Pelikan 4001 Bottled Ink for Fountain Pens, Violet, 62.5ml, 1 Each (329193)

very beautiful rich color. smooth and comfortable to write with whether you are refilling a pen or using a dip pen of any kind. It doesn't spread or bleed like some of the other inks i have tried. I also like the shape of the bottle because once i use about a quarter of it i can tilt it to make an easier access to the ink. nice permanent ink with a smooth fine finish at a good price.

The decision of Sheaffer to discontinue the Skrip line left me scrambling to find replacements. I use all kinds of black inks in my pens, from Kaweco, Pilot, Sailor (I quite love Gentle Black), Platinum (carbon black is another favorite), Monteverde . et al..But Sheaffer had a very special place on my shelf. It was THE black ink that i used in any pen, regardless of vintage or how long i was planning on leaving it in there. I knew it would flow easily, wash out easily and give me a dark black line. I've used it since i was a boy in old Sheaffer pens, from the mid90s flat top range (which were the first such pens i used), to Parkers, Vintage pens of all kinds. I've just never had trouble with this ink.I never was easily able to find a replacement. Parker Quink Black is a very easy ink to clean but is not terribly dark, even as it is very wet. Herbin Perle is gorgeous but i find it tends to dry out very quickly and it is so saturated, i try to use it very quickly in vintage pens. Pelikan, i initially bought to use in pens that have noticeable nib creep, but it is such a phenomenal ink, I've just switched bit by bit, to using it in everything. It isn't as dry an ink as i assumed it would be; nevertheless, in pens with very light flow, i find this ink actually shades up a bit. It's super dark, matte-black normally. It writes smoothly in every pen i've tried. Funnily, Pelikan Blue-Black has taken Skrip Blue-Black's place on my shelf as well. It's every bit as good (if not better).I should mention waterfastness, or "bulletproofness" is not something i typically look for in an ink. I don't care in the slightest for such properties - I actively seek inks that don't have these properties - i just use these inks as daily writers, and so weigh my opinions accordingly. For anyone with a vintage pen collection trying to avoid more alkaline Japanese inks and looking for a nice dark black which won't dry out in a sac or aerometric convertor, this is really the first (and maybe only) ink you should need.

Rich color, smooth ink.

Loved the flow of this ink, it runs pretty wet in my jinhao 10 and twsbi caffe bronze. I haven’t tried it in any of my Lamy’s yet.The only reason I’m giving it a 4 on 5 is bc it’s not truly a brown in my eyes. I’d categorize it more under orange. To be specific, autumn/fall yellowish orangish ochre. I showed it to a couple of my friends and none of them thought this was a brown ink. If they had named this something more appropriate, I’d have given 5/5 so customers know exactly what they’re getting into.It doesn’t bleed on thinner non-cotton, under 100gsm paper as well. Loving the flow of this ink

Beautiful shade of green but in dim lighting the color is very dark. If you want more of a pastel green I would get a different shade.

I love the color it is a shade of blue which I find it gets my attention. I find It very nice to write with this ink, I don’t have feathering, so yes it is easy to write with, I don’t have any problems with the ink drying up in my fountain pens, it functions as it should. It doesn’t leak out of my fountain pens. The bottle should last for a long time.

I love this ink. I will get a lot of refills out of this bottle so definitely a good value for the money. The bottle opening is the perfect size for refilling your pen which makes it easy to use. The ink is water resistant at least to the test I did. It's easy to clean the ink from the nib.

No special knowledge about ink quality - I am just looking for alternatives to throw-away type products. I like using this ink because it feels less wasteful to refill a pen than just throw it out when it's used up. There are artists who use ink such as this for artwork as well as for writing. It can be diluted with water to create various shades for gray-tone images, with techniques similar to watercolor or used undiluted with pen techniques like hatching. I'm not sure how "India ink" differs, although some inks dry water-fast. This one does not. You would want to keep water away from the finished work. For waterproof ink, I use a dip-pen rather than a fountain pen. However, if the pen dries out with this ink, it can be cleaned. So in my opinion this type is a bit safer for the pen. I have found that when I write normally with this ink it does tend to bleed through. Some reviewers have associated that to paper type or quality. That may well be a good observation. My paper is typically either tablet or memo or regular 20 lb bond. (Printer paper). Unless I am sketching.