Brian Goulet's Top 7 Shading Fountain Pen Inks
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2015
- You'll definitely get a chuckle with the intro of this video, for my top 7 shady....err....shading inks. What is shading? It's a common (and often desired) aspect of fountain pen ink where there is pooling in certain parts of a letter when writing, so that the color and saturation of the ink appears different within a single letter or word. Shading inks are something commonly sought out by fountain pen enthusiasts because it's a characteristic that can't be achieved with ballpoint or rollerball pens. A wider nib helps bring out shading.
I'm often asked which shading inks are my favorite, and to be quite honest, it's really difficult to narrow down even to a top 7 list. I could just as easily have made it a top 40. I chose to focus on trying to get a somewhat varied color range, especially as I've found that certain color shades tend to be better shaders than others. Oranges and turquoises tend to all have incredible shading, whereas reds and blacks seldom have any.
One distinction to make here is that I omitted inks with "sheen", as that's not really what I'd consider shading by how I've defined it here. You'll likely see some incredible inks I've left out here that you would have wanted to see, it's very likely it's a sheening ink instead of a shader.
Without further ado, here are my top 7 shading inks (in no particular order):
Noodler’s Apache Sunset (4:18) - www.gouletpens.com/products/n...
Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses (5:24) - www.gouletpens.com/products/n...
Diamine Marine (6:34) - www.gouletpens.com/products/d...
Noodler’s Navajo Turquoise (7:27) - www.gouletpens.com/products/n...
Noodler’s Golden Brown (8:03) - www.gouletpens.com/products/n...
De Atramentis Mint Turquoise (9:03) - www.gouletpens.com/products/d...
Noodler’s Lexington Gray (9:37) - www.gouletpens.com/products/n...
I hope you enjoyed the video and my selections. I'd love to hear your favorite shading inks in the comments below.
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I hope shading inks gets a sequel! Really interested to hear about more inks!
6 years later and this is still hilarious.
Trench coat and shorts ...
kmfurr1 a true fashion faux pas
New trend? -Brian
The Goulet Pen Company but it looks like a dress :\
Unless you're into that ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+UARAF16 gender stereotypical much
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please make a part 2 of this video! We need more greens, reds, indigos, purples, and browns please :D
Hey Brian, can you please do a new updated video regarding shading inks? I know these days you would include a far broader range of brands including Diamine, Robert Oster and the Iroshizuku range.
My fave one is definitely Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses. I like darker colors :)
And I'd be 110% into a sheening inks video!
I'm already working on it :) -Brian
The Goulet Pen Company Awesome :D
It’s my fave ink
Three years on, and I still smile when I see this video!💙💚
Wow , I just found your channel and like how you show the inks as well as show different fountain pens, I dont use the pens for writing but for drawing and its incredibly hard to find videos that show the pens with such detail- For sure gonna buy some of these inks off of your website - BTW I like how your company sells samples its great !!
Hollyistotallycool Hey there! Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you like the samples... it's an easy way to try different brands and colors. If you need anything, just let us know :) -Margaret
Lexington gray is my favorite for writing without being too crazy, and inking art under watercolor.
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Yup it's my go to for my daily sketch pen
I have purchased Lexington Grey and must say, it doesn't disappoint. It's a nice neutral grey (like a pencil grey,) shades beautifully and is perfectly bulletproof. As to Noodler's turquoise, I found it a touch too light and opted for Noodler's Navy instead, for a deep, saturated, shading, teal blue. Red black is a standout in every way, and is always inked in a pen. Golden brown is a little unsaturated to me, but Kiowa Pecan is deeper and shades very nicely. Noodler's Walnut is an even deeper brown. Although dark and saturated it shades well. In all four of these Noodler's inks the shading is more a tonal gradation rather than hue (or color shift like Apache Sunset: from red to yellow.) This tonal gradation is apparent on a page and gives a lovely variation and character to your writing. It states, "this is a fountain pen."
You are my favorite person, Brian. Sincerely.
