First Impressions: Noodler's Black

[Raissermesser]

I had refilled the converter with Bad Black Moccasin, but, due to nib creep and bleed through on some papers, decided to pour out the tad left in the pen and fill with Noodler's Black. I thoroughly washed out the BBM, removing the converter and flushing as well as cleaning the converter, reinstalling the converter, and then filling with Noodler's Black. So far I'm pleased. It does not feather one bit on the cheap notepad paper and does not bleed through. I'm waiting for it and BBM to thoroughly dry on a sample page before giving it a water test.

The color the cheap paper is darker than BBM, closer to Sheaffer Black, which does feather and bleed on this paper. It's darker than Platinum Carbon Black, which also doesn't feather and bleed, and, surprisingly, has less bleed through. Platinum Carbon Black has slight bleed through on this paper, while Noodler's Black has none. Dry time seems adequate.

Flow seems good, as does lubrication.

I really like this ink. If it does well on a variety of papers in real-world use, this could easily become my go-to ink. Supposedly it's eternal, and I'm very tempted to use it for journaling, but after coming across some horribly faded ink scribblings about fifteen years old, I'm sticking with the Platinum Carbon Black for this purpose. For now.

 

[vanhooglesnort]

I love this stuff. I've only tried a few blacks, but this one is the blackest, most saturated I've seen.

 

[Dog Whiskerer]

I have a lot of black inks and Noodler's black checks all the boxes for me, especially permanence and performance on cheap paper. There was a stretch where I always had a pen inked with Noodler's Black. But now I have enough of the various Noodler's blacks that at least one is in a pen at any given time.

As of late, I've been using Noodler's Black Eel a lot.

 

[Runnin_Ute]

I only have two blacks currently - Noodler's Black and one that never made it to production - Blackstone Black Cashmere. They have a couple of blacks, but I haven't used those. I just don't use black a lot. (I had Levenger Raven Black at one time)

I find Black Cashmere more opaque than the Noodler's.

 

[Duke of Buckingham]

It's like writing with India ink - love it.

Just wish it dried a bit quicker. I have to be careful not to smudge.