Smell of the ink ?

[IacobusXCII]

My Pilot/Namiki black catridges have a strong smell, but it isn't at all pleasant. It's a bit like strong glue.

 

EDIT sorry for the duplcae post. I had browser trouble

Edited July 5, 2008 by IacobusXCII

[lak611]

Noodler's Polar Blue has a nice smell. It is not a phenolic odour, but it has an odour. I would recognize the smell of phenol right away, since I used to work with crystalline phenol and liquefied phenol in the QC lab of a chemical company.

[mucephei]

Funny, I recall the smell of my late father's Quink like it was yesterday, yet modern ink doesn't seem to have that whiff. Mind you my sense of smell isn't that great so an ink really would have to pong before I would detect it.

 

Edit: I don't know the smell of phenol but if it has been banned it probably is very volatile (ie reactive) and hence smelly. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Solv-X was in fact phenol.

Edited July 6, 2008 by mucephei

[lak611]

Chloraseptic throat spray contains phenol. The phenol is what numbs the throat. Phenol is also found in some lip balms. Campho-Phenique cold sore ointment contains phenol as well. The smell of camphor and phenol are similar. If you smell the Campho-Phenique, that is the best product on the market now to give you an idea of what phenol smells like.

[DerMann]

Interesting thread....

 

I just went through and smelled all the inks I have on hand.

 

Normal Noodler's ink usually has a heaving "inky" smell (one similar to freshly printed comics and the like). Noodler's Eternal colours (Empire Red) have a harsh smell, almost like disinfectant or isopropyl alcohol. Pelikan has a subdued smell that is present, but not very noticeable. Skrip has almost none. Waterman's has a very pleasant ink smell.

 

Must get more Waterman's.