As much as I loved the Noodler’s Liberty’s Elysium ink, I wasn’t 100% happy with its non-fully waterproofness, so last December I decided to continue my quest to find the perfect blue ink.
After watching a video about Noodler’s 54th Massachussets at Goulet Pens, I passed an order of a bottle of 54th M. and another of Noodler’s Polar Blue. I will review the Polar Blue another day, today I wanted to speak about this wonderful and beautiful blue-black ink.
The only thing I don’t fully love is color, a bit to dark for me. It’s very (very!) saturated, with little shading, I guess I’m going to dilute it a bit next time to reduce saturation and see if it does some shading and a bluer color. It doesn’t feathers, even on bad paper, and that’s a big positive point for me (and Polar Blue and its Black sister, aren’t great on that area). It’s waterproofness is really stunning, as usual in Noodler’s bulletproof inks (besides Liberty’s Elysium). It flows good on my Noodler’s Konrad, I had read it was somewhat dry or hard-starting, I haven’t found it so.
In brief, I really like this ink, I only wish it was a bit bluer. Maybe I should try Noodler’s Upper Ganges Blue next time…
As usual, I’ve also posted this review in the Fountain Pen Network.
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The water-proofness is really something, isn’t it? You’ll probably like Upper Ganges. It’s not as blue as Liberty’s Elysium (it looks like denim), but it is water-proof.
I’ve done a review of Upper Ganges, and yes, I love it