on saleNoodler's Legal Blue - Ink Sample

I'm a relative newbie, gradually figuring out what I like and want. I do a lot of relatively small lettering, so I have settled on EF nibs only. But with some inks, like the beautiful Liberty's Elysium, (and now this Legal Blue) I cannot get an EF line to save my life: it's a nice clean line, but it looks like it's coming from an F or M nib. Which may be fine for some, but I want a tight, EF line. In short, I'm not doing a full review: I'm basically testing for just three things: (1) WATERPROOF. I've come to believe ink should be permanent. But I don't do my own drip tests: Goulet's online tests are perfect. (2) DRIES. Some inks, (Ottoman Azure, Noodler's Navy) are still sticky at the top of the page when I get to the bottom. I have to close the journal with a kleenex blotter between pages. (of course, different papers behave differently)(3) TIGHT EF LINE: No inks that make an EF look like F or M.All my tests are in a Quo Vadis Habana / smooth 90 gsm dot journal, with a Noodler's Ahab / Goulet EF nib. Noodler's Legal Blue. This is an attractive medium blue, neither tipping towards violet nor turquoise. Some shading, but not a leading feature. [x] Waterproof [x] dries. And how. This ink is one of the fastest driers I've ever used. If you want a fast drier, check this one out.[-] EF line. Not at all. My EF nib is putting down a line that looks like an M. For my purposes, that takes Noodler's Legal Blue off my list. But if you really want a medium blue that is waterproof and dries as fast as anything, give it a look.

I bought a sample of Legal Blue for use at work in my Pilot Decimo fine nib. It looks like a beefy medium nib on Rhodia paper. I'm disappointed and won't be buying a bottle of it. I'll try using it up somehow where a thick line is acceptable.

Color is nice bright blue, elegant, and very waterproof. The main problem is that it spread quite a lot and feathers on normal paper (I tried on Moleskin notebook and Mead notebook; cannot say paper quality is low).

I have this in a Jinhao x750 and it writes pretty broad. I tried Apache Sunset in the same pen and it writes thinner so it's definitely the ink. I like the color because it's not a typical royal blue but a dark sky blue but it doesn't really have shading. I tried on Leuchtturm1917 and Rhodia and on Stalogy paper. All of these seem to absorb it a little. Still nice color, waterproof, minimal if any feathering. I'll give it another chance in a different pen/finer nib. I can't knock stars for shading or how it writes in one pen.

A very well-performing permanent blue. This ink sample was quite a bit brighter and more vibrant than the pictured sample, or the first sample I purchased. This is what one expects with hand-produced batches, though. Otherwise, a very good blue to use around the office, or in my Conklin Crescent filler, hence the name. The dry time is phenomenal on Original Crown Mill Stationery. Good job, Noodler's.