budget water resistant (/permanent) ink recommendations in India please

[bheeshmpita]

if no options in budget segment, what are the cheapest alternatives ?

Edited September 1, 2022 by bheeshmpita

[A Smug Dill]

Hero 232 blue-black iron-gall ink and Hero 234 carbon black ink are both immensely water-resistant and priced very cheaply (at least to buy from vendors in China). I don't know if there are local stockists where you are, or how capable you are at organising shipment of goods out of China to where you are. 

[bheeshmpita]

16 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Hero 232 blue-black iron-gall ink and Hero 234 carbon black ink are both immensely water-resistant and priced very cheaply (at least to buy from vendors in China). I don't know if there are local stockists where you are, or how capable you are at organising shipment of goods out of China to where you are. 

thanks, let me update my post.

[Aravind_A_2310]

4 hours ago, bheeshmpita said:

if no options in budget segment, what are the cheapest alternatives ?

Krishna lyrebird water sapphire in my experience has been a very good ink. It's a turquoise with good water resistance, ample wetness, decent shading, and compared to pilot inks, its way less expensive... I think it's around 350 rupees for a 100 ml bottle(when I bought it from Sreekumar sir, owner of Krishna inks), which is a lot of ink for the money

[IlikeInksandIcannotlie]

Pilot Blue, very water resistant. Great performance, great flow. As A Smug Dill suggested Hero 232 would be ideal, but alas, I have found no online,local vendors of the ink in India.

[bheeshmpita]

39 minutes ago, Aravind_A_2310 said:

I bought it from Sreekumar sir, owner of Krishna inks

from their website?

 

going through previous posts in this forum, hari ji has recommended Camlin fount drawing ink (black one therfore more suitable for formal puposes), any experience regarding that one?

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[Aravind_A_2310]

9 minutes ago, bheeshmpita said:

from their website?

 

going through previous posts in this forum, hari ji has recommended Camlin fount drawing ink (black one therfore more suitable for formal puposes), any experience regarding that one?

 

No, I contacted him directly via whatsapp

 

On your query regarding Camlin drawing ink, Unfortunately no... I don't have any experience

 

[bheeshmpita]

4 hours ago, Aravind_A_2310 said:

 

No, I contacted him directly via whatsapp

 

On your query regarding Camlin drawing ink, Unfortunately no... I don't have any experience

 

Hi Aravinda, a message for you. Kindly check email

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[Nick T]

Least expensive waterproof ink I know ~ https://www.registrarsink.co.uk/

10.50EU for 110ml plus shipping.

[Mansi]

I'm currently using the Pilot Black for my sketching.... the black does run, which is actually pretty cool to do shadows with. Overall, its highly water resistant but not water proof.

[biswa124]

Krishna Inks also has waterproof ink series namely, Rainwater (100% waterproof) and Monsoon Sky (50% waterproof). These work well with relatively wetter pens (e.g. Kanwrite Legay with Ti nib and ebonite feed).

[nmp]

 

On 9/1/2022 at 1:33 PM, bheeshmpita said:

if no options in budget segment, what are the cheapest alternatives ?

Channelling my inner Nitish Bharadwaj/Puneet Issar...

 

Pitamaha, aapne na "budget" ke liye koi aankada diya, na "colors (rangon)" ki koi soochi di.

Aur nahi aapne "permanent" ki vyakhya di [only waterproof or bulletproof/fadeproof?]. 

Isi liye apne manse ye soochi bana raha hun.

 

Krishna inks are a good option as suggested by many.

 

My list:

1. Black - Schneider black bottle - My exp is with schneider black cartridges which i expect to translate to the

    bottle- Dark, wet black ink. semipermanent 33 ml for ~ ₹ 364 on amazn.

    Pilot Black - Great overall ink with good water resistance - very happy with cartridges.

 

2. Purple - Rohrer & Klingner  Scabiosa -dusty purple, but dry ink. Great shading potential. mild Iron Gall ink (but

    iron gall nevertheless), with good water resistance [All non dokumentus RK inks are about ₹ 700-800 per

    bottle of 50 ml ink].

3. Blue-Black 1 - Rohrer and Klingner Salix - Iron Gall.

    Blue-Black 2 - Pilot 30/60 ml [350 ml bottle is incredibly cost effective if you can find it]. The most well

    behaved blueblack ink, I use this to test a new pen. If you get the 350 ml bottle, you basically are set for the        next decade for a work appropriate, everyday ink with good fade resistance and more than decent water   

    resistance.  

   Blue Black 3 - Daytone Blue Black. Not as wet as Pilot but cheaper. 

4. Blue ink -  Pilot Blue and Krishna's waterproof blues. I think these are your only realistic economy options. Because blue inks are supposed to be uised by school students, they need to be accident proof - i.e. be quickly washed off school uniforms etc. None of the standard budget inks I know are water resistant - indeed Pelikan 4001 RB has a very poor fade resistance as well. Surprisingly, their 4001 Turquoise is much more light fast, but zero water resistance as well

5. Specialty colors - Green/Red/Yellow etc. - I would just use a gel pen for those specific needs. no point buying ink in a color that you can not use regularly. Pentel has got really nice gel pens in green, red and pink -I used them all.

 

Finally, I ask you to consider non water resistant inks too, just be more careful with your written papers - keep them away from moisture. THat opens up multitude of ink brands in variety of colour options.

Eg. - Monteverde/Conklin Horizon blue, Waterman havana brown, R&K leipziger Schwarz, and many other colours.

 

Also, try and use non bleached/acid free paper which also protects your writing from fading off. 

 

BR,  

 

 

[Shyahi]

I have used 3 black s

Diamine jet black

Brill

Pilot

Camlin

 Pilot come first

 second is brill

 

 Diamine is only good for black colour

 

 Camlin is best only for scribling