Recommendation For The Wettest Ink

[steve50]

Looking for an ink to use on my dry nibs. The wettest I've tried is probably Pilot black. I would like something exceptionally wet not something generally on the wet side (tried Waterman and Noodler's). Any thoughts?

[TSherbs]

Noodler's Bad Green Gator is the wettest ink I have ever used. But I hate it and don't recommend it. At all.

[lapis]

I recommend CdA's Amazon. It's been gone for years now but maybe you can still find some.

[OCArt]

I have a couple of Parker 75's that are lovely pens but dry writers. I have recently paired them with Levenger ink to great effect-- the Levenger inks are very wet especially the beautiful amethyst.

[IndigoBOB]

For Very Dry Pens:

 

Aurora Black is known as a wet one, and it IME it doesn't disappoint, it's able to make my finest nibs on my driest pens (Lamy Safari-EF) write up to standards.

 

One ink that surprised the heck out of me was Pen Saijiki Jakuhoya (Pen House/ Sailor specialty ink). I ordered a sample from Vanness and I could only use this ink in my Finest (EF) nibs. This was wet and lubricated.

 

Also, from what I read, Kobe #51 Kano Cho Midnight Blue may be one you're looking for.

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For Moderately Dry to Dry pens:

 

One suggestion I will make is other Sailor inks. I use Sailor Jentle Miruai, Shigure, and Doyou, as well as Bungubox Silent Night to lubricate recalcitrant, dry, and/or scratchy nibs.

 

The flow on the before said Jentles is decently wet, but the lubrciation does make up for it. And these do well on cheaper paper.

 

Silent night is a little wetter with lubrication and I simply can't use it in Medium nibs or broader because it's too smooth on fountain pen friendly paper. Doesn't do well on cheaper paper. Plus it's getting expensive.

 

I find that even with the drier writing Sailor Kiwa-Guro, the lubrication is so high that it can (not always) work to lubricate dry scratchy nibs. Kiwa-Guro works great with an TWSBI Eco-EF, which isn't a wet pen and I don't prefer EF's. But the Kiwa-Guro did have inkflow problems with my Lamy Safari-EF and F that was disappointing. This is the best behaved ink I have on any paper.

 

I don't know if these Latter suggestions are what you may consider, but just wanted to put the idea out there.

[steve50]

Thanks for your inputs! I should have perhaps asked which ink is most lubricated not wet although there seems to be room for confusion between them.

 

I'm thinking, by wet it's supposed to mean how easily it feathers and drips, i.e, how thin it is,

and by lubricated how 'oily' and smooth it is..right?

[Noihvo]

Thanks for your inputs! I should have perhaps asked which ink is most lubricated not wet although there seems to be room for confusion between them.

 

I'm thinking, by wet it's supposed to mean how easily it feathers and drips, i.e, how thin it is,

and by lubricated how 'oily' and smooth it is..right?

 

 

 

[minddance]

For dry nibs, I enjoy Herbin Perle Noir, Poussiere, Eclat, (Vert Empire), Diamine Chocolate Brown, Imperial and Majestic Purple, Royal Blue, (Indigo), Oxblood, Teal, Sherwood Green, Green Black, Sailor Oku Yama, Shigure, Rohrer&Klingner Blu mare, Dokument Brown, Waterman Purple, Levenger Amethyst.

 

Any wetter, I will have to add Kodak Photoflo to inks

Edited March 25, 2018 by minddance

[KLscribbler]

Wettest ink I have ever used? It's got to be the line of "Document Inks" made by De Atramentis. They have what I can only describe as a diarrheal flow... (apologies if you happened to be eating while reading this.)

 

Seriously. Never use them on cheap paper if anything on the reverse side of the paper is of any importance. The back of the sheet will look like the mortuary shroud used to cover a stabbing victim once you're done writing.

 

I understand why the Document Inks are made that way (the intention is to lay down a lot of ink and let it deeply penetrate the paper fibers to enhance the ink's permanence)... but it doesn't make them any less practical.

