Hongdian Fountain Pen Bottled Ink Purplish Red Color, 60ml Non Carbon Inkwell Bottle, Artist Calligraphy Ink

This is a really good and underrated black ink. Its a nice deep dark black color.Of the 12 black inks I've tested, this is probably tied for 2nd or 3rd darkest. It may be difficult to tell in the picture, but its pretty clear in person. The darkest black is Cross Black. 2nd is a toss up between Noodler's X Feather, Kaweco Black Pearl, and Hongdian non carbon Black. Kaweco Black Pearl has a cool color temperature in some lighting conditions, X Feather seems neutral, and so does Hongdian non carbon Black.This Hongdian non carbon Black has good flow and is fairly smooth. It was well behaved on both ends of the nib spectrum - 1.9 Stub nib on one end (which is what I used in the picture for all of the writing samples), and a really tight Extra Fine nib on the other.I would put the amount of time it takes to dry in the medium range. It takes about 20 seconds to dry when using the 1.9 stub nib, which isn't too bad since it puts down a lot of ink. It only takes about a second to a second and a half when using the Extra Fine nib.It has pretty good water resistance, but its not as good as Noodler's X Feather in that regard. This leads to the one thing I don't like about this ink, which is that it turns purple when it gets wet. That is a minor pet peave of mine when dealing with black inks. I really prefer that they stay on the gray scale when they get wet. When cleaning out nibs or cartridge converters, this ink will turn a very deep purple when coming into contact with water and turns a nice light purple as it gets more diluted. When getting wet on paper, purplish color will come up off of the page first, but the color that remains on the page it still black, or sometimes charcoal gray depending on how much ink lifted off when it got wet.This ink is a great value and a real sleeper as far as black inks go. It will be in my regular rotation along with Noodler's X Feather and Cross Black (if I can ever find a bottle of it). Its also the least expensive of those 3.For what its worth, Kaweco Black Pearl is also pretty good except it has poor water resistance and doesn't flow for crap out of Extra Fine nibs. Hard Starts are the norm, and skipping isn't out of the question, which is why it won't be in my rotation once I am done with my cartridges. I haven't had any flow issues with it out of my stub nibs, but I need a black ink that works in Fine and Extra Fine nibs as well.

I got this for my first fountain pen and it has flowed just flawlessly, dries quickly and doesn't bleed through paper terribly. It doesn't feather out as it soaks into the paper and stays where you put it. Color is gorgeous, very very happy with it so far!!

I ordered this ink in teal because I thought the price was right and I could use it in my fountain pens. When I got the ink, though, I pulled out my pointed dip pen to try it out. I was so impressed by the perfect consistency for dip pen and by the exceptionally fine hairlines I was able to achieve. It doesn’t feather or bleed when used on Canson marker paper or Neenah laid writing paper (all I have tried so far). The color is rich and bright, but not sheer. It is consistent between thick and thin lines. I like it so much I have ordered more colors. At the $9.99 price plus an additional 5% discount for multiples, I couldn’t resist! Looking forward especially to trying the black and blue. I think this ink performs like much more expensive brands.

Flows great in every pen I have. No feathering. Blue and black colors are good, if not great. Low price.

I've tested this ink in all of my favorite fountain pens, from a vintage Sheaffer PFM snorkel, to Lamy Safari, Cross, and even some very cheap sac-pens that commonly plug up. So far so good... it has worked great in all of them so far. Flows well, and as smooth an ink as I've used. And nice color.

Fabulous color!

beautiful ink, smudge resistant and dries almost instantly.

Compared this with the sailor shikiori ink (blue). Wow pigment is great. Def recommend! I can highlight my writing without smudging. Just allow ink to dry a couple seconds.

The ink takes a bit to dry but it sticks well and is very dark.

I used this product for drawing and found it to be dark black., which is what I wanted.

Très beau flacon, emballage très chic.Encre de très belle couleur.Le produit répond à mon attente.

Ho acquistato due inchiostri: il rosso, un rosso amaranto direi, e il blu cielo, che somiglia a un turchese con un bel effetto shading che si nota di più con i pennini medi o broad. Inchiostri equilibrati, né troppo fluidi né troppo viscosi.Ottima confezione. Gli inchiostri sono arrivati sigillati nel cellophane, ciò garantisce una maggiore sicurezza nel trasporto e la certezza che nessuno li ha aperti e provati. Tutte le aziende dovrebbero confezionarli così. Può infatti succedere che vengano aperti, contaminati e spediti come nuovi; te ne accorgi solo dopo, quando l'inchiostro risulta guasto e ammuffito.

Una tinta que en su calidad y presentaciòn recuerda mucho Edelstein, pero yo creo que algo màs densa, cremosa. Igual que Pelikan fabrica con sus especificaciones particulares- tintas para otras marcas de prestigio (Montblanc recuerdo ahora), no me extrañarìa que fuera una tinta suya manufacturada en China, pero que llega a tus manos como un producto alemàn en su caja. En mercados online chinos curiosamente yo no la he encontrado. Saca tus conclusiones. Una ventaja sobre la similar Edelstein -solo unos euros más cara- que acaba de convencer al reticente es que esta Asvine-Hongdian contiene un 20% màs de tinta. La de color negro es de una intensidad, una profundidad que yo solo he visto en la de Cross; y la de color azul (oscuro) me parece soberbia. Las uso con puntos F y EF y no me ha atascado en ningún momento instrumento. Para mi, una tinta de 9,5 (dejo el 10 para Cross y el 9 para la Edelstein o la Fount India de Pelikan)