Actually, I started using fountain pens just because of this effect which I realized I couldn't achieve with any other type of pens.
Love your videos! Happy to know that many of my first purchases are on your favorites list.
So many great things about this video, where to start? The cheesy open was great fun. I don't mind the Q&A videos and others that just have Brian talking straight to the camera but it's nice to get something different once in a while. The production values all the way through, cutting between the writing samples and Brian talking, were very good. You clearly have a very talented media team - congrats to them and you!
I hear FP people talk about holy grail pens all the time, but shading inks are my true holy grail. I am a sucker for a review that mentions an ink is a great shader, which is why every single one of these will end up on my Goulet Pens wishlist shortly. :-) In particular, I have GOT to get hold of some Apache Sunset because every time I see a writing sample of it it makes my index finger twitch - you know, the one that pushes the "Add to Cart" button on your website?
And finally, on a completely irrelevant note, I was shocked to see Brian sporting the dry-look hairstyle! I don't think I've ever seen one of your videos (since you grew your hair out) where you weren't rocking the gel spikes. I'm not commenting on whether it's better or worse, just that it was definitely noticed!
Julia LaBua Thanks for your kind feedback. It really does make our day here in the media office. And definitely get your hands on some Apache Sunset. It really is as beautiful as it looks in the video :) -Margaret
Ohmygosh I just laughed so hard at this intro! Fabulous!! We just got our first order of fountain pens and ink and we are binge watching your videos. Customer for life!❤❤❤
So appreciated a video on shading. My husband and I have found the choices you made are good. I love to shade with greys for atmosphere. Write and shade on! :)
Diamine soft mint is a great colour, light, bright and simultaneously energising and calming, its a great summer time ink. Great shading.
Would love a sequel on this one because there have been some fantastic shaders to come out more recently. Red ink is indeed a hard one for instance, but Monteverde Cherry Danish is fantastic at it. Monteverde in general is pretty consistently good at shading in fact and my favorite orangey shader is Fire Opal. Decent runner up is oddly Colorverse Brunch Date, which is another one that looks great on cream paper. There were several real winners in this year's Inkvent as well; notably Harmony, Ash, and Yuletide (yet another teal.) Perhaps the most interesting shader in my own collection is Sailor Studio 224, a nice greeney grey that shades purple. Love that nonsense.
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I just received my order of 13 samples today. I’m extremely excited to try them all out. Im trying the noodlers golden brown and platinum carbon black inks first. So far, I’m extremely pleased! Also love the sticker of a hamster holding the pen.
Thank you guys.
Always love these fun videos like quickdraw pens too. Need some more!
Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun is my favorite shader. Not only does it shade great, but it's a unique color that's not another me-too ink.
Totally agree! Alt-Goldgrün is in my top 5 inks
That was a real contender! I swear. -Brian
Larry Usselman Just looked this one up, what a lovely color!
I just love your videos! I learn something new everyday! Thank you! : )
Please please please make a list for sheening inks that you mentioned!!! I'm in love with em!!!!!
Craving the Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses now. Awesome video, Brian, and if I may comment, your hair looks better like this, without the gel!
Thanks for the tip on Diamine Marine. I'll have to purchase this with my next order.
That Apache Sunset! :)
Superb video!
The intro was glorious you guys should do it more often 😂
Ink Noir! Another awesome video. In addition to the funny/unexpected intro, the clips of the writing samples and swabs are hypnotizing. Big props to Jenni and the media team...the videos have been outstanding lately. They've taken everything to a whole new level.
As far as shading inks, some of the ones I've enjoyed are Pelikan Turquoise, Noodler's Kiowa Pecan, Diamine Ancient Copper, DeAtramentis Steel Blue, and DeAtramentis Plum.
***** Thanks for the kind words, Ken! They totally made our day here in the media offices :) -Margaret
Loved the comedy, you really did that well. I think it should become a feature.
