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    Hi,

    I tend to use a blue-black ink like Pelikan or Montblanc, if I can't decide between all the possibilities. It's not like I don't like to play around with colors. That's really fun. But when it comes to pens that I use for work or everyday writing, I "need" a standard. The one ink, that I would always use when in doubt.

    So, mine would be Pelikan Blue-Black. What is yours?

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    Noodlers Black, no question best ink I have yet found.

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    My standard color is blue. However, I don't have a standard blue. I use Lamy blue cartridges (soon to be changed to Lamy blue bottle), Levenger Blue Bahama, Private Reserve American Blue, Waterman Florida/Serenity Blue, Cross blue cartridges (soon to be switched to Cross blue bottle) and Sheaffer and Parker blue cartridges. The latter two came with some pens I purchased and probably will be switched to converters and one of the other blues when the cartridges are used up.

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    MB Je T'aime, a deep red.

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    I always have a pen inked with Diamine Onyx Black and a second with Diamine Midnight.

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    Noodler's Black is absolutely my favorite. With two of my pens I had to resort to Noodler's Heart of Darkness. (The black doesn't cooperate in a vacuum filler.)

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    Aurora Black, Sheaffer Skrip Blue-Black (permanent), Parker Quink Blue. Lots of other colors, quite a few pens inked with those others, the but constant use pens are always filled with those first three.
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    Private Reserve Velvet Black, hands down my favorite black of all time (and I've tried about all of them) its always inked in at least 2 pens, including my daily carry purse pen. Private Reserve's American Blue isn't too far behind though, I just find black works for every occasion.

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    Waterman Florida blue or Mont Blanc midnight blue. I think the MBMB is my number one right now.

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    Noodler's Midnight Blue
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    I rotate through blue-blacks. Tsuki-yo is the most likely default, followed up by Sailor's.

    Noodler's Black is also a standard ink but used much less than the others.

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    I don't have a standard ink. I rotate through pens with different inks.
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    The work pen is always filled with MB Midnight Blue (the crappier the copy paper, the more it shades!). Other pens vary, but Diamines Midnight and Umber are usually in the mix, along with Tsuki-yo. The 51 has a steady diet of Tsuyu-kusa.
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    I'm still looking for a standard ink which should be permanent and something in the vicinity of black or blue. I'm considering Pilot blue black as recommended by liapuyat but I have yet to decide.

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    Default Re: Your "standard ink"?

    Quote Originally Posted by tompi View Post
    Hi,

    I tend to use a blue-black ink like Pelikan or Montblanc, if I can't decide between all the possibilities. It's not like I don't like to play around with colors. That's really fun. But when it comes to pens that I use for work or everyday writing, I "need" a standard. The one ink, that I would always use when in doubt.

    So, mine would be Pelikan Blue-Black. What is yours?

    Tom
    Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black is my favourite of all time. That doesn't mean to say that I don't like or use other inks: far from it. Montblanc Midnight Blue is another, along with R&K Salix, Scabiosa and the marvellous Verdigris. At the moment, my 'work' ink is Noodler's Prime of the Commons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jor412 View Post
    I'm still looking for a standard ink which should be permanent and something in the vicinity of black or blue. I'm considering Pilot blue black as recommended by liapuyat but I have yet to decide.
    Mont Blanc midnight blue would be a good ink for you. Pretty colour and great bottles too.

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    Montblanc Sepia, Waterman Brown and Omas grey

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    Default Re: Your "standard ink"?

    In most of my pens I use a mix of Lamy blue and Lamy red. It varies from a deep purple colour to a purply red. Every time the bottle gets a little low I just add some more of red or blue.
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    A year ago it was Noodlers Black. Now it's MB Midnight Blue...

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    Default Re: Your "standard ink"?

    Currently split between J. Herbin's Perle Noir and Chesterfield Ink's Archival Vault. The latter's an iron gall ink, so I'm wary about putting it in some of my pens, and it's not the most useful for sketching with since it darkens and changes color while curing.

    I don't hear much about Chesterfield Ink and it seems only xFountainpens stocks it. Is it a rebranding of other companies' products, or from a dark horse manufacturer in China or India?

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