Recently I participated in a traveling ink box. It was exchanging one for one exchange. Over the years of pen collecting and ink collecting, the one ink brand I have not got into was Noodlers. I have had bottles of Noodlers over the years had PIF'd them away. Noodlers is one ink brand where there are two distinct camps for it and those that dislike it to the point of hating it. Urban legends some true and some unfounded abound. I guess I fell for some of the half truths.
All ink has the potential of being problematic if proper pen maintenance is not adhered to. Some of the complaints of inks is due to lazy pen maintenance. I'm fastidious about keeping my pens clean and rotating inks.
From the box I took a bottles of Noodlers Legal Lapis, Noodlers Rome is Burning, and Walnut, a bottle of Diamine Steel Blue, a bottle of J Herbin 1670 Ocean Blue. My decision on the Noodlers choices were to give Noodlers an honest chance to earn a spot in my ink rotation. Initially the results have been positive. I'm really enjoy the Legal Lapis, Rome is Burning is a very unique color that even offers some shading with my fine nibs.
Will Noodlers earn a spot, probably. The lesson learned is to evaluate inks thoroughly is you have to use them and not assume. I know in the past I was too eager to discount Noodlers inks.
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