The book is a new work by fiona banner, with photographs by paolo pellegrin. Noodlers ink is 100% made in the usa from cap to glass to ink. This ink comes with a free noodlers charlie eyedropper. Glass noodler s ink bottles are filled to the brim with ink. Noodler s dark matter formulated to emulate ink used for manhattan project, i know the least about this one noodler s bernanke black fast drying, feathers more noodler s black eel similar. The only hash i have about the product is the owners requirement to buy silicone to maintain the dropperfilled. Give it three days to cure and the only way to get it off is destruction of the paper. Noodlers heart of darkness ink sample the goulet pen. Make your document eternal with the use of the ink. Noodlers whiteness of the whale ink 1 oz bottle jetpens. In 1917, for future editions of the book, conrad wrote an authors note where he, after denying any unity of artistic purpose underlying the collection, discusses. Our selection of our best selling noodler s fountain pen ink samples. So i wrote them down and, according to the pdf, these all feature the same attributes namely theyre bulletproof, eternal.
Unfortunately my camera does a poor job capturing how black noodler s heart of darkness really is. Noodler s heart of darkness is a popular permanent black fountain pen ink that comes in this 2ml ink sample. Heart of darkness is an essential edition for fans and students of conrads work, but is. The ink gets its name from the novella by joseph conrad, which he based on his experiences of the congo in africa. Jetpens is accepting and shipping us orders, but due to covid19, free shipping is not available. Whats the difference between these noodlers blacks. Though there are darker blacks, heart of darkness is black enough for me and considering it is a generally wellbehaved ink. What is the difference between the noodlers black inks. Noodlers heart of darkness fountain pen ink comes in a large, 4.
It flows fantastically, dries quick and doesnt smear. Named for the classic novel that inspired the movie apocalypse now, heart of darkness is a slightly darker and fasterdrying alternative to the standard noodlers black ink. It is incredibly waterproof on normal unsized paper, like in my sketchbook and on copy paper. Gwin, dustfinger, and farid leave in the night after dustfinger stole inkheart from mo. Made to resist the effects of time, this ink is archival, fade resistant, and unaffected by humid or acidic conditions.
Whats the difference between these noodler s blacks. I was looking through the pdf on the noodler s ink website that goes over all the characteristics of their inks, and started noticing that many of the black inks had the same attributes. I absolutely love noodler s products and will happily continue to. This is partly because the story it tells has the visceral simplicity of great myth, and also because the book takes its narrator charles marlow, and.
This set includes 54th massachusetts, apache sunset, black, black swan in australian roses, heart of darkness, lexington gray, libertys elysium, and navajo turquoise. Noodler s heart of darkness is the darkest black that ive seen in quite some time, for an affordable price. Noodlers heart of darkness is a popular permanent black fountain pen ink that comes in a 4. I ordered the heart of darkness ink with the intentions to use with watercolors since this is a waterproof fountain pen ink. Like all of noodler s baystate inks, its notorious for two things. If you like working with color, this is a fairly plain black. Comes with a free noodler s charlie eyedropper fountain pen. By wet, i mean ooh the page is dissolving in the ink kinda wet.
Gee, seems so long ago that i signed up to this place of pens and other delights. The bottle has a builtin glass eyedropper so you can easily fill your eyedropperconvertible pens. Noodlers best sellers ink sample set the goulet pen. Also in noodler s line are unique bottles and colours, some with politically influenced themes. This is a solid ink and behaves very well on handmade paper, cheap paper, or expensive paper. Heart of darkness is a superb descriptor for this ink.
Noodler s heart of darkness is one of their bulletproof inks. Noodler s bad belted king fisher blue ink duration. Wow, i just got this heart of darkness ink in from amazon and with it came a new noodlers pen by the name of the charlie pen. Noodlers heart of darkness is the darkest black that ive seen in quite some time, for an affordable price. Top notebook is a mead and the bottom is a black and red. Though there are darker blacks, heart of darkness is black enough for me and considering it is a generally wellbehaved ink, i consider it a keeper. A quick writing sample displaying noodler s heart of darkness fountain pen ink. Herein may be found my own thoughts and opinions on the matter, as well as some test results i.
Noodlers heart of darkness and charlie pen youtube. The ink is definitely the smoothest writing out of the four, but i wasnt thrilled with the performance. A thin icy film or slush may develop in the ink at temperatures close to this limit, but it wont expand and can even still be written with. The only hash i have about the product is the owners requirement to buy silicone to maintain the dropperfilled pen. The package was delivered faster than anticipated, but most importantly, arrived undamaged. Heart of darkness is completely bulletproof, eternal, forgeryresistant and waterresistant. Noodler s baystate blue ink is fairly resistant to water and to bleaching, so its a good choice for documents. Its pretty water resistant, fairly black okay, theres very little as black as noodler s old manhattan, but that has bleedthrough issues on some papers, dries faster than noodler s black, and is very well behaved in general. Heart of darkness is a combination ink that absorbs as much of the color spectrum as could be engineered, with an average penetration rate bulletproof. This ink is popular for its very dark color and performance on absorbent paper, particularly its ability to resist bleed through and feathering. Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and. It may bleed a bit prior to the 3 days or if the paper is flooded with ink.
If you dont need permanence, i would go with aurora black, pilot iroshizuku takesumi, or one of the diamine blacks. This ink is water resistant on cellulosebased papers and resists all known tools of forgers, including uv light, bleach, alcohol, and other solvents. The story in turn was adapted as the movie apocalypse now. It is the darkest black ink i have encountered so far.
This new charlie is being sent with this ink as an introductory for a limited time and if they get good feed back it will become a noodlers production pen. An index in the rear of the book catalogs the sentences and phrases that. Ideal for security documents because of uv, bleach resistant nature. Noodler s heart of darkness is a popular permanent black fountain pen ink that comes in a 4. I picked up a bottle a while back mostly to get the charlie pen but im finding that this is a great ink. If your going to stick with one ink and only refill when empty the extra lubricating property will not come into play. Noodler s ink fountain pen bottled ink, 3oz, bulletproof 54th massachusetts. The product is new, current product directly from the manufacturer. For my first black ink i wanted an extremely dark shade of black so after much research i decided to go with noodler s heart of darkness or hod as it is also known. This ink may still be vulnerable to smearing when exposed to water. The airship picked matt kishs heart of darkness as one of the best books of.