Platinum Carbon Black - 2ml Ink Sample
This waterproof, pigment-based carbon ink is highly regarded by artists, and is a standard for ink-washing and mixed media work where you need to draw a line that will later be washed overtop.
Caution: Pigmented inks are intended for use in fountain pens, though they require more diligent maintenance and should not be left to dry out in a pen. It is best to clean it from your pen at least once a week to prevent clogging. Certain pens may handle pigmented inks better than others.
- Condition
- New
- Brand
- Platinum
- Type
- Ink Samples
- Color
- Black
- Fast Drying
- No
- Fluorescent
- No
- Shimmer
Whether or not the ink contains glittery particles.
- No
- Freeze Resistant
Whether or not an ink is specially formulated to better withstand freezing temperatures.
- No
- Volume
- 2ml
- Iron Gall
Ink made from iron salts and tannic acids. Though quite permanent and waterproof, these inks are typically known for causing chemical corrosion to metal pen parts (especially the nib) and should be used sparingly or with less-valuable pens.
- No
- Lubricated
Whether or not an ink is specially formulated to increase flow in your pen.
- No
- Pigmented
Whether or not the ink contains finely-ground solid particles in liquid suspension.
- Yes
- Scented
- No
- Water Resistant
Whether or not the ink, once dried on the paper, will resist being washed away with water.
- Yes
Customer Reviews
It is very permanent
I found the ink to generally be decent for what it is, however it suffers from a quite long dry time of around 35ish seconds (the slowest of all my inks I've tried so far). Additionally, when it comes to blackness I found it generally average especially compared to the noticably blacker Noodler's HoD Oh and for those who care, yes there is a small amount of nib creep with this ink.
Bought the sample in order to try this ink. My main ink now is Platinum Black (dye based). So Carbon black is a tone darker, it looks more like black, while dye based Black looks like dark grey. Carbon black has similar tone to Noodler's black. And the line is uniform, without tone variations. In other aspects, except water resistance, Platinum Black and Platinum Carbon Black are very similar.So Carbon Black is a nice performing dark black ink with bonus - maybe the best water resistance in the market.
Platinum Carbon Black is my first experience with pigmented ink. It does live up to it's reputation for being very black. It flowed well, dried fast enough and hasn't caused me any problems sooooo far.
Writing with this ink (in a fine nib Preppy) feels really great, but it dries really light! The ink looks faded, like an old photocopy. Shaking the pen before writing doesn't make a difference. Besides the color issue, I love this ink. It flows smoothly, is not too wet or dry, and behaves well on cheap notebook paper (no feathering or bleeding).