The struggle of only being allowed to write black and a dark blue :(
More workplaces/schools need to be open to other colors! A lot of dark reds/greens/purples/browns are very appropriate. - Colin
The Goulet Pen Company so true
Very True
Rayyan Deen I’m only allowed black
Better than being stuck with darker blues. Contract law requires I only write in specific permanent type inks 🤦🏻♂️
Bravo Goulet team! I love being surprised and entertained by what the Goulet media team and Brian are going to do next. Great fun, and it made my day. Awesome ink choices. What can you say, Noodlers rocks. I have used all except Rachel's fav. now I have to try that one.
Dionne C Hey there -- thanks for your kind comments :) -Margaret
Coming into fountain pens from art and for art, it's mind blowing how different the terminology and expectations are haha. Obviously "waterproof" was the first point of confusion.
"Shading" is something I take for granted with every transparent pigment/dye! Dioxazine purple single pigment paintings are really fun because it has such a dark masstone
I Lov the effort Brian puts into his business our hobby PEACE
I haven't caught on to the shading part of fountain pens yet, thanks for making me feel like a rookie!
I'm really amused how this video got uploaded right after my Goulet Pens order shipped in which I asked for a mystery high-shading ink of the packer's choice :D Also, well done with another hilarious intro! I'm sure it's extra work to film and edit those parts, but we highly appreciate them from time to time!
liveforlife2494 Thanks for watching :) We like to make things fun around here! -Margaret
Re watching this because it popped up in suggestions again. I'd love to see a series of Shading inks by color group. Thanks for being such an awesome supplier of inks and pens!! My goal this year is to get through my stashes of craft/pen supplies to make room for new stuff. Noodlers Black Swan in australian roses has been on my wishlist for quite some time. Have a wonderful 2017!!!
We definitely need to dive more into both sheening & shading inks by color. Could make for a good blog post going forward, so good thinking! Black Swan in Australian Roses is definitely worth the wait, a favorite ink around the GPC office. - Colin
Oh what a fun foray into video creativity! This must have definitely taken some time, but it's so refreshing. :)
Visions of Sam Spade and The Maltese Falcon; gr8 job Brian and totally loved the ink shading demo. Would love to see more shading, sheen, whatever ink videos. :-)
Awesome intro! Love it..
I'm working my way through past videos (almost caught up) and so pleased to see Lexington Gray on the list. It's possibly my favourite ink. There are lots of other lovely bright colours and shimmery choices but I feel you can use this one for any situation.
Yeah, definitely an all-purpose shading ink. Lexington Gray is one of my favorite inks! - Colin
Thank you Brian. Love this video. Looking forward to the top seven inks that sheen.
Joseph W Thanks! Do you have any favorite sheeny inks? -Margaret
Love all of the J. Herbin 1670 Anniversary Inks. The new formulated Ocean Blue is my current favourite sheeny ink...friendly to work environment :P
Love your videos! You are hilarious! Keep it up!
:)
I love this! A marriage of two of my favorite things - the mystery and noir genre (an old love) and fountain pens (a new love)! Also really love shading inks...and ink generally, so really excited to see this topic covered :)
Glad you liked this! What are your top shading inks? - Colin
+The Goulet Pen Company I'm only just seeing the difference between sheening and shading, but I do like Australian Roses! I managed to snag a blue-green ink sampler and as mentioned, many of those have some beautiful shading! I'm also using a fine own right now, so it's not as pronounce. But I just got a brause dip pen and plan to use it with my leftover sampler and see how lovely they look with a wider line!
Amazing intro, thanks for sharing your list!
splendidsquirrel Glad you enjoyed it! -Margaret
As I was watching this video I was taking notes with De Atramentis Jane Austen (one of the few full bottles of ink that I own), noticing how it actually shades really nicely, so it was really gratifying to see it listed as one of the inks you had looked at for the video! Thanks for the fun video, I think I love fountain pens mostly because I love the inks:)
melrohner The inks make the writing experience all that more fun :) -Margaret
Kind of in between Apache Sunset and Golden Brown, I've really fallen in love with Noodler's Antietam. It has kind of that same "old-timey" feel to it that you talked about with Golden Brown. I love it in either my Conklin All American with the 1.1mm stub or my Pilot Custom 74 with a broad nib.
