Noodler's Black "Bulletproof" Fountain Pen Ink
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Here are the Direct links to the complement ink that I think looks best with this:
Krishna Sindhoor
• Krishna "Specialty Ser...
Here I review Noodler's Black "Bulletproof". It is a Black ink. I compare it to 365 other inks tested on its viscosity and dry time, results are shown on a bell curve.
Writing sample is at 3:36
I think Krishna Sindhoor would be a great complement to the color on the page. I also give my thoughts on Noodler's Black "Bulletproof", all of the opinions are my own.
I used a Nemosine Singularity with a f nib to take my notes for this video.
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Here are the Direct links to the complement ink that I think looks best with this:
Krishna Sindhoor
th-cam.com/video/NsVyFK8jMfY/w-d-xo.html
This doesn’t mean I think the best complement is in itself a great ink, just that it is a nice complement color.
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I have to say this was the ONLY ink that worked well on my Vanishing Point EF for a time because it was SO fine that any other ink was producing a line weak enough that it was hard to read. Now the nib has broken in a little and is wetter and works with other inks. So, I would say this is a wet ink, and correlating to the viscosity variable, the theory is consistent.
I have a bottle of this and I was able to remove some of it from the page using a regular eraser for pencils. Not completely, but I could turn a solid black line into a light grey one on Clairefontaine after leaving it for a couple of days to dry. I don't know if that's a thing, or my bottle is a bad one. Here in Europe is hard to find this brand, so that bottle might be old or had been stored in bad conditions.
And yeah... Moleskine paper... Write on it with a fountain pen and you will probably be able to see the ink bleeding from the basement under the desk. And this ink is USABLE there... that's incredible.
I know when I erase the line work under the black ink it is common for the lines to become more of a grey than a black. There is nothing wrong with your ink.
This week I got myself a 4.5 oz bottle after watching your review countless times. Used it today and it's going to be in a pen at work indefinitely. Fantastic.
Thanks for the review, I might have passed this one up without it.
It is very good looking for sure. For a red.
Thank you, this helped me to choose an ink for writing on leather, which did very well.
That was unexpected... let me know how well the ink performs on leather. Interesting.
This is exactly the type of review I was looking for! Thank you :D
You're welcome.
Although I use this ink for a while but I love watching your review and information (it's easy to listen for non-native English). In my pilot EF nib , which is finer than Jinhao , It almost dark -grey. But it's my fav waterproof black. well -behaved . Thanks for the review .
Thank you for letting me know it's easy to listen to for non-native English speakers. I often feel like I am talking to fast.
This is also one of my favorite waterproof black inks, though I have been using a bunch of platinum carbon black lately. It works great for doing watercolor over.
I've also found it to be grayer than other inks, my favorite black so far is Aurora.
Absolutely the best black ink there is. It's one of the easiest inks to work with and being incredibly waterproof is a bonus. Doesn't even bleed through 60 gsm cheap paper. Works well in a Pilot Explorer (M) and Lamy Lx (F). With the Lamy Lx it actually writes finer than how I expected a Lamy Fine nib would write. I might switch it up to a Medium and get the Lx to be even smoother. I also have an Upper Ganges Blue which I had hoped would be the second-half of my Blue and Black waterproof everyday ink. But it bleeds through everything and writes quite broad strokes for a Fine nib. Which is kind of counter-intuitive after seeing your review for UGB, saying it's a supposedly a considerably less runny ink than the Black. I'm guessing it's the surface tension of the inks. Planning on buying an EF nib for the other Lx to see if I could make it work better.
Update: Replaced the Lx nib to a Z52 medium and while it writes subtly smoother the more prominent difference is how more pronounced the black becomes. Used the old Z52 fine nib and replace it on a Lamy Safari inked with UGB. To my surprise the Z52 nib writes finer compared to the previous Z50 fine nib. The slower flow also means the UGB now bleeds through noticeably less.
It definitely is a good one that has truly earned its place among fountain pen users.
As far as the UGB, please keep in mind that my reviews are nothing more than me sharing my experiences. So I would expect results to vary from person to person.
I'm happy you found a good way to get the UGB under control.
@@AnInkGuy your reviews help plenty regardless of my experience with the inks. I always try to learn the link between your results to your writing experience. Your reviews are helping me to learn how to mix and match inks to my own pens.
Adam,
Thanks for the review.
I may try this ink. I was going to try it before, but tried Noodlers Lexington Gray instead, also water resistant. It's great for sketching then painting over with watercolor.
