Cheapest Ink Around - Pilot Blue Black 350 Ml

[Lloyd]

Lolz. I was gardening without any access to the sun. All legal I assure you.

That's a shame.

[Inkling13]

That's a shame.

Considering i had free electricity, yes it was.

[Mongoosey]

Definitely a great ink:

 

• Bought a bottle a while back,
• thought it was boring so I shelved it,
• but took it back out for its easy maintenance and permanence,
• Quickly began to appreciate the wonderful smoothness of the ink and its consistent flow,
• Put it in a wet pen and wrote on Tomoe River Paper 52 gsm
• and now it's a favorite ink of mine.

Especially on TRP the Sheen and Shading brings life to this ink, and especially so with a wetter pen.

 

But I do really like how smooth and reliable it is on different papers.

 

A great ink if you need permanence and it may be my new Permanent ink choice.

 

The price belies the high quality of the ink. Pilot Blue Black: Ol' Reliable.

[Brianm_14]

I use Esterbrook dip pen desk sets, and I can only afford to fill the reservoirs with the bulk Pilot inks -which is fine, given their quality! I find I can even cut the inks about 10 - 15 % with distilled water and still have a very nice, well-behaved ink. Once a week or so, I add a few drops of distilled water anyway, as I know I lose that through evaporation. This keeps color consistent as the ink level drops.

 

(When I started out, this was just a whim, for the fun of it. Now I am addicted. My handwriting is better, and dipping every few lines or even after a long paragraph, causes me to write more thoughtfully.)

[Arkanabar]

A worthy addition to Sandy1's rather comprehensive review.

[1nkulus]

Lovely ink, I discovered it by accident.

 

Shame, you cannot get the 350ml in UK at a reasonable price. It should be a staple for school and college.

[encremental]

I found some in the lovely Choosing Keeping shop in Covent Garden yesterday. Blue, Black and Red also available - at £30 a 350 ml pop. Is this a reasonable price? Maybe...

 

John

[Mercian]

If UK members outside London want to buy a standard ink that has some water-resistance, and is economically-priced (per ml), there is currently...

 

https://www.pelikanpens.co.uk/products/pelikan-4001-fountain-pen-ink-1-litre

 

Then again, I suspect that one would have to be using it up at one heck of a pace if one wished to be able to use up a whole litre before evaporation from the plastic bottle became an issue.

 

Sadly for the Captain, the 4001 Blue-Black isn’t currently available in such ‘supertanker’ bottles - only the Brilliant Black and the (washable) Königsblau.

[corniche]

A worthy addition to Sandy1's rather comprehensive review.

Her review is what sold me on it way back when.