on saleNoodler's General of the Armies - Ink Sample

General of the Armies is (grass-) green while writing; has a hint of blue after some time and turns into steel (-teal) blue after a while (when exposed to sunlight in ~ 1 1/2 hours). It will feather on very cheap paper as well as bleed through - on my normal papers it does not occur however. After toying around with an ink-sample, I now got a bottle of this ink.And this ink is very easy to clean out of a pen. I like this ink a lot!

I don't know anything about this color shift the others are talking about, I'll have to watch again... my sample is pretty much the blue grey of a uniform I used to wear UNTIL you turn on the UV light (on higher quality paper at least), at which point it positively glows the green of a uniform I used to wear. This effect was very clear on the orange rhodia notepad, Bristol paper, staples brand laser printer paper (pro tip, y'all), and tomoe, and a couple other unknown samples I tried. Unfortunately it does not show in my preferred journal or much of my 'pretty' stationary. That said, I'm still definitely considering a bottle of this ink in the future to use together with other uv reactive materials for artwork - especially alongside blue ghost where the entire piece will change depending on the light!

I bought this ink sample about a month ago. It may be a matter of batch, but my ink was rather green, than a darker blue-green or khaki that I expected. I tried with my Noodler's Ahab and the ink feathers so much on most paper, which appears like cactus, with the color being that kind of green...(I don't like this)! But this ink dries quickly and as it dries, it interestingly changes color to a more vintage tasted shade and is perfectly bulletproof. Sadly I don't like the color, whether it's fresh, dried or feathered, but had fun trying it with letters to my friends! I'd recommend sampling before buying a whole bottle. Not recommended for novices...

I purchased a sample of this a few weeks ago, I found that it definitely DOES separate if you let it sit for a few days without shaking it. You can see the blue sitting on the bottom of the sample vial, so with a good shake it was mixed and the color change quality returned. Though the color does shift when it dries, and it is neat, it is more subtle than I originally thought. And the color, I find, I do not care for so much. It seemed to behave well enough, smooth, a little thicker rather than watery.Worth getting a sample of to see if you like it.

The color of this ink does change, more on some papers than others, but even those that show the most change don't show a dramatic one for me. Basically, it goes from a greyish green-blue to a greyish blue-green, at least to my eyes. It flows well, not terribly wet, but not too dry, either. I've used it with a 1.1 Goulet stub and a Noodler's flex nib in a Konrad. I haven't had any issues with it in the pen or on the paper -- there's some feathering on cheap paper, but not more than can be expected from most inks and less than many. I can't say I was wowed by this ink, but it's pleasant enough. I don't think I will be buying a bottle of it myself, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to a friend who liked the color.