on saleNoodler's Brevity Black - Ink Sample

Great it arrived just when they said it would.

I am on a quest for a waterproof black, as I need that for my work. And one that works well on copy paper, as well as in the notebooks I use to track my research notes. The Bernanke Black dries crazy fast, which I love, as well as being waterproof. The ink had varied results based on the pen used and the paper written on. Since I greatly appreciated the really thorough reviews others left on here, I want to do the same. PEN: Monteverde Innova EF Nib (drier writer of my two pens)- Copy Paper: Wrote and behaved perfectly. Good saturated black, dries instantly, only the tiniest hint of feathering. Excellent Pen-to-Paper Flow.- Exceed Notebooks: Flow is a lot drier in the notebook, flow isn't as good.PEN: Hong Dian Black Forest EF Nib (from Amazon) (wetter writer of my two pens)- Copy Paper: Put down a lot more ink, has a wet flow that spreads and feathers on copy paper, as well as ghosting and bleeds through.- Exceed Notebooks: It writes much wetter with this pen, and is just awesome in notebooks. It's not quite an instant dry anymore, but is still fast. Has the best Pen-to-Paper flow of all the combinations. OVERALL NOTES: - The ink doesn't go back and forth between the papers very smoothly. Because of this, Platinum's Carbon Black will probably beat it out as my Holy Grail WP Black Ink. But this was the closest runner up from the samples I've tested so far. But the cost per milliliter compared to the PCB, I may grab a bottle specifically for when I know I'll be doing a lot of writing in just my notebook for a while.

I bought this ink for a left-handed colleague. We teach the 1st year drawing class together. I got a bottle for myself as well. The ink is terrific; very fast dryer, good opacity, surprisingly good flow (using both fine & extra fine TWSBI minis), no bleed through on either standard note cards or Moleskin. If you need a good black ink with a fast dying time ? whatever the reason ? then consider this the ink.

On most papers, this dries so fast that I CAN'T smudge it. On Rhodia, it's a little slower, but looks better. In my LAMY M and B nibs, this ink doesn't feather at all. But, in a very fine flex nib I have on another pen, it feathers like crazy.Anyhoo, this and Bay-State Blue are the two inks I carry everywhere with me.

Great ink for a first-time fountain pen user. Using this in a Lamy Safary with an EF nib. Great, 8/10 darkness from a scale of 0 (white?) to 10 (black).Dries very quickly. Not bulletproof, but doesn't claim to be. Can look washed out with broader nibs. Looks great in my Noodler's standard flex.