Noodler's Ink Fountain Pen Bottled Ink 3oz Bulletproof 54th Massachusetts

1st of all: 100% waterproof.2nd: 100%Value For Money.Superb Delivery by Amazon as well as "Helloyehlo". Delivered very well packed. Great job by Fedex Courier. The ink slightly feathers, but that is normal for all waterproof inks. I have used de Atramentis dark blue/ blue and they spread much more than 54th Massachusetts.Shading: Not Found really.Finally: Fully Satisfied.

Just go for it. Love the grey shading as well after drying for several days.

Love the color...but, It spreads too much on most papers..

So much to love about this ink! So I'll start with the actually ink itself: 1. The color is spectacular. Blue is my favorite color but not any blue will do. It is not those flashy, bright, overkill, bright, dance recital color blue but rather a dark denim, matte tinge blue. A blue that if I were to purchase this color dress, I would not have an issue matching it with other accessories. 2. What's not to like about a permanent ink in today's day and age with so much theft and deception going on. I did not know that regular pen ink could be washed away until recently which is one of the reasons I went on a search for a permanent ink. 3. Archival ink. I again did not know anything about archival quality until I started a few decades ago working on my ancestry and saw how ink could fade. 4. It is a good size bottle of ink. Will last me a while which is very important. NOW... the most exciting about this bottle of ink. It is made in good old New England! And so we get to support a fellow New Englander. So far I know for sure that my family is and always has been a true New Englander... residing in New England through many a war... including the Revolutionary War. And I will even go so far to say that even the box it came in is interesting. Not sure if the boxes are all the same but mine had cute little decorated pictures on it and had a fish. If you are a New Englander and have ever been Striped Bass fishing, you just know what I mean. Now they have forced me to have to go look up this regiment and learn more about it. And who knows, maybe I'll find one of my relatives served in it.

I really bought this ink because its waterproof and it have not let me down. It dries quickly. Also a very nice shade of blue. I'll be sticking to Noodler's brand for all my future fountain pen ink purchases.

Very nice blue. More on the darker navy side which I like. Tested waterproof on basic copy paper 1 min after applying the ink. No smears. Perfect stay. Definitely an archival ink which I was looking for.I use a Pilot Metroplolitan pen with an italic nib and the ink flows flawlessly with no feathering and no bleeding through the copy paper. My bulletproof black ink from Noodler did bleed slightly through cheap paper so anticipate this will as well. With higher quality paper I’ve never had an issue.

I am glad that I bought it. That is all I am going to say for now.

I’m new to the FP world, and have taken to its charm quickly.I do not prefer black inks but I require a professional one.I enjoy the blue/gray of this ink. It’s professional but has enough of a quirkinesses that can give you a sense of not being a corporate drone.This will be in my daily writer and will be purchased again when i run out.