De Atramentis Document Ink Black - 45ml Bottled Ink

So glad someone on facebook watercolor for beginners page, recommended this ink and Lemay fountain pen. I'min love with them.

Great ink for everyday use.

This ink is great for everyday journaling and the ink doesn't bleed. I am using this ink with the Pilot Vanishing Point pen I got at work and I've never been happy to write tons of reports.

In the Pilot Parallel Pen - Great!

Warning - this is a very specific review to my experience with De Atramentis Document Black in the Pilot Parallel pen. I tested various permanent blacks and narrowed it down to Sailor Kiwaguro, Platinum Carbon Black, and De Atramentis Document Black. I had been using Noodler’s Eel Black, but in the Parallel pen it didn’t flow well. It skipped a lot, but I was satisfied with it otherwise. After lots of tests on envelopes and letterhead, the De Atramentis came out the clear winner - the color was one of the deepest blacks, it flowed well out of the Parallel pen with no skips, dried the fastest of all, and was waterproof - although, all the samples in my test were. I used it fast enough that I couldn’t test to see if it clogged over time, but it cleaned fairly easily. I conducted another experiment, which some may find helpful. I wanted to find a clear body for the Parallel nib so I could eyedropper it and get a larger ink capacity, and see how much ink I had at a glance. So after some compatibility research, I ordered a Moonman/Mahjohn M2 and swapped the nib out (perfect fit, by the way). In this configuration, the DeAtramentis is just a little too wet, I’m guessing because of a slight gap between the feed fins and the barrel housing - causing it to pool in the feed section. So in this configuration, I may need to go back to the thicker Noodler’s ink.