Thursday, April 21, 2016

My Favorite Ink Colors

Everyone will find their favorite colors and ink brands and it comes from trying as many as you can. I have found that I prefer darker colors most of the time and I also like the richer, more saturated inks. I then started looking at my inked pens and the most used inks in my collection and decided to give you the list.

Black:
  1. Noodler's Heart of Darkness
  2. Noodler's Bad Black Moccasin
  3. Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi
Blue:
  1. Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao
  2. Blackstone Sydney Harbor Blue
  3. Private Reserve Black Magic Blue
Red:
  1. Diamine Red Dragon
  2. Diamine Oxblood
  3. Pelikan Edelstein Garnet
Green:
  1. Private Reserve Ebony Green
  2. Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine
  3. Blackstone Daintree Green
Orange:
  1. Noodler's Apache Sunset
  2. Noodler's Cayenne
  3. Noodler's Habanero
Brown:
  1. Faber Castell Hazelnut Brown
  2. Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Guri
  3. Noodler's Kiowa Pecan
Purple:
  1. Diamine Imperial Purple
  2. Private Reserve Ebony Purple
  3. Noodler's North African Violet
Yellow:

Well, yellow is so hard to read and I do not own any yellow inks

As you can tell, I really like Noodler's Ink and there is a reason for that. Nathan Tardif makes a lot of very interesting inks and I love the amount of permanence that many of his inks have. I also really like his viewpoints and how he wants to provide the most value for my dollar. I get the same feel from Private Reserve but these inks are just a joy to use.

Well, there they are. My favorite ink colors at this time. It may change as I continue to amass more and more ink to the dismay of my wife.

This post is my opinion only based off of my experiences. I am not getting paid by any vendors listed here nor am I affiliated by any of them.

2 comments:

  1. Hey Steve,
    Thanks for the posts. For those who are new to the fountain pen world like myself, think you could do a similar ranking of pen manufacturers for entry-level(<$25), mid($25-50) and high-end(>$50)? I value your honest opinion and would appreciate a good starting point.

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  2. Sure thing. Thanks for the suggestion.

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