Ink Reviews

Inktober Wrapping Up Our Noodler’s Ink Tests

10/03/2025

I can barely draw a stick figure, so for our contribution to Inktober, I thought I would share the last of the results from our deep dive into testing Noodler’s Inks. These are the final 22 inks from our big haul several years ago.

Examining Noodlerโ€™s Ink Part III

01/04/2025

A new year means a new look at different inks. As such, here are 11…

Examining Noodlerโ€™s Ink Part II

06/15/2024

For your writing pleasure, we have tested 10 more Noodlerโ€™s-brand inks. In Part I we…

Examining Noodlerโ€™s Ink Part 1

09/10/2023

The one ink brand everyone is always talking about is Noodlerโ€™s Inks. People either love…

Loose Ends Ink Test

06/04/2023

While wrapping up our ink tests in 2021, we had a bunch of loose bottles…

De Atramentis Starts Rich and Fades

01/09/2023

Happy New Year! Letโ€™s start the year right with a fresh look at some lesser…

Caran Dโ€™Ache Chromatics Face the UV-pH Challenge

09/06/2022

Swiss pen maker Caran Dโ€™Ache is most famous for its precision engineering on its line…

Iroshizuku Ink Gets UV & pH Tested

06/29/2022

No one should be surprised by the meteoric rise of Iroshizuku inks on the fountain…

J. Herbin Ink Goes Under the Sun

05/04/2022

French inks havenโ€™t previously undergone our rigorous testing, and we were excited to give them…

A Potpourri of Ink Tests

03/12/2022

As we have been conducting our ink tests, we ran into a grouping of mostly…

Whoa! Montblanc Inksโ€ฆBeware!

01/11/2022

Happy New Year, everybody! Sorry for the long absence. December and early 2022 have been…

Levengerโ€™s Ink Kicks Ass!

11/12/2021

Mathematical and computer genius Alan Turing famously said, โ€œSometimes it is the people who no…