Entertaining and informal :) I love this channel
binge watching all of Brian's videos. The intro got me in splits ( trench coat and shorts..lol) and ofcourse added a list to my Noodler's collection (already have and love my Apache sunset)
Haha that gets me every time! So good. -Rachel
Apache Sunset, and BSIAS, and Lexington Grey probably in my top 10 favorite inks for these reasons.
Very nice list! So many of the Noodler's inks are wonderful shaders. Some that come to mind are: squeateague, bad belted kingfisher, burma road brown, kiowa pecan, the list goes on! And let's have two thumbs up for the owner of Noodler's Whoot!
I just bought my first bottle of ink, which wound up being Diamine Autumn Oak and I am in love with the shading from it. It's another one from the orange/brown range and it's gorgeous. I'm hunting for more good shaders now, which is why I'm here. I'd be interested in inks with sheen as well, and maybe that would also want a list of good wet pens in a broad range of prices to take advantage of them.
We also have a video on sheening inks as well! (czcams.com/video/_np2EZpmIGA/video.html). In general, the broader the nib, the wetter/better they work with these sort of inks. The TWSBI broad nib is probably a personal favorite of mine, but Lamy has some stub nibs that could work as well. Also, paper plays a big part in getting the most out of those inks as well. Definitely go for Tomoe River paper if you want to see all the sheen. - Colin
Woa, you guys are sure stepping up production value. The intro thing was a little over the top, but the rest of the video full of examples and photos was very fun to watch.
As far as a red: The sample vial of Noodler's Antietam you guys sent me shades nicely.
A little over the top? Oh it was way over ;) but it was fun, we won't ham it up quite this hard every time, though I can see loss ending up and making some intros more lighthearted here and there. Anteitam's a good one, as is Habanero. -Brian
Fun video! Love the gams, (under the overcoat.) The lingo, the black and white... great fun! Nice lineup of inks too. I think I'll have a sample order in my future. Thanks!
Michele Harvey Oh yeah? Which color grabbed your attention? -Margaret
The Goulet Pen Company I have N. Golden Brown, which is indeed a fantastic shader (I've also found Kiowa Pecan an excellent shader.) but I have none of the rest. I have Black Swan in English Roses, but now simply must try the Australian. Navajo Turquoise (also purported to be a wonderful mixing ink) is really high up on my list. I've heard Noodler's Red Black, Ottoman Azure, Bad Blue Heron,Gruene Cactus and Habanero shade well. It seems all the Diamine inks are said to shade well, so I have some catching up to do, being a big Noodler's fan.
For more suggestions by other fountain pen users, peruse FPN's Inky Thoughts threads on shading. Great info to cross-reference, but this Goulet list is a solid starting point!
Michele Harvey Navajo Turquoise really is great :) -Margaret
The Goulet Pen Company Thanks, Margaret!
A sample vial of NT is on my list today as is the red black. I'd like to experiment with mixing for shading, as well. It seems folks have been having some good success, cross pollinating within the Noodler's clans and your samples seem the perfect way to give it a go!
I've only been watching for 1min21 but I know it's going to be one of my favorite videos! So funny!
Brian's a shady dude. - Colin
Great intro & overview. From my experience shading is VERY dependent on nib & paper. Apache Sunset in a vintage flex nib on Tomoe river paper is fantastic (my Holiday letter favorite). I have used most of your Noodler's examples. At times, I see great shading but other times don't, due pen & paper variations. Viewers should know, shading will vary, a lot.
I love Noodlers Golden Brown. It has a permanent home in my Christophet pen, from London Pen Company. It has a 1.1 stub and work with the ink so well. The shading and depth is gorgeous 😍
That's a great one! - Drew
I hope you were wearing shorts under there. Love the intro. Lots of awesome inks I have or inks I really need to try now.
