The heart of darkness is a mess when it gets wet for me. I find Lexington gray and noodlers black to be pretty good but my favorite is De Atramentis archive. When that archive ink dries nothing moves it at all it’s amazing.
Interesting choices, Mick. Surprised about Lamy Benitoite. Didn’t know about its water resistant properties. Noodler’s Heart of Darkness (Eternal) is one of the few true blackest of blacks. I have a bottle of it. And definitely a good choice for water resistance/proof-ness. Noodler’s Lexington Grey and Zhivago instantly spring to mind for a list and category of inks like yours. And my own favorites for permanence are Sailor’s superb pigmented trio of Kiwa-Guro(Black), Seiboku and Souboku (blue-blacks. Pricey inks, yes, as Sailor inks usually are, but excellent daily inks for work or art/drawing.
Thanks for this good info. If you happen to have any info about lightfastness, I would love to see it as well. I do know that Baystate Blue happens to fade like crazy. Beware putting a BSB drawing up on the wall, if sunlight might hit it. The good news is that ambient light seems to be harmless, both results according to my personal tests.
This is really interesting, thank you! My favorite waterproof purple is Noodler's North African Violet from the V-mail series; it moves even less than Noodler's Baystate Concord Grape, and it's a heavily saturated blue-leaning purple. I do water tests on any ink I want to use for correspondence since I live in a rainy climate, but I haven't tested it for bleach.
I've been using benitoite and dries really fast. So fast that it tends to dry on the nib of some of my f pens. I use it in a wet m and works really well. it feels a little dry. somewhat "sticky", but it is water resistant and dries fast. And has a nice color. Pilot black is also surprisingly resistant, i like that one very much.
A lovely colour, but I have had wildly inconsistent experiences with that ink that stop me from freely recommending it. Staining pens and generally woeful performance on even good paper like Rhodia.
Noodlers X Feather blue is pretty waterproof, and it’s a nice looking dark blue. That’smy main ik because I use cheaper paper. I’m not spending twenty bucks on a damned notebook, unless I use it as a journal. You can find cheap paper that works fine with fountain pens, like Mead notebooks, they work pretty well. I mean, what am I writing that’s so important that I need twenty dollar notebooks. People would think I was a complete moron if I told them I have a 350.00 pen, and when I write with it on whatever paper that's laying around, and it looks like hell, as it feathers like a plucked peacock….They’d look at me like what a damned fool this guy is. Then I get to use my french and say, That’s because these pens only write on “papier de luxe qui je dois impoter de France ” Don’t you peasants know anything? Go - Go eat “cake”citoyen, before I lop of your uneducated, vacuose head, and leave me with my $350.00 pen and my philosophical musings. Posterity awaits. Honestly, if I told someone that my 335.00 pen US ( that’s my limit…I’d buy a Pilot Custom eight TWO three ( my mighty Apple keyboard wont type ones or twos lol - Sounds like these inks), because I trust Pilot, and I like a pen that holds a lot of ink). Anyway, I’m off on a tangent…. Noodlers X Feather Blue looks good, and it doesn’t disappear in water. It “hints” at being purple in certain light, but it’s a very nice dark blue. Noodler’s Black X Feather doesn't disolves i water either. Those are the two main inks I use. Low “featherability," and water-resistance.
The heart of darkness is a mess when it gets wet for me. I find Lexington gray and noodlers black to be pretty good but my favorite is De Atramentis archive. When that archive ink dries nothing moves it at all it’s amazing.
You should try Sulekha Sampurna blue permanent ink manufactured in India. Beautiful blue and absolutely waterproof!
That looks lovely!
I really like how you show water vs. bleach. Please do more ink comparisons like this.
Interesting choices, Mick. Surprised about Lamy Benitoite. Didn’t know about its water resistant properties. Noodler’s Heart of Darkness (Eternal) is one of the few true blackest of blacks. I have a bottle of it. And definitely a good choice for water resistance/proof-ness. Noodler’s Lexington Grey and Zhivago instantly spring to mind for a list and category of inks like yours.
And my own favorites for permanence are Sailor’s superb pigmented trio of Kiwa-Guro(Black), Seiboku and Souboku (blue-blacks. Pricey inks, yes, as Sailor inks usually are, but excellent daily inks for work or art/drawing.
Thanks for this good info.
If you happen to have any info about lightfastness, I would love to see it as well. I do know that Baystate Blue happens to fade like crazy. Beware putting a BSB drawing up on the wall, if sunlight might hit it. The good news is that ambient light seems to be harmless, both results according to my personal tests.
Thanks for this review. I wanted to see a listing of waterproof inks.
Very helpful, thank you!!🌷
This is really interesting, thank you! My favorite waterproof purple is Noodler's North African Violet from the V-mail series; it moves even less than Noodler's Baystate Concord Grape, and it's a heavily saturated blue-leaning purple. I do water tests on any ink I want to use for correspondence since I live in a rainy climate, but I haven't tested it for bleach.
I have avoided these types of ink due to their dry times. Is there any water resistant ink that is also quick drying?
I've been using benitoite and dries really fast. So fast that it tends to dry on the nib of some of my f pens. I use it in a wet m and works really well. it feels a little dry. somewhat "sticky", but it is water resistant and dries fast. And has a nice color. Pilot black is also surprisingly resistant, i like that one very much.
@@alejandroocana5020 thank you
Noodler’s #54 Massachusetts??
A lovely colour, but I have had wildly inconsistent experiences with that ink that stop me from freely recommending it. Staining pens and generally woeful performance on even good paper like Rhodia.
@@theoffstageme and that weird smell!
Noodlers X Feather blue is pretty waterproof, and it’s a nice looking dark blue. That’smy main ik because I use cheaper paper. I’m not spending twenty bucks on a damned notebook, unless I use it as a journal. You can find cheap paper that works fine with fountain pens, like Mead notebooks, they work pretty well. I mean, what am I writing that’s so important that I need twenty dollar notebooks. People would think I was a complete moron if I told them I have a 350.00 pen, and when I write with it on whatever paper that's laying around, and it looks like hell, as it feathers like a plucked peacock….They’d look at me like what a damned fool this guy is. Then I get to use my french and say, That’s because these pens only write on “papier de luxe qui je dois impoter de France ” Don’t you peasants know anything? Go - Go eat “cake”citoyen, before I lop of your uneducated, vacuose head, and leave me with my $350.00 pen and my philosophical musings. Posterity awaits.
Honestly, if I told someone that my 335.00 pen US ( that’s my limit…I’d buy a Pilot Custom eight TWO three ( my mighty Apple keyboard wont type ones or twos lol - Sounds like these inks), because I trust Pilot, and I like a pen that holds a lot of ink). Anyway, I’m off on a tangent….
Noodlers X Feather Blue looks good, and it doesn’t disappear in water. It “hints” at being purple in certain light, but it’s a very nice dark blue. Noodler’s Black X Feather doesn't disolves i water either. Those are the two main inks I use. Low “featherability," and water-resistance.