are very dry writers, I don't know. In my experience there is no more intensely black ink than Quink, at least among those that can be used in fountain pens.

Parker Quink, wet and reliable? I don't think so.

 

I find Quink black to be boring and rather dry, and Pelikan 4001 black to be way nicer and better behaved. Pelikan may make dodgy pens but their ink is decent.

Edited November 16, 2016 by Bluey

[4lex]

Parker Quink, wet and reliable? I don't think so.

 

I find Quink black to be boring and rather dry, and Pelikan 4001 black to be way nicer and better behaved. Pelikan may make dodgy pens but their ink is decent.

 

I find that Pelikan Black 4001 works best in wet pens, like Pelikan M4xx and 6xx. In dry writers it does not work as well. I like Qunk as well, I like washable more than permanent.

[Bluey]

 

I find that Pelikan Black 4001 works best in wet pens, like Pelikan M4xx and 6xx. In dry writers it does not work as well. I like Qunk as well, I like washable more than permanent.

That's right. Dry inks work better in wet pens and vice versa.