Noodler’s Baystate Cranberry

17 Monday Feb 2014

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Not as well behaved as Baystate Blue, not as bright as other vibrant pinks. Bleedthrough problems, bleedout problems, and holy feathering, Batman! Skip this one—there are much better bright pinks out there.

Noodler’s Dark Matter

30 Monday Dec 2013

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I love pretty much everything about this ink—the performance, the look, the story behind it, the price… 🙂

Noodler’s Liberty’s Elysium

28 Saturday Dec 2013

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A… gulp flexible IPG nib???

09 Friday Aug 2013

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Okay, maybe not flexible, but certainly it is soft—soft enough to get some beautiful variation out of it. But heck, it’s not even an I-P-G nib. In my best Kahn Souphanousinphone voice, “I SEE NO ‘G’!”

It’s remarkably thinner than my other IPG nibs. There’s a lot of tipping material, which makes me think this one might actually be from Germany (I’ve seen real German “IPG” nibs with no “G” before).

The pen it’s on is an interesting Ohto Dude. Definitely a pleasurable writing experience! The ink is Noodler’s Walnut.

Crappy Copy Paper Awesomeness of the Day…

16 Tuesday Apr 2013

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Noodler’s Walnut!

Written with a Noodler’s Ahab.

Baystate Cranberry

12 Friday Apr 2013

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A disappointment in the making…

Water Resistance Test

16 Saturday Mar 2013

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Ah, the extremes of the hobby…

10 Sunday Mar 2013

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The Noodler’s Ebonite Konrad, perhaps the biggest pen I own, and the smallest I have, a Mabie Todd Swan.

Noodler’s Rome Is Burning

21 Thursday Feb 2013

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This is an older review, and my opinion of this ink now is mostly negative, though I will admit that I haven’t traded the bottle and do still use it, but only with fine nibs. It’s an interesting concept and message, but the end result and usability of the ink is very limited.

Oddly enough it’s better behaved on copy paper:

Here’s a drip test:

And a full soak test:

I can’t tell you exactly how long it soaked, but it was probably 10-30 minutes. Washing away the yellow component of the ink really doesn’t take long to do.

Three Great Copy Paper Blues

29 Tuesday Jan 2013

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Here are my three favorite blues for when I’m writing on less-than-ideal paper.

Otherwise good behaving, heavily-shading and/or sheening inks more often than not are rendered by bad paper into flat, feathering, bleedthrough-prone monstrosities.

But not these three inks. Shading is heavy on all three and bleedthrough isn’t an issue at all.

Noodler’s Bad Blue Heron: A part if Noodler’s Warden Series, their most fraud resistant inks currently produced. Feathering sent a problem and shading is heavy. There’s even a tad of the ink’s subtle sheen.

Sailor Sei-Boku: This ink is one of the only pigmented inks on the market that’s truly safe for regular use in fountain pens. On copy paper its behavior couldn’t be better. Shading and sheen are prominent. The sheen is especially striking considering the absorbency of the paper.

Rohrer & Klingner Salix: This is an iron gall ink, a category of ink that is known for its good behavior on a wide variety of paper.

You won’t regret trying any of these fantastic inks.