More intro's like this in your videos. Love it! Have a great day & week Team Goulet!
Haha, I was I swear! -Brian
My absolute favourite shading ink is Lamy Crystal Benitoite. It also works on every kind of paper. It seems to be a modern IG Ink.
Brian, I am a calligrapher, I use traditional nib pens, as well as brush pens, but I am getting more and more into fountain pens. And your channel... It's priceless. I'm from Poland, where the culture of fountain pens is rather weak, and the amount of information I get from your videos - it's just huge! I love it. I started from some pen comparison videos, and now I am just watching them one after the other.
So what I'm trying to say it - THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge! It's much appreciated, honestly.
And yeah, one more thing - do you ship to Europe? I'd love to do shopping at your store, but sometimes the shipping fees are killers :/
Paul Ośmiornica Hey there! Thanks for your kind words, glad the videos could help! And yes, we do ship to Europe! :) -Margaret
This was really helpful. Since I don't actually know what he means by "sheening" inks, so a video on that would be great. It was also really neat to see how different pens and inks worked together.
Sheen is like what you see with J. Herbin 1670 inks. -Brian
I love the Navajo Turquoise. It's no joke that the 3 oz Noodler's bottles last a long time, I've been working on a bottle of Noodler's Bulletproof Black for a couple of years... it might go faster, if it weren't for all the other colors I rotate through. It's more of a sheen ink, but Emerald of Chivor has some really nice qualities, depending on paper, and stroke, and pen, it shades from a blue-green to a forest green to black.
Hey Brian! You should do a sample pack of these at your store. That would be fun!
I like that you are posting the item and time in the video timeline. Helps search for the correct topic and you video lighting is much better than earlier attempt/ Keep up the great work. Thanks!
***** Glad that is helping! Thanks for watching :) -Margaret
Thank you for your in-depth videos. I opted for a "lexington gray" as my first fountain pen ink. I wanted a shading ink because the purpose is for drawing . The pen is a Noodlers Konrad.
That's a great choice then. In the Konrad you should really be able to see the shading. - Colin
Absolutely correct! I made the combination choice based off the in depth Goulet reviews. My next pen I'm leaning towards is an Ahab, but I am still not sure about the larger Goulet #6 nib yet, either 1.5 or broad. I wanted a stiffer nib for my Konrad but I hear they dont fit anymore? This set up I am leaning towards a polar brown for safe winter sketching.
One ink that you didn't mention, but I found in a sample I bought for a friend and now have on my list of inks to buy is Noodler's Purple Heart. I hadn't thought much about it because I love Baystate Concord Grape and North African Violet, but she asked me to order a sample for her; she is new to fountain pens, so I cleaned out her pens, inked them up, and showed her how important the type of paper was by writing a little on some rhodia paper. I was surprised at how much shading I saw in just a medium nib jinhao pen. I also wanted to daily that North African Violet has great shading on fabriano aquaeco(an art notebook I had laying around.
Brian, great video on shading. Thanks so much for making and posting it.
I would very much like a similar video recommendation for inks with sheen, but hope that we do not confuse sheen with sparkle.
I consider J. Herbin 1670 inks, such as Stormy Grey and the new Bleu Ocean, with their suspended gold flecks, to be sparkle, and not a true sheen. Just my opinion.
Omg I'm dying cause of the intro also unrelated I love the order confirmations you send they make me laugh "with a slightly ridiculous amount of care" lol :) awesome vid
Pula Khatib Haha thanks for watching :) Which of the inks grabbed your attention? -Margaret
I would probably have to say Apache Sunset or Diamine Marine are two of the inks that really interested me. I maybe be ordering those soon :)
Or black swan in Australian roses :)
Pula Khatib Marine is one of my favorites :) -Margaret
It's quite a beautiful turquoise 😀
It's not the saturation that changes, it's the brightness (inversely proportional to the intensity).