One cool accessory I've found for the Noodlers inks is the Ink Miser, which Goulet sells. They fit in the Noodlers bottles and they make refilling the pen easier, especially when there's not much ink left in the bottle.
The de Atramentis Document inks in different colors are on my radar screen for use as water resistant drawing inks.
I think the De Atramentis Doc inks are better for paining over the noodle's Bulletproof black. The bulletproof black frequently has some ink still able to move around long after drying, it is water "Proof" for writing... NOT the same as for art. De Atramentis Doc Black is better there.
Welp found my Black ink finally.
X-feather is my second choice now.
Also the price per milliliter is hard to beat.
certainly cannot beat Noodler's price... and some of the inks are just top notch, like this one.
@@AnInkGuy the fact I like the Charlie pen because I get the 4.5oz when possible is also a plus. Who doesn't like another pen?
@@nope8535 true!
Great video, as always your videos are the most detailed on TH-cam. My mainstay black is Noodler's Heart of Darkness and I would love a review of that ink so that I can compare. Heart of Darkness is the most flowy ink I have tried and I would love a viscosity comparison.
I don't have any viscosity data on Heart of Darkness to be able to compare... but I stopped doing all that a couple years ago. One of the reasons being I feel like I learned what I was after when I was doing all that.... it also took a ton of time.
Thanks!
No thank you... I really do appreciate knowing you watched and found some value in the videos.
100% pure American accent。
Indeed, lol.
Can you please recommend me an ink that sooooo black but clean from fountain pens if left for a long time and is safe?
Probably Pilot Namiki Black. While it isn't my favorite black it is a solid performer for permanence and pen safety.
More ink reviews!
My personal goal is to hit an ink daily for a couple years, lol.
@@AnInkGuyAmbitious!
@@orihoola indeed
Is Noodlers Bullet proof black safe for a Lamy 2000
I see no reason it wouldn't... I haven't had any issues when I inked my Lamy 2000 with it. So I would be surprised if you had problems.
@@AnInkGuy Quick follow up, how do you clean your pens after using Noodler’s Bullet Proof black? Thanks
I rarely, for any ink, need more than water to clean a pen. And this was not different, just water.
@@AnInkGuy Thanks. Great, very thorough ink reviews and thanks for the quick response.
Dumb question but what happen if it gets to our skin? How hard it is to clean?
If bonds with paper not skin... so it cleans off your skin with soap water and a little elbow grease.
Not a dumb question because there are inks that take much more work to get off your skin.
@@AnInkGuy thanks!
this ink is NOT very dark, compare to Aurora. I tried shaking the ink container, multiple fills, this ink is GRAY. This ink makes Waterman intense black look good. Very disappointed.
That is surprising to hear.
@@AnInkGuy is it because I see comments all over the place expressing similar findings; I don't mean to sound critical, I enjoy your work, very helpful
@@lsixty30 I cannot say. I don't tend to look at inks and compare them, so I'm not looking for the darkest of black inks.
The swatch of Aurora is much darker than that of the Noodler's. I don't notice much of a fidderence looking at the writing.
Unfortunately, Noodler’s inks are (used to be?) not particularly consistent. I’ve never encountered that with the Black but not really surprised that there may be substandard batches in the wild.
Given your results with water and flush, how difficult was/is it to remove from a pen?
Not difficult at all, I only used water/
Ink guy! I'm getting into fountain pens because I'm tired of cheap ballpoint pens getting worse in reliability. I often need to sign documents on cheap photo copy paper that is then photo copied again. I am looking for an ink that can stand up to the intense light of a copy machine and fax without fading! The Nib would be a fine or ex fine. I am considering Noodlers Black Moccasin. Would you recommend this ink or another ink for this application???
I would say any "Document" ink will do what you're after.... The Noodler's Warden Series would also do really well in this case.
These reviews are soo good. Thank you.
Glad you like them!
Excellent review. Bought a bottle 1/2 way through your review. Well done!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for your reviews, Adam. Really enjoy them: Science and art. Would love a review of Noodler’s Heart of Darkness. 👊🏼
It takes a ling time to do the full work up on an ink. I don't even have Heart of Darkness, don't know how I missed it in the Noodler's line. I do need to get it and test it.
It will take a while before I will be able to get to it, but it will happen.
Thank you for letting me know what you would like to see.
I can tell how much time you invest in each review. The reviews are crafted. Really enjoying my subscription to your channel. The 4.5 ounce Heart of Darkness comes with a free Charlie pen; Checkout Goulet. Noodler’s TH-cam Chanel Ink Need Last Forever has a great video on what inspired Heart of Darkness.
