on saleNoodler's La Reine Mauve - Ink Sample

I've been looking forward to try out the waterproof inks of Noodler's and this is definitely it. However I find that it spreads so much even on a Midori MD paper. Writing with a Pilot Kakuno fine nib makes it look like a medium, or in some papers a broad. The color itself is lovely but I find it hard to like with how finicky it is.

I'm big on waterproof inks, and Noodler's is the only company that makes a full line of non-pigment waterproof inks. When I say waterproof, I don't mean 'your writing will still be somewhat legible after a spill or soak', I mean effectively no blurred letters or color coming off the page. This ink satisfies this requirement. I found it to be a wet, saturated mauve without a ton of shading. I think I prefer De Atramentis violet, which is flatter, drier and pigment based, but it also dries more slowly. Both are great though, and if you want a waterproof purple ink I'd recommend this one. Noodler's also makes a polar purple I haven't tried.

The color was pretty but the smell gave me a headache. I had to dump the ink it was so bad.

I'm pretty new to fountain pens, but already I have decided that I love almost everything I've tried from Noodlers. Their colours are very nice and the ink flows very well and smoothly from my fine and medium nib Metropolitans.

This is a bulletproof ink, nice saturation. I have it in a Nemosine .8 Singualarity. This ink make the nib feel like silk. I guess its the lubrication qualities. but this feels like writing on silk with Rhodia/Clarefontaine. This is a nice purple that flows really well and can be a daily user if your office isn't that uptight. I highly recommend it.