The saturation depends only on the ink dye/pigment.
5 hours in and already 30 comments. We are an opinionated bunch. :) Brian you've upped your game in these last few videos. No, I don't want to see what you have inside your trench coat... :) Thanks for the infotainment.
You have some pretty shady choices on your list and I have some on them. But the one thats has caught me off guard and jumped to near the top of my list is the one Larry Usselman mentioned _Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun_ and amazing shader with a unique color of green it goes from a olive to a very light almost green. The other ones that I feel got left out are Diamine inks _Sherwood Forest_ a more subtle shading than the R & K but a very pretty dark green. I think my other favorite is _Diamine Oxblood_ ! Aside the fun from telling people that you're writing to them in Oxblood it looks wonderful its not a bright red more of a maroon red with a lighter brick red. The competition to the Noodlers Apache Sunset, imo, is _Diamine Autumn Oak_ beautiful orangey ink. Of course ALL of these look better with a broader nib, I love a 1.1mm stub. Although those of you that have fine or medium nibs I've found that the Alt-goldgrun and the Autumn Oak still do a reasonable shading job but obviously not like you would get with a wider nib. Also very important as, Brian said, the _Quality_ of the PAPER Matters, Rhodia, Clairefontaine, and for amazing results Tomoe River. Lastly as in all things YMMV.
Pelikan Turquoise 4001 is one I'm using now with a Monteverde Regatta Sport 1.1 nib.
Sailor Oku-Yama is a lovely shading red ink. Its a more conservative red and I love it!
You guys are the best.
Aemort Aw, thanks!
Thank you very much for the video! A great alternative to the Noodler's Apache Sunet is the Diamine Sunshine Yellow. It also has some fine shading to it! Also, I've got to say that I love Diamine Marine! When watching this video, I took my notes in various colour, but mostly in Diamine Marine. :)
Good recommendation! I've never used Sunshine Yellow, but I think I'll try out a sample. :) - Colin
Yeah, I recommend you do. It's quite an interesting yellow ink, in my opinion. I decided to revisit the ink, since I haven't used it in a while, and did some writing and "doodling". Here's a picture, if you want to have a loop before trying it yourself. :) imgur.com/a/2xqpA Sorry for the lighting. :P
A good crazy grey shader is also infinite grey :v still waiting to see when I can order a sample or go full bottle. Great video and I'm waiting for marine to be on stock to hopefully catch a bottle :)
Zdez Zaphareon Definitely try to grab Marine when you can :) -Margaret
Brian's resemblance to Robert Michum enhanced this skit a lot. Thanks for the recommendations.
I LOVE Lexington Grey :D It's so perfect for addressing envelopes, since I'm not scared of it bleeding if it gets wet, woo.
Sherry Lu Oh, that's a good idea to use on envelopes! -Margaret
These are oldie but goodie videos. Please never take them down or replace them with your newer ones. It’s the content that matters most.
Would never dream of taking down Shady Brian videos. - Colin
Love them all 😌
That was a funny intro. I'm still laughing. I didn't cotton to shading at first. It seemed odd, like mistake or something. But it really grew on me and now I love it. Apache Sunset reminds me of Autumn maple leaves (my favorite season). I especially love the Noodler's Golden Brown, I use ivory Rhodia paper and with a 1.1 stub the shading puts me in mind of pirate writing on on a treasure map. ARRRR Matey!
Noodler’s black swan in English rose for red. Love its berry like or dark red color(depends on pen nib), or put water to go for Sakura pink(one time mistake and find out so beautiful) really shading
Thank you so much for this video! Quick question : I am getting the Omas Bloody Mary Cocktail pen, any ideas on shading inks that would match that color or come close?
+GirlGeekLovesStampin That's a good question! I'll pass that along for Q&A -Margaret
Brian, great chooses, but because there are so many fantastic colors it forces us to change them weekly!😄
+Jan Turner Yes, the choices are endless :) -Margaret
Something I didn't expect was that Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine in a TWSBI Diamond 580 1.1 has some lovely, yet subtle shading
Robert Oster Taiwan Blue is both a shading and shimmer ink. Just a touch of metallic red pooling against vivid blue....just wonderful
Love this video.
