Noodler's Ink Fountain Pen Bottled Ink, 3oz, Brevity Blue-Black

I have always tried to stay away from blue, black, and blue-black inks but I'd thought I'd try this as a lefty and it didn't disappoint. It dries quick but is still quite a wet flowing ink. The color is really gorgeous too. It's my favorite blue-black ink and I would say out of the 12 or so inks I'm currently rotating through this is in my top 3.Edit: It’s been a couple of years and I’ve used this ink rarely. It’s still a great, quick drying ink. Great for lefties like myself. I will say though that it can look a little flat and boring so if you’re into getting sheen, shimmer, variations in darkness as you write then this might not be for you. That’s not to say it’s not a nice color, it just tends to be flat. At first I really liked how wet the ink flowed but I stopped using it as frequently because it was a little too wet. Even in a fine nib you will get quite a thick line so be careful of what paper you use this with if you want to avoid bleed through and use a non size that’s smaller than what you may be used to. Every ink brand has its own personality I’ve found and Noodler’s inks tend to have differing personalities from ink to ink and batch to batch. This one is wet, fast drying, and flat. I would also caution that you may want to shake the bottle if it’s been sitting for some time. I left the ink on a shelf for a year and it came out very light blue when I returned to it. I shook the bottle to mix it up again and it darkened closer to the tone I remember when I first got it. Still a 5 star ink though.

This is some serious bulletproof ink! It dries almost instantaneously, and will not come off, smudge or smear. The only problem I've had is getting it on the sleeves of my shirts because it will not come off! The color is very nice, and it's a very dark blue/black.

If you absolutely need a fast drying ink, get QEternity. That feature comes at some trade off, though.I'm lefty so I got this so my hand wouldn't smear over everything I just wrote. It dries REALLY fast. I've had absolutely no smearing since I started using this ink. It flows very easy and lubricates well. It feathers on some paper and bleeds through in small dots on thinner papers, more so than other inks I've used. This happens for me even with fine and extra fine nibs.It's a good business ink. Solid and serious color. Very little shading. Makes a good workhorse ink for jotting quick notes at a very good value. And it's a VERY good buy for lefties with smearing problems.

It's not waterproof, but I gave it five stars for water resistance because I don't think it's supposed to be waterproof. This is, so far, my favorite color of Noodlers. I love this ink. It flows well and does not clog my nibs. It's a lovely color. I love everything about it.

The ink color is fine. It's a bluish black but pleasant to look at. The problem I have is I'm left handed. The ink smudges as it doesn't dry very fast. It also bleeds through paper consistently. To be fair I do not use it in a super high end pen but other inks performed exceptionally well in my Lamy Safari and Pilot Metropolitan. The one problem that is an absolute deal breaker for me is this ink leaks out of both of my pens all the time. I am always trying to clean ink off my hands or worried it will get on my suits. I wouldn't buy this ink again. I had been using Waterman ink before this with no problems.

This ink is true to the other reviews I read before purchasing. It flows very well, almost too well for my taste. I blended it with private reserve ebony black to help slow the flow in my pens; a preppy and a safari both with extra fine nibs. I write on two part forms for almost everything I do as well as standard costco copy paper. Alone the Q'ternity would bleed quite a bit, but with a half and half mix in my converter it does very well. it is not water proof; I left a fountain soda on my desk and it managed to sweat all over, including a fresh quote I wrote and the bleed was really cool (if you like random tye die art). Learned a valuable lesson there. For what I use my pens for; writing work orders and quotes, this ink is not really what I need. By blending it with the ebony black it works well enough that I am still a happy camper. As for writing on fountain pen compatible papers it's amazing, I've been writing business notes and other things that I try to remember on a large format Rhodia pad and this ink has been very pleasant to write with. Since I really should have been a little more attentive to previous reviews, both on amazon and the interweb; it still gets the 5 stars as the reviews and description were accurate, I'm just very hard headed.

This blue-black is very similar to Bad Belted Kingfisher by Noodler. It seems to flow better in all my pens than my BBK. Dries out less in the nibs of pens I don't use daily compared to BBK. Smooth writing, fast drying, lovely blue jean color.

Yes, Q-E'ternity dries fast, but I've never experienced another ink that feathers like this one.I didn't buy it just so I would need to search for the right paper and pen to use it, so I consider this purchase to be money wasted.

Excellent ink; very good quality. Subtle, rich colour "black and blue" The product came REALLY well packed, so no danger of spilling. I think this is a very high quality ink at a reasonable price and as a fountain pen aficionado, I recommend you try it. Cool graphics on all their products too.

As a lefty, I love this ink. It dries fast but feels amazing to write with. For the price it is an insane amount of ink and I totally recommend it.