Noodler's Legal Blue - Ink Sample

It spreads

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.

Fast Drying. Waterproof. Medium Blue

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.

Nice color but spreads

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).