EFNIR: Noodler's Pasternak

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Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Noodler's Pasternak

This is review #276 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:


Post-recording notes: The Noodler's website says this ink is "purple" (also, Archival, Bullet Proof, Fluorescent, Forgery Resistant, Water Resistant). Some retailers list it as black. Some images look blue-black. One looks brownish reddish. On my slide, it looks blue-grey with some green lean (to the eye, not magnified). On my swatch card, it's grey with reddish undertones (later, it seems to be leaning blue now!). Maybe this ink is unstable, maybe it reacts to paper, or maybe it's batch variation - whatever it is, don't be surprised if the color you get doesn't resemble mine. (I shook the (gifted) vial vigorously before use.) Later: the cartridge clearly shows purple, but only grey comes out of the nib.

Cleaning was the bear you would expect. A pinkish color clung to everything. Plan to use your entire cleaning arsenal. The ink looked very green going down the sink, and I swear the water-test ink looks greenish now, though no ink came off the page... Bizarre.

Zoomed in photo (Not too far off. Doesn't look so fuzzy to the naked eye.)


Screenshot (Text is a bit dark.)


Scan of Completed Review (This is the closest to what my eyes see.)


Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (The contrast (dark spots) on the absorbent paper is very exaggerated compared to reality.)


Line width (The "I" in "Ink:". Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 390µm, with thirteen divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 397µm. With 276 inks measured, the average line width is 296µm.) (Baystate Blue keeps its "widest line" title by 3 microns. )


Microscope image (100x. My eyes see hints of purple, green, blue, and maybe yellow.)


Microscope image (100x. Smartphone through eyepiece. Color is more accurate, but not entirely.)


Water Test Results (To my eyes, all the text is as green as the far right edge of "4" in "Day 4" and parts of "ternak".)


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