Noodler's Hunter Green

[Rugrat]

I am searching for a waterproof/UV resistant green ink. I found JimCouch's review of Noodler's Hunter Green. From what I have seen, it appears to be a nice dark forest-like green. For those that use this (or any other waterproof green), does this ink appear chalky like the the Luxury Blue or Polar Blue? How bad is the nib creep? Any and all comments are most welcome.

 

Regards,

Eric

[Stephen-I-am]

Funny you should ask; I've been using this today in a "51". I don't think it does at all. I think it's a nice, non-chalky color, and I have both inks.

 

Stephen

[QM2]

I am searching for a waterproof/UV resistant green ink. I found JimCouch's review of Noodler's Hunter Green. From what I have seen, it appears to be a nice dark forest-like green. For those that use this (or any other waterproof green), does this ink appear chalky like the the Luxury Blue or Polar Blue? How bad is the nib creep? Any and all comments are most welcome.

 

 

Eric,

 

Definitely not: Hunter Green is not at all chalky like Luxury Blue. And I am one of the worst complainers here about Luxury Blue, so I speak from experience : )

 

Hunter green is a wonderful, rich color. I would describe it as "bright forest green". It is a cartoon color, like you would imagine a forest colored in an animated cartoon, or maybe a folk-tale illustration. A happy forest green, rather than a somber one. Does that make sense?

 

The flow is excellent. The nib creep not so bad: almost all Noodler's have it, and Huner Green is not the worst offender among them.

 

I love this ink and use it often. It looks particularly good in black and silver pens.

 

Hope this helps,

QM2

 

 

 

Edited March 10, 2008 by QM2

[captnemo]

I am searching for a waterproof/UV resistant green ink. I found JimCouch's review of Noodler's Hunter Green. From what I have seen, it appears to be a nice dark forest-like green. For those that use this (or any other waterproof green), does this ink appear chalky like the the Luxury Blue or Polar Blue? How bad is the nib creep? Any and all comments are most welcome.

 

Regards,

Eric

 

I love Hunter Green. It does not look chalky or dull like many of the bulletproof inks. It is definitely bulletproof and passed my harshest tests (boiling ammonia, boiling bleach, boiling acid, alcohol, xylene, etc.) It is also slightly fluorescent under UV light.

 

The downsides are these, but read to the end:

 

1) On some papers it can feather. Hunter Green and Fox Red are my two most feathery inks.

 

2) It has the worst nib creep of all of my inks, but this does not bother me personally.

 

3) It is so heavily loaded with dye that on half of the 16 papers I test with, when first exposed to water the excess dye that did not react with the cellulose will wash off (ie. smear and run). Of course, rinsing it in earnest will get rid of it and you'll have perfectly clear writing but a few drops of water can create smearing on certain papers.

 

The solution to the above problems that works for me is to dilute the ink 50/50 with distilled water. The color changes hardly at all. It becomes slightly brighter and I call the color Grass Green. It eliminates the excess dye running problem. Feathering and nib creep are reduced but not eliminated. Bulletproofness remains unaffected. I haven't tried it but I'm sure you could go 2:1 water:ink and still have a perfectly usable ink with even less of the above problems.

 

And remember, with all such inks, shake the bottle well before doing anything with the ink.

[QM2]

2) It has the worst nib creep of all of my inks, but this does not bother me personally.

 

Interesting. In my pens, Legal Lapis and Tahitian Pearl (Swisher's exclusive) are considerably worse than Hunter Green. Hunter Green is about average in creepability out of my Noodler's inks.

[Rugrat]

Thanks Stephen. Do you have any issues with the hooded nib on the "51"?

 

 

Funny you should ask; I've been using this today in a "51". I don't think it does at all. I think it's a nice, non-chalky color, and I have both inks.

 

Stephen

 

[Rugrat]

QM2,

 

I like the Luxury Blue but t definitely is chalky. Thanks for the information. I am going to give it a go and pick up a bottle.

 

Regards,

Eric

 

I am searching for a waterproof/UV resistant green ink. I found JimCouch's review of Noodler's Hunter Green. From what I have seen, it appears to be a nice dark forest-like green. For those that use this (or any other waterproof green), does this ink appear chalky like the the Luxury Blue or Polar Blue? How bad is the nib creep? Any and all comments are most welcome.

 

 

Eric,

 

Definitely not: Hunter Green is not at all chalky like Luxury Blue. And I am one of the worst complainers here about Luxury Blue, so I speak from experience : )

 

Hunter green is a wonderful, rich color. I would describe it as "bright forest green". It is a cartoon color, like you would imagine a forest colored in an animated cartoon, or maybe a folk-tale illustration. A happy forest green, rather than a somber one. Does that make sense?

 

The flow is excellent. The nib creep not so bad: almost all Noodler's have it, and Huner Green is not the worst offender among them.

 

I love this ink and use it often. It looks particularly good in black and silver pens.

 

Hope this helps,

QM2

 

[Rugrat]

captnemo,

 

Thanks for the information. Because of the heavy dye saturation, does the ink smear when dry?

 

Regards,

Eric

 

I am searching for a waterproof/UV resistant green ink. I found JimCouch's review of Noodler's Hunter Green. From what I have seen, it appears to be a nice dark forest-like green. For those that use this (or any other waterproof green), does this ink appear chalky like the the Luxury Blue or Polar Blue? How bad is the nib creep? Any and all comments are most welcome.

 

Regards,

Eric

 

I love Hunter Green. It does not look chalky or dull like many of the bulletproof inks. It is definitely bulletproof and passed my harshest tests (boiling ammonia, boiling bleach, boiling acid, alcohol, xylene, etc.) It is also slightly fluorescent under UV light.

 

The downsides are these, but read to the end:

 

1) On some papers it can feather. Hunter Green and Fox Red are my two most feathery inks.

 

2) It has the worst nib creep of all of my inks, but this does not bother me personally.

 

3) It is so heavily loaded with dye that on half of the 16 papers I test with, when first exposed to water the excess dye that did not react with the cellulose will wash off (ie. smear and run). Of course, rinsing it in earnest will get rid of it and you'll have perfectly clear writing but a few drops of water can create smearing on certain papers.

 

The solution to the above problems that works for me is to dilute the ink 50/50 with distilled water. The color changes hardly at all. It becomes slightly brighter and I call the color Grass Green. It eliminates the excess dye running problem. Feathering and nib creep are reduced but not eliminated. Bulletproofness remains unaffected. I haven't tried it but I'm sure you could go 2:1 water:ink and still have a perfectly usable ink with even less of the above problems.

 

And remember, with all such inks, shake the bottle well before doing anything with the ink.

 

[captnemo]

captnemo,

 

Thanks for the information. Because of the heavy dye saturation, does the ink smear when dry?

 

Regards,

Eric

 

Nope. Only when you wet it, and only on about half the papers I tested. But if you dilute it, the smearing problem pretty much disappears. I was concerned about the smearing problem in cases where an address on an envelope might get wet in the rain and look messy. Once I understood the mechanism for why it does this on some papers I decided to try diluting it and it worked. Needless to say the ink goes twice as far when diluted but that's not the reason I tried it. I now longer use straight Hunter Green. My "grass green" is my only green ink.

[kudzu]

Hunter Green is what I would call bright - quite bright, especially when compared with Private Reserve Sherwood Green. But I love it's bulletproofness and use it all the time. I guess I don't pay much attention to nib creep, because I can't say that Noodler's Hunter Green creeps on my nibs so that I've noticed.