Very Fast Drying Black Or Blue Ink

[thesmellofdustafterrain]

What's a very fast drying black or blue ink?

 

I'm thinking of using a fountain pen at work, but the ink always takes a few seconds to dry which risks it getting smudged. I'm not always working at a desk and need to jot things down quickly.

[ScarletWoodland]

I haven't tried them myself but Noodler's Bernanke Blue and Black are very fast drying.

[Arkanabar]

Sandy1's ink reviews usually include this info, typically with a variety of pens and on a variety of papers

[landrover]

Haven't seen any new Sandy1 reviews for a while. I do miss them, hope she's OK!

[inkstainedruth]

The fastest drying black ink I've ever run across was Organic Studios' Charles Darwin. But I can't recommend it -- the spread and bleed through, even from a cheap Chinese pen with a hooded F nib, was terrible.

I haven't tried the Noodler's Bernanke series inks, but my understanding is that they were designed for left-handed over writers. For me, Noodler's Heart of Darkness is fast enough drying and a black enough ink for my needs, plus has the advantage of being pretty water resistant.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[thesmellofdustafterrain]

Funny you should say Heart of Darkness. I just ordered it for the Charlie pen. I need a cheep pen I can keep in my pocket at work. Free = cheep.

 

Stupid me, I think of volume in metric (but temperature, distance, and weight in imperial - stupid public education...muttermutter) so I originally expected quite a small bottle of ink. Doing my research, it's going to be a lot more than the 45ml I had planned on.

[thesmellofdustafterrain]

I love reading ink reviews. I am learning so much about all the different qualities ink can have.

 

It's just, I'm having trouble isolating for certain variables. I could read 100 reviews at random and it would be just my luck that the 100 inks I chose to read about were all slow drying inks.

 

Coming from a beginners space, it's very difficult to know where to start. I really appreciate everyone here helping me learn about this.

[Bibliophage]

Tongue in cheek here, sort of, but the fastest drying ink I've used is Stratitec black inkjet refill ink. Works beautifully in my Parker Vectors and Pilot Varsity. Works decently in a Wing Sung 3008.

[RudraDev]

I've found J.Herbin Perle Noir to be a super fast drying ink. I've used it in an extra fine nib and it dries almost instantly. Some areas where the ink pools may take just a second longer, but I can say from my personal experience that it doesn't smudge at all.

Edited February 19, 2019 by RudraDev

[CoolBreeze]

De Atramentis inks dry within seconds. Less than 5 sec in my experience. The document inks don't budge once dry - they go no where even if you have wet hands. I've also been playing around with Deatrimentis hyacinth - it also dries fast. Haven't tested smudging yet.

 

This is all true on Rhodia, Black N' Red, and Franklin-Christoph paper

Edited February 19, 2019 by CoolBreeze

[fabri00]

Private Reserve did several inks marked "quick drying" a couple of years ago.

[City74]

I haven't tried them myself but Noodler's Bernanke Blue and Black are very fast drying.

I have the blue and it is indeed fast drying, and a very nice ink

[thesmellofdustafterrain]

The Heart of Darkness arrived. This is much quicker drying than I expected. I think it will do nicely.

 

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. It's great to learn about new inks.

Edited February 22, 2019 by the-smell-of-dust-after-rain