Overall Impression: A really nice, dense, true black ink with no hint of gray or green. If you don't care about water spills or archiving it's a dependable performer. Sadly, it now gets ignored for its Noodler's bullet proof counterpart.
Color Category: Black
Saturation: Good
Shading: Good
Drying Speed: Poor
Opacity: Very Good
Feathering Resistance: Very Good
Flow: Very Good
Bleed through Resistance:Excellent
Water Resistance: Very Good*
Light Fastness: Very Good*
pH: 8.2*
Is it archival? (pH neutral & light fast): No, it's slightly too alkaline
Special Features: None
Avaliable in Bottles (30mL, 50mL and 62.5mL bottles plus International Size Short or Long Cartridges)
Quantity: 50 mL (1.69070 fl.oz. (US) ounces)
Bottle Shape: Old style short rectangular bottle with pen rest (similar to J. Herbin).
MSR Price per bottle as of 4/27/09: $13.10 (Higher price because of the pen rest bottle)
Price per mL: $0.22
Would I buy it again? No, but it's a very good option if you can't get Noodler's Heart of Darkness, which is my favorite black ink.
Similar Inks: Cross Black Ink is literally the same stuff. Aurora Black Ink is another nice dense black ink, but with better flow qualities
Suggested Pen Pairing: My first really expensive fountain pen, a Pelikan M800 with an OB nib, lived quite happily on a regular diet of this stuff.
After ten minutes in cold tap water:
Note: This was the first bottled ink I ever bought, after years of Sheaffer cartridges. It's also the only bottle I've ever entirely used up. (This was before I went insane and collected over a hundred bottles of wide flung manufacturers and increasingly crazy colors.)
1 comments:
Although often overlooked, Pelikan Black is a nice, rich, smooth-flowing ink.
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