B&B Noodlers 5 O'Clock Shadow Changed me!

[bradyarz]

Well, maybe not changed me, but this ink was well worth the cost! My most well-used pens are a Hero 329 and a Foray Focus. I've been using Parker black quink, which has been ok. (I got it as part of the sale when I bought some of my pens on the BST last year.) It isn't all that...well, black. It also will smudge and smear very easily if the paper gets wet at all - not that great of a trait as I tend to drip coffee from time to time.

Enter the 5 O'Clock!

Both pens write much better - the 329 especially. The nib doesn't really flex by any stretch of the imagination, so I don't get any vibrant color gradient. However, when I'm looking back at samples of the quink and 5 O'Clock side by side, the 5 O'Clock is much nicer looking. It's very black, but there's just that aura of green that shows up every so often. I love it.

Now if I could only master Spencerian and get rid of this darn chicken scratch!

[coyotewhisper]

Noodler's are great inks. They perform well in any I use.

[Vlad]

I love Noodler's. It revived my love of fps.

[bradyarz]

While the color difference doesn't jump off the page, there is a difference if you're looking close.

Good to hear, mine should be arriving shortly. So there is some shading?