Instructor Dominguez ...I have the ‘Eternal’ Heart of Darkness. Beautiful black and performs beautifully on my Sailor Pro Gear II’s broad nibs. It’s also got very satisfactory permanent properties. So, I’d say HoD is a very suitable substitute if you don’t have this Black. And I love HoD more than Noodler’s Black which is a bulletproof mainstay for all times.
Hey Adam,
I am revisiting this review, because I went off on another tangent.
My Wife's collection from the '70s showed up, in my remodeling effort.
In there was an old Esterbrook. The next thing ys know, we have half a dozen from ebay!
This lead be back to extra fine nibs, where I do best.
What a lot of choices there are including steno nibs, that wright in any direction.
I remember my dad, blowing away his secretaries with his skills there.
The thing is with these very fine nibs inks, like Cross Blue Black, look faded.
Long live lever pens! Chris
I have been interested in looking at lever pens when I go to the next pen show. I don't have the confidence to purchase them on line.
I think they just looks so cool as a filling system and really do look forward to getting one into my collection.... someday.
I learn a great deal of insight from listening to your material, you really put a heart and soul into this. Thanks again, I'll remember this ink when it comes time.
It is a staple in the FP community and for good reason.
Hi thank for your videos. Can you tell me how do you measure ink viscosity? Thank you in anticipation, please go on with your videos they are very interesting.
Hope that there is a lower cost way to measure then the viscosimeter.
I looked into a viscosimeter and wasn't willing to spend that kind of money, lol. I looked into how I compared viscosities back in school.
This is "Basically" how I measure viscosity. This isn't exactly how I do it but it's the best I can do to explain ay the moment.
I use viscosity races between water and the ink like here. th-cam.com/video/ubGxkWWWiIg/w-d-xo.html
I record the race time of the ink and the race time of the water, then divide the ink time by the water time and that gives a viscosity factor.
This is not a perfect representation of how I do it but the best way I can explain in the restraints of a comment. I will likely record a video showing my process some time in the future but I hope this helps.
I will be in a couple months, but the next time I have to do them, I will make it as a video.
@@AnInkGuy anyway you were clear in your response. Thank you. Guys from italy like your videos, me among them. I wish you many bottle of inks!
@@AnInkGuy Actually, a better measurement would be specific gravity. Water has a specific gravity of 1.0. Because the more viscosity you have the "heavier" the ink is, a high viscosity ink will have a larger SG. SG is calculated, where D is Density , M is mass in Grams, V is volume in mL, and SG is specific Gravity. D = m / v SG (ink) = D(ink) / D(H20) . Density of water is always functionally about 1G/mL.
it's a terrible trade off with fountain pen inks: all the times I reload my converter I spill some drops in the sink and I can easily clean it with water and my hands and I'm grateful that ink is NOT water proof. On the opposite side when a drop of water completely erase what I wrote it's very disappointing.
I like drawing sometimes but instead of using a fountain pen I think it's preferrable drawing with a dip pen and using ink for arts like Ecoline that are washable in the first instants.
Nothing is perfect.
In the viscosity and dry time part, you said Bernanke black. Is the result for Bernanke black?
No I just misspoke the name.
Would you put it in a montblanc 149? Hard to clean etc.
I wouldn't have an issue doing that... but I would also recommend instead to use Montblanc Permanent Black ink.
what is the absolute blackest ink you have used? ordered some of this ink recently, looking forward to it.
When looking for the blackest ink, it is important to look at the writing not the color swab. With that there are a lot more inks that are "perfect" as black inks. So I couldn't really say what is the blackest of blacks.
And I just got my first bottle of this ink... I love good inks.
Awesome! it is a staple in the FP community for good reason.
I need a black ink but am worried about it staining my pen. Its a stainless steel wingsung 601 "flighter" with the hooded nib in a Fine nib. I will be using it as a daily writer so expensive inks are not in the budget. Noodlers are affordable. Any recommendations for a black thats by noodlers and won't stain my pen??
the only Noodler's black that I have seen that isn't completely water proof is Dark Matter, it also has a little bit of a green undertone.
@@AnInkGuy Eeek! Green! Not my thing in black. I'll have a look at your review if you did one....The x feather black you mentioned rinses out of your pen with water...does that mean the insides havent been stained???
@@mariatriesart8389 Correct, the insides.aren't stained.
Great review!
Glad you enjoyed it