 

If you're looking for inks that have a very lubricated feel instead, try Sailor inks. Most of them are moderately (but not extremely) wet, and have a nice velvety, cushioned feeling to them. Very comfy. Sailor Sei Boku is my daily workhorse ink, and it's gorgeous.

[welch]

Private Reserve Tanzanite.

[ENewton]

Probably the most lubricating ink I have used is Birmingham Westinghouse Alternator Crimson. All the Birmingham inks I have tried so far have been wet, but Alternator Crimson has the most lubrication--really striking in this respect.

[Ghost Plane]

Private Reserve Tanzanite.

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[lgsoltek]

No one has mentioned Blackstone yet. It is the wettest and smoothest brand of inks I have used.

KWZI are great too.

[IndigoBOB]

 

Thanks for your inputs! I should have perhaps asked which ink is most lubricated not wet although there seems to be room for confusion between them.

 

I'm thinking, by wet it's supposed to mean how easily it feathers and drips, i.e, how thin it is,

and by lubricated how 'oily' and smooth it is..right?

 

You know, wetness and lubrication are 2 existing variables in any ink that can vary. For example:

 

• My Noodler's Heart of Darkness has Medium lubrication and High wetness.
• My Sailor Kiwa-Guro has High lubrication, and Medium to Low wetness, but the lubrication of Kiwa-guro can make up for the Medium to Low wetness allowing the ink to flow steadily.
• Between the two, using the same nibs and pens, Heart of Darkness makes my nibs smoother, but puts down a broader line than what the nib naturally provides, while my Kiwa-Guro provides more of that "Lubricated Cushion" or Velvetty feel you get from Higher lubrication with more of a tamed line truer to the size of the nib or thinner.
• To smooth out some nibs I prefer to "ink-tune" with Heart of Darkness because Sailor Kiwa-guro is too dry. Some nibs I prefer to ink-tune with Sailor Kiwa-Guro because Heart of Darkness is too wet (Making the writing too smooth and/or too broad). And then I have my Sailor Jentle's and Bungubox Silent Night for something in between or if HoD and Kiwa-Guro simply don't work.
• If the nib doesn't work by then, I typically won't use it because I don't like the way micromesh or mylar make a pen feel and I'm not good enough to use them to get to the balance of feedback and smoothness I need. If the pen is worth it I will send it to a nibmeister.

 

This thread would probably echo much of what is said here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/296493-most-lubricated-inks/

 

 

Wettest ink I have ever used? It's got to be the line of "Document Inks" made by De Atramentis. They have what I can only describe as a diarrheal flow... (apologies if you happened to be eating while reading this.)

 

Seriously. Never use them on cheap paper if anything on the reverse side of the paper is of any importance. The back of the sheet will look like the mortuary shroud used to cover a stabbing victim once you're done writing.

 

I understand why the Document Inks are made that way (the intention is to lay down a lot of ink and let it deeply penetrate the paper fibers to enhance the ink's permanence)... but it doesn't make them any less practical.

 

If you're looking for inks that have a very lubricated feel instead, try Sailor inks. Most of them are moderately (but not extremely) wet, and have a nice velvety, cushioned feeling to them. Very comfy. Sailor Sei Boku is my daily workhorse ink, and it's gorgeous.

 

+1 on Sailor Nano-Pigment inks. I think they are special inks that carry over into EDC, being a pleasure to write with on high quality as well as cheap paper.

 

With "wet" inks that are relatively less lubricated, that is not always the case, and I feel a more significant difference between types of paper, but with more lubricated inks like the sailor's I feel less of a difference.

 

If I could only have one ink, mine would be Kiwa-Guro with Sei-boku close behind. They are very well engineered inks IMO.

Private Reserve Tanzanite.

 

+1 for wetness.

 

 

 

[steve50]

Again thanks everyone. I also remember Platinum Pigment inks having a very unusual character. It's like what IndigoBOB said, very lubricated but not overly wet. An interesting cushiony feel. It wonders me just how much the ink changes the way a pen writes!

[lapis]

Private Reserve Tanzanite.

 

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has also been called your pen's laxative...................................