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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 Noodler’s Ink Part III

01/04/2025

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

Examining Noodler’s Ink Part II

06/15/2024

For your writing pleasure, we have tested 10 more Noodler’s-brand inks. In Part I we…

Examining Noodler’s Ink Part 1

09/10/2023

The one ink brand everyone is always talking about is Noodler’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! Let’s start the year right with a fresh look at some lesser…

Caran D’Ache Chromatics Face the UV-pH Challenge

09/06/2022

Swiss pen maker Caran D’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 haven’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 Inks…Beware!

01/11/2022

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

Levenger’s Ink Kicks Ass!

11/12/2021

Mathematical and computer genius Alan Turing famously said, “Sometimes it is the people who no…

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