"....to be quite honest, it's really difficult to narrow down even to a top 7 list. I could just as easily have made it a top 40."
When you said that, I wondered if it would be possible to know the entire list of 40 inks?
Yes there are too many to mention I agree
two of my favourite not mentioned are Diamine Autumn Oak and Noodler's Antietam
matthew Beddow Autumn Oak has incredible shading! -Margaret
Love the grey and brown, next the greener one. But my favorite remains good old blue/black.
+Kentucky 1950 Can't go wrong with a good blue/black! -Margaret
Just a little feedback, I've got both the Noodler's Turquoise and the Pelikan 4001 Turquoise, and the Pelikan shades (for me, anyway) a little better, *and* it dries faster. Ran it in my Pilot Metropolitan and it was utterly reliable; it's now in the Platinum Plasir, and I'm thinking it will ultimately find a home in my Konrad, for obvious reasons.
I still love Black Swan in Australian Roses (the burgundy one), especially with a stub nib!
The first ink i ever owned was a j.herbin ink. It was a lot likw the lexington gray. It has a lot of veriation between a black and a light light gray. I really love the ink and im not a big fan of black, but this being a gray i really like it
Good explanation. Thanks!
That intro was ridiculous. Lol, glorious!
can't stop with apache sunset, very popular in china as well. most of chinese people use japanese or chinese ink but this one is amazing
Ha, trench coat, classic. Great video and some nice inks. Question: do you think you'll ever carry Montblanc inks?
Love Lexington Grey! And now I'm gonna have to try Mint Turquoise
Lori Arrowood You should! I always love your ink reviews :) -Margaret
The Goulet Pen Company Thank you! That means a lot :)
Brian - I love this list. I wasn't ever a fan of the grays until I saw this list. I just *love* my Lexington Gray.
Funny story - I just purchased a bottle of Noodler's Habanero from a local shop, but it looks like the Apache Sunset as you've shown here, instead of all the color swatches of Habanero I've seen on your site and other places. Still looking for that lovely orange color though. The Lamy Copperorange is awesome - and shades very nicely on the wetter pens like the Noodler's Ahab - but I'm looking for a brighter orange color.
+Ian Sterling Have you tried Noodler's Dragon's Napalm? I also wanted a nice bright orange and after trying quite a few, that is the one I've settled on. Bolder and more orange than the Noodler's Habanero.
+Cathy Merriman - It was one of the first inks I purchased. It's pink under most lights. :-(
oh, p.s. Noodler's is awesome and the different inks Nathan offers is amazing. Just ordered Black Swan in Australian Roses and can't wait to try it!
hbsteve77 I think you're going to like it ;) -Margaret
I've seen you mention in multiple videos that you love shading inks, and even that shading is your favorite aspect of inks. Oddly I couldn't find a shading filter among the various ink characteristic filters available on your site.
Shading (and sheening) are a bit harder to quantify because the paper & nib size play such a huge role in it. Different than shimmering inks where you can actually see particulate, that's why it isn't a filter. That said, we do have a collections page of some of our favorites: www.gouletpens.com/collections/shading-inks - Colin
Loved your quirky review, Brian, and I'd really love to try some Noodler's inks. Amazon UK charges more than twice Amazon USA's price, e.g. 3 oz 'Apache Sunset' jumps from $13.09 (£8.62) to *$26.56 (£17.50)* which is a bit steep for a bottle of ink! And eBay is similar. Can you do better, or suggest a workaround? British Diamine inks cost more in the USA, but not by this factor.
I really love De Atramentis Forget Me Not. It shades like crazy even in a cheap Jinhao 992! It's a bright blue color that shades from light blue to deep royal blue.
Interesting! Don't think I've ever used that ink before, but going to get a sample to try out. :) - Colin