This worked. They got it right this time and I'm about to try it.
I was just testing my Levenger Raven in a WS 601A. The one with conical nib. It kerploded in my hand. But the ink actually did wash off, so I guess, yay?
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So far I've tried Noodler's Heart of Darkness, X-Feather, and Black. For blackness sake, the Black seems blackest. The Black doesn't seem to hurt my pens but I tend to not keep any one ink in any of my pens longer than a month without a good cleaning.
I'm cleaning several pens now to play with the bottle of ESSRI I got yesterday with a 1.1 and 1.5 stub. I know it's not totally black but watching it change from a blue to a bluish-black in 15 seconds is fun and it dries much faster than Noodler's Black.
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Samples...samples...why did I not get SAMPLES? 🖋 📓 🖌
But nooooo.....I had to buy BOTTLES. 💰 💸 💎
Thanks to everyone who responded! The saga may continue.
I rather like Pilot blue-black.
I probably would, too. The Pilot/Namiki Black is working very nicely so far in a cheap demonstrator.
Yes, reviving this old thread with a specific black ink question:
To my horror, I am out of Lamy Black ink carts, and though I ordered more, they won't arrive for weeks. I want to use a Lamy Safari, and am now convinced it's best to stick with the ink of the penmaker. But in the meantime, which inks work best in a Lamy Safari with EF nib?
I have JH, Monteverde, Diamine, MB, Pelikan, Quink, and Namiki blacks on hand.
Thanks. 😊
I donīt have an answer to your question, but to avoid horror in the future you can think about getting a converter for your Safari.
Both Z26 and Z28 work in a Safari.
The Safari of my son is not finicky regarding ink, it just works fine with most of the inks.
I do have converters, thanks!