Noodler's Bad Blue Heron - Ink Sample
2ml sample of Noodler's Bad Blue Heron fountain pen ink, in a labeled plastic vial.
- Condition
- New
- Brand
- Noodler's
- Type
- Ink Samples
- Color
- Blue
- 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.
- No
- Scented
- No
- Water Resistant
Whether or not the ink, once dried on the paper, will resist being washed away with water.
- Yes
Customer Reviews
This is a beautifully and interesting blue. It's a more aggressive ink in that there is some spread and ghosting on most paper. The color and shading improve with premium papers. And it's definitely not for use on cheap paper. It will likely spread, feather and bleed through. And the color will be dull and less blue.
I like the dusty blue shade, but not the way the ink flows. On Rhodia 80g paper my broad tip wrote like a double broad, and worse than that on cheap ink jet paper. In that photo, I used the same pen, but with Diamine Denim. It is certainly bullet proof. I'm glad I tried it, but I won't be buying a bottle of it.
I loved the color but it made my fine nib write like a heavy medium and bled through a bit. Seems too have way too much flow. Compared to the Sailor ink and the Organic Studios it's very "fuzzy". This is in my Leuchtturm1917 which is supposed to be more weighty than moleskin to preven bleed-through... I wouldn't dare use less expensive paper with this ink.
Hi I used this ink on JinHao 301 with a F nib. Where the Goulet pictures show the ink as really deep blue, my experience was the color was lighter and less navy. I actually like the color in person than the sample picture. For some reason the ink was stubborn and would stay on the vial's walls for quite some time, and it was also very very bubbly even when using a syringe. Maybe the sample batch wasn't great. But with the Jinhao pen it performs pretty well. I'm pretty likely to buy a bottle if I dont find another blue ink I love more. This ink is more likely to feather on cheap paper btw. There's a tiny bit of feathering on Moleskin paper
I bought a sample of this ink and filled up my Kaweco Sport Skyline Mint F with it. It was on the dry side, and when writing with my Kaweco, produced a color similar to Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo, which was a lot paler than what I was expecting, but attractive. It feathered slightly on copy paper. The real issue for me is that, when filling my pen, I got a little drop of this ink on the pale, mint-green barrel. I immediately wiped it off with a paper towel, but it left a stain. I soaked a paper towel in Goulet pen flush and used that to try and get it off, to no avail. I took 10 seconds to do a writing sample before flushing this danger juice right out and cleaning the whole pen. My pen is soaking in pen flush now, but the stain is not budging so far. If you are looking for an ink that will sink its claws in and stay, I guess this is it, but for me it wasn't worth ruining my pen for.
