The important things for me about a black ink are:
1. Water resistance
2. good flow
3. Doesn't take forever to dry
Noodler's Black takes care of the first two, but takes a glacial age to dry. I tried Heart of Darkness and it dries quickly and I like the flow. It would be my go-to black. But it tends to spread a little too much on some papers (not talking cheap copy paper. Just my Leuchtturm journal). I like Dark Matter. It's well behaved and it's water resistant. Dry time is ok.
Was wondering about Old Manhattan Black as mentioned in this thread? Specifically does it dry quickly? How about behavior?
Any other suggestions?
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