on saleNoodler's Navy - Ink Sample

A beautifully shading dark blue ink. Doesn't work well on poor paper, >30sec dry time on nice paper, smears easily even after drying completely if your hands are sweaty. Very high value sample from Goulet pens - a couple of converter fills, but the ink itself isn't for me.

Great blue-black-ish ink that was far better than Midnight Blue. Bought samples of both to use on a TWSBI with an EF nib. The MB looked faded and washed out but the Navy looked so much better.and richer than the MB.

I'm very left-handed and new to fountain pens, so I'm currently on the journey to find a bottled ink with a little flair that works reasonably well without smudging too terribly. This ink isn't too bad in that regard. Thus far I've used it in my little Moonman Wacai capsule pen with a fine nib, and I've had relatively few issues with smudging -- even after writing a couple full pages on a little Rhodia notepad and testing it out on almost any paper I can get my hands on. It's a wet ink, and also a really very pleasant color, a solid navy color that takes on a small hint of green to it in the right light or on the right paper. The sheening is relatively minimal. This ink is certainly not waterproof, as I discovered when my written page came in contact with a cup ring on a table. The letters were still somewhat clear, though there was significant bleeding from just a small bit of water.Overall, I'm pleased. It's definitely up there in my choices for "big bottle purchase".

Glad I bought the pen samples as it's the perfect amount for 2 fills. Love the color; a little watery, but most of the Noodlers are. Great choice

The color is very beautiful, but the inky is very smudgy. I've had to let it dry overnight on several occasions because it genuinely takes that long to dry on some papers. The things I write with it always end up smudging terribly unless I'm very careful.