Noodler's Blue American Eel

[yazeh]

 

This ink was part of blind ink testing on another pen site.

 

It's a happy colour, for people who love blue, shading and use good paper and avoid water  I won’t recommend this for sweaty palms or mermaids 

It’s a great colour for artwork and washes, as you can see on this quick sketch on Apica:

 

Chroma:

 

 

Dry time is long on Rhodia: 

on Tomoe RIver 68gr it didn't dry after 3 hours, so I had to use a tissue paper as a blotter, see for yourself:

Ink on tissue paper:

 

It loves water as you can see, but something might be salvaged...

 

Writing samples:

(My apologies for the low quality of scans)

Apica

Midori:

TR 68gr:

 

 

Mnemosyne:

a bonus sample, on Apica Premium notebook, (a different quote)

 

 

 

·  Pens used: : Jinhao Medium/ Fude, Jinhao X159 fine, WIngsung 3013

·  Shading:  Lovely

·  Ghosting:  On cheap paper yes. 

·  Bleed through: On cheap paper yes.

·  Flow Rate: Wet

·  Lubrication: Good

·  Nib Dry-out: Not noticed

·  Start-up: Not noticed

·  Saturation:  Soft

·  Shading Potential: Good 

·  Sheen: Faint

·  Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not noticed

·  Nib Creep / “Crud”: No

·  Staining (pen): I doubt it.  

·  Clogging: Nope. 

·  Water resistance: Meh!

·  Availability: 3 oz/ 90 ml bottles

[chromantic]

Very thorough review. A nice shade of medium blue with great shading. 

[LizEF]

Great review, @yazeh!   I'm sure you know this isn't exactly my favorite shade of blue, but do I like the bird-wash with his winter boots.   Maybe I could send him out to work the snowblower this morning?

[txomsy]

Thanks. Nice review. The (lack of) water resistance and long drying times make this pen unfit for my normal use, but it is otherwise interesting enough to give it a try eventually.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, chromantic said:

Very thorough review. A nice shade of medium blue with great shading. 

Too kind 🙏

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Great review, @yazeh!   I'm sure you know this isn't exactly my favorite shade of blue, but do I like the bird-wash with his winter boots.   Maybe I could send him out to work the snowblower this morning?

I wish I could send it, to the shovelling, or maybe I'll send it after our supposed snow storm...

I know you're more into Blue blacks and everything murky

 

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, txomsy said:

Thanks. Nice review. The (lack of) water resistance and long drying times make this pen unfit for my normal use, but it is otherwise interesting enough to give it a try eventually.

It's a fun ink for drawing or journalling (with a blotter) but otherwise as I said, it"s loves water/ humidity...

[LizEF]

46 minutes ago, yazeh said:

or maybe I'll send it after our supposed snow storm...

🙏  Here's me wishing you snow in all the places where you want it and none of the places you don't!

[yazeh]

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

🙏  Here's me wishing you snow in all the places where you want it and none of the places you don't!

Snow on the garden, but not on the garden path

[LizEF]

7 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Snow on the garden, but not on the garden path

Precisely!  Our version is "as long as it falls in the mountains, and not in the valley!"  I'd be OK if it fell in the valley - as long as it stays off the sidewalk and driveway!

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Precisely!  Our version is "as long as it falls in the mountains, and not in the valley!"  I'd be OK if it fell in the valley - as long as it stays off the sidewalk and driveway!

I like your version. I'll adopt it!

[LizEF]

21 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I like your version. I'll adopt it!