Noodler's Blue Nose Bear - 3oz Bottled Ink

Ink review

Great ink and wonderful customer service.

Should have listened to the other reviews!!

I had really high hopes for this ink because I thought it looked so unique, and thought it could be passable as a daily use as it wasn't too outlandish. I read tons of reviews here on Goulet and other sites, and 99% said the same things: bleeds and feathers like crazy, nearly unusable for writing. I wanted to seem for myself, thinking maybe my pen (Pilot Custom Heritage 92 M), my paper, or writing style would make a difference, because I really REALLY wanted it to work, but the reviews were all pretty much spot on. The feathering and bleeding were so bad, that I cannot think of any situation where it would be acceptable for use for writing purposes. Maybe it could work in artistic applications, or even being brushed on like a water color paint? Fortunately it wasn't terribly expensive, but it was terribly disappointing. For anyone considering this ink and not wanting to believe the reviews, I strongly suggest buying and trying the sample vial first and not going all in on the 3oz bottle like I did. If you do buy it and it works for you, please post a review with what you used and how you got it to work. I'd be curious!

Beautiful Blue

It's hard to say what the flow or the drying time for this ink is as I'm still relatively new to the ink world. However, the colour is a light blue and no hints of green what so ever (from my bottle anyway). Fountain pen I used was a wingsung 698 so it is a very fine nib. There may be more shading if you use a medium nib. Overall still a very nice ink.