dark blue black

[miatapaul]

I am looking for a nice dark blue black. I like the inks that you can't really tell if it is blue or black. I also want shading, and need reasonably low feathering as I write on a lot of bad paper at work. I have Sheaffer Skrip made in Slovinia, and I like the color, but am not too impressed with the performance. What would you recommend? I did try Diamine Blue Black in a store (Appointments in Cincinnati) and liked it, seemed to have the shading down, but was not really dark. I guess the problem is some of the darker inks are obviously not gong to shade much.

Pens will be mostly fine, but I have a few flex and italic nibs to get some shading with.

[Bogon07]

Have a look at Goulet Pens interactive swab shop, they have a colour grouping for Blue-Black & Dark Blue Inks
http://www.gouletpens.com/Swab_Shop_...lack_s/816.htm


I'd recommend Noodler's Midnight blue but there is plenty of choice on the at the above link.
Pick a few you like and then use the comparison tool to line them up.

[The Good Captain]

The reformulated Diamine Blue-Black R2 (there's a little label inside the new boxes) might just be what you need.
new Diamine Blue-Black R2.jpg

[snedwos]

Mont Blanc Midnight Blue may be for you if you're willing to try an iron gall.

http://fpgeeks.com/2012/08/inkcyclop...midnight-blue/

[Freddy]

Another to consider is Diamine Denim.

[Ordinal]

Pelikan Blue Black is a nice antique-looking one and performs well on bad paper iirc - not sure whether it is dark enough for you but worth a look. Best in fairly wet pens.

Diamine Denim and Midnight are certainly dark, but I had issues with their drying speed. They seemed to stay wet almost indefinitely, particularly the Midnight. Maybe more absorbent paper would have helped.

[gwgtaylor]

I keep going back to waterman blue black. It shades beautifully and is super well behaved in all pens and on most papers. Other than that I like twilight from Diamine or midnight blue from montblanc.