I'm new to fountain pens and am trying out combos of inks/papers/etc, and this ink is where I got stumped. As soon as my current ink ran out, I cleaned my Pilot Kakuno (with a Fine Gold nib), popped on a converter and filled it with this ink. About half a page in, I noticed skipping in the writing. Long story short, it seems it was the paper. It works fine with other, lesser quality/priced, paper (printer paper, Kokuyo Campus, other random notebooks/paper). Just not with the Maruman loose leaf paper, which seems odd to me.

The color however is great! I personally prefer this blue/black over Diamine Oxford Blue. I find the Atlantic Blue to be more blue so far, but still within "blue black".

I've always liked the color of this ink. I'll have to find a full bottle of this soon. It behaves very well in my pens and looks great on most paper. One thing to consider if you're using Tomoe River paper is seems to dull a bit.

I test with a metal-nib dip pen and found this particular color a bit frustrating: it is a true blue, not a blue-black, but it was not dark enough for my taste and ran a bit thin. Not ****, mind you, but I would prefer a richer color.

This color is a nice dark blue, with a lot of tint in it. The flow seemed just a little on the dry side in my Plumix stub.

I like the color and got it today. The color is great however, it ships. I am using it in MB 149 stub italic. The ink skips: after writing 6-10 words it stops writing then writes, then skips...see attached photo..

This is a beautiful darker blue ink that writes extremely well in a Pilot Metropolitan (but what doesn't?). The pen and ink were Christmas presents to my wife, and she is enjoying both.

I like the ink. I do not have much experience with other brands or types...yet.

I love the color - writes between dark and medium blue and dries to a lighter blue with maybe a gray-green undertone? Has some light feathering, but I was writing on cheap paper. Also since I an a newbie, I had an x450 which was having issues with skipping. Think there was air in my pen and had to squeeze it out and refill the converter. Wrote better after for longer period, but then was skipping again. Wrote well after a good shake of the pen. Ink seems to dry quickly. But, still lover the color.

Got a sample of this with the July 2014 ink drop and was pleasantly surprised by the richness of color. As you can see by the swab sample, it's a dark, muted blue, that --depending on the width of line and wetness of the nib-- looks almost purple with a fine nib on decent paper, and like a true blue-black on cheaper copy paper using a medium nib. I will definitely consider getting a whole bottle once I use up some of my other blues.

I got this thinking it would be along the lines of my Noodler's Polar Blue... Because of the obvious standardization between manufacturers when using names that evoke thoughts of icebergs and white bears that eat penguins. That expectation was, thankfully, smashed. This is a very nice *dark* blue that doesn't leave it's blueness behind. The darkest blue I've got other than this is the Lamy Blue-Black and this is just as dark but all-blue.As much as I like it, I'm not planning on putting it in my daily carry just because it's... Well... It's just blue. A VERY nice blue, but I like more interesting blue for every day use.

I love the ink samples. You get quite a bit to try out. Very nicely labeled and packaged.