Noodler’s ink review

Noodler’s Blue Eel Fountain Pen Ink Review

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Noodler's Blue Eel

Noodler’s Blue Eel is a lubricated ink that is designed to improve the flow of your fountain pen.  I was surprised by how much I ended up liking the color of the ink; it’s a real bright and saturated blue.  The flow is heavier as you would expect from a lubricated ink but so far has not caused problems with any of the papers I regularly use.  No real issues with bleeding or feathering.  Dry time is on the average to slow side and it is not waterproof.  This is easily one of my favorite blues.

Noodler's Blue Eel
Writing sample on Maruman Smooth-To-Write loose leaf paper.

 

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Noodler’s Qin Shi Huang Ink Review

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Noodler's Qui Shi Huang

Noodler’s Qin Shi Huang is rich red with a bit of a pink hue.  The flow is average but this ink seems to feather quite a lot on the Maruman Smooth to Write paper I used for the written review.  I tried this ink on a Rhodia No.18 pad and my Exacompta FAF pad and there was less but still noticeable feathering.  I have heard of feathering issues even with extra fine nibs which is too bad because this ink is beautiful. There is some shading and the ink is fluorescent.  Qin Shi Huang is not waterproof and has an average dry time.  I really love the color of this ink but the feathering even on high quality paper is a turn off.