Luxury Brands Noodler's Bottle 3 Ounce Refill, Eel Blue (19203)

I am a fountain pen snob, perhaps a fanatic. I feel that the use of ball-point, roller-ball, and felt-tip pens is a major factor in the destruction of handwriting as an art. When a cashier at a modern megastore asked me why I declined to have their automatic machinery write my check for me, I explained that I got pleasure from writing it, but would get none from their machine writing it for me.I do not buy "collector" fountain pens - I try to get the best possible nib in the least expensive barrel in which that nib can be had. My daily pens are a pair of Parker Duofolds and an inexpensive Lamy with Fahrney's italic nib. I have at one time or another owned and used most every brand and model of fountain pen.Two of the great problems facing someone who uses a real pen are paper and ink. Most of the paper pads are designed to absorb ball point ink quickly, and are miserable for fountain pens, since they spread the ink into blobby letters. Finding really good bottle ink is another vexing problem.Office stores, if they have bottle ink at all, usually have a "name" brand black ink. Specialty stores have a better variety, but can be hard to find, and their variety isn't usually all that good. Most of their inks are, at best, acceptable. Some aren't.I use blue ink, in part because it makes it easy to tell an original signature from a photocopy, but have had difficulty getting the shade of blue I favored. Parker had a very nice blue that is, I believe, no longer sold in the United States. I have been known to mix two different blues together to get the right shade.I tried the Noodlers Blue Eel on spec after seeing it on Amazon and reading the reviews. What a joy! A perfect shade of blue, great viscosity, writes well on a variety of paper finishes, and very well on most. Still a problem on government issue lowest-bidder coarse-weave legal pads, but better than anything else (quick tip: just use slightly better paper).I'd not heard of Noodler's before, but now I can't imagine using any other.

This is my first lubricated ink. I've been using it in a lamy safari with a fine point and am loving it. The color has some real nice pop to it. Does not look as nice on a yello legal pad, however, on which it fades a bit and looks like a lighter mellower blue. Really pops on white paper. Flows very nicely. Not sure if that is because of the lubrication or not. I'm excited to finish it in my fine point and get it into an extra fine because of the way it flows. I bought this as an alternative to the baystate blue that I have in one dedicated pen and which possibly can damage or at least clog pens, especially if it is mixed with other inks. While this blue does not pop the way BSB does (nothing does) it is a worthy alternative. I'm happy.One note. Noodler's fills all of its inks to the very top (even higher I think). This was the first one that spilled when I opened it. Beware when opening. Came of my wood desk easy enough and only stayed on my hands the rest of the day.

Came intact. Bottle was ’topped up’ and very full. Spilled some on my finger when I opened the bottle. Dried pretty quickly as I wrote. Nice clean medium blue with a slight sheen. Haven’t checked the bulletproof-ness but the ink on my hand did not wash off even when scrubbed with a brush.

Have been using a group of medium-priced, but decent quality, fountain pens, with an old bottle of Sheaffer Skrip Blue-Black Ink. Frankly I just got tired of the color; so I started looking for some other ink. Came across the Noodler's brand; and after reading their website got the impression they really care about their products and its quality. Huge number of colors and four categories of fountain pen ink. The 'Eel' has lubricious properties. Since one of my pens is a little scratchy, especially on low-quality paper, I ordered this ink.It is really nice. All of my pens are smoother writing and I like the color. I can't be positive but I think it matches the color of ink I used in 3rd grade learning to write, (shortly before the commoditization of the ball point pen, the Bic!). So it feels very familiar. Next up I'll probably try one of the BulletProof or Eternal inks; so I can write checks and address envelopes for the US Mail with one of my pens.

This is a great color blue. I've used this ink in my Pilot , Waterman, vintage Sheaffer and my Mont Blanc. The ink is smooth and flows well. I would like to have had the glass ink bottle so I can display it on my desk though. The white plastic bottle with the ink jet printed label is weak. Look at the picture and you'll see I actually had to tape the label back on since it was falling off. Other ink manufacturers supply their ink in glass bottles at similar price points. So, I have to display other ink bottles on my desk as opposed to Noodler's.

Tried it on my most problematic pen, a Jinhao fp.. after inking it up and trying on regular copy paper, all issues are gone! No skipping, no nib creep, minimal bleed through, no feathering and perhaps most surprising, dry time is not an issue at all! 4 seconds is all it takes for it to dry completely. Overall very happy with this ink. Too bad it didn’t come in a glass bottle as it came on a plastic one, but with the quality and the results I’m getting, I will overlook that issue! Can’t wait to try the other bulletproof line. The one Noodler’s states is good for regular copy paper. I’m sure that will be a winner too!

Noodler's makes great ink - very saturated - extensive range of colors to choose from - and Noodler's is the only ink manufacturer to make EEL inks - inks blended with a lubricant to keep your pistons happy!. Note the main difference between EEL and regular blue is that the lubricant tends to prolong dry time. I've also noted a difference in color but it is slight. This is good if you tend to keep you nib exposed to air while you think!!

i have other noodler bought in US and in comparison this one doesn't dry quickly and thats annoying ....though color is very nice, i will say avoid