My favorite ink has been Bad Blue Heron - I love the color and the waterfastness. However, the more I use other brands of ink, the less I like the performance of the Noodler's. For instance, in my Lamy 2000 medium nib, Montblanc Midnight Blue flows beautifully every time and glides over the paper. BBH has flow problems if it sits for a day, and it feels chalky. It seems to congeal a little between the tines, and it takes some "exercise" to work it out and get reliable, wet flow. I only have one pen that works reliably with BBH, a Sheaffer Triumph Imperial, but even that has issues sometimes.
Any suggestions for an ink that has a similar color to BBH, and is highly water resistant, but doesn't have the flow issues or chalky feel? The Montblanc is nice, but I prefer a slightly lighter blue (Midnight Blue dries very dark). Pilot Blue is too bright, although I really like it as an occasional ink.
Any suggestions for an ink that has a similar color to BBH, and is highly water resistant, but doesn't have the flow issues or chalky feel? The Montblanc is nice, but I prefer a slightly lighter blue (Midnight Blue dries very dark). Pilot Blue is too bright, although I really like it as an occasional ink.