I will be buying a full bottle for sure. It's a pretty light blue or teal ink that has darker flecks of a black/grey color. It granulates in the more saturated areas of your writing similarly to watercolor paint. So pretty and it's still easy to read - at least on the paper I use (Life Noble). I will use it journaling and for regular notes. Very nice ink and it doesn't bleed through for me or feather.

First, to fair, as ink BNB is fine. It's very wet, but I've run into that in Noodler's inks before. It's quite water-resistant, though not as immovable as their Bulletproof Black. The base turquoise color is lovely. I had never tried a high-shading ink before this sample. "Might be interesting," I thought. But when I saw how extreme and unpredictable the shading is, I had a very negative emotional reaction, best summed up as, "Ick! Ick, ick, ick. Get this out of my pen!"I will never try a high-shading ink again. Not Blue Nose Bear's fault, nor Goulet pens, nor Noodler's. If you like this sort of thing, enjoy! But I'm only sampling inks that are as low on the shading scale as I can find in future.

At first it was love at first sight. Just clear but vibrant turquoise, gorgeous ! it feathers not that much but with a very nice halo although it bleeds a lot. The best nib to write with is a fine (maybe extra fine)... but you barely see the color so... if you don't like feathers and bleed thru pass your way (ink tried on rhodia/clairefontaine paper and tomoe river paper 68). I love the color, and that can be a perfect ink for artist and art journaling, not so much for daily writing or journaling.

This is a fun ink. It dries fast and is very waterproof. I'm giving serious thought to buying a bottle.

I recently received a sample of this ink after purchasing multiple 'surprise me' samples from Goulet. Honestly, I would have never considered purchasing this ink for myself prior to my sample experience. With that said, I am currently contemplating buying a bottle of this ink. The shading properties and smoothness of this ink provide for a very satisfying writing experience!

This ink has multiple personalities. It can be teal or blueish or blue depending on how heavily it is applied, the humidity, the paper, the pen - or maybe the genie living in its bottle. If you can tolerate, or seek, an occasional surprise- this is your ink.

This ink is great if you're looking for some very intense blue halos. I mix it with Air Corp Blue-Black in a 1:3 ratio, to give the flat looking Blue black some interesting spots of blue where the ink is saturated most. The biggest down side to this ink is that in order get the feathering and blue halo, it bleeds through quite badly. Forget about using both sides of the page as the blue will almost certainly soak through. I see this ink best used in a wet pen for artistic writing on thick paper.

It's a nice shade of blue and with the little shading it gives it turns the ink into a darker blueish-green.

The quality and value were exceptional. I'm glad I tried this color, but it wasn't exactly what I was looking for at the time. I'm looking for my color, and this just isn't the one.

Caveat: this applies to flex nibs only since that's about all I use... The color is a fine blue-teal, within the color range that my eye enjoys. It looks a little flat on ecru papers but smooth and juicy on white. The line is lays down appears to be soft on the edges to the point of appearing ot have feathered but if examined carefully, it has not. Used in two nibs that have often railroad-tracked, the flow is so improved that the lines are filled even at speed (wow). No show through on any 24 or 32 pound Strathmore papers in my sample set. Intriguing ink but I am not yet sure where to use it. For those unaccustomed to the soft appearance, it might be difficult to read.

The halo effect does happen, but it's sort of like a second color in the feathering. As such, it does seem to feather a lot. I can see this being useful for illustration, but it's not great for writing.

This is an interesting ink, to say the least. It's very difficult to pinpoint exactly *what* the true colour is as it seems to vary widely with the nature of the medium being used, more so than any other inks I've used. It's incredible for drawing, shading and watercolours but I can't say I've been all that impressed with the writing I've attempted. The halo effect is neat (and I love that bright blue colour!) but unless you're doing art or writing large bold calligraphy, I find the halo is typically lost, which is a shame.

This is just a neat color. I love the shading to it. I can't explain why exactly, but it's just fun to write with.

On Clairfontaine paper, it looks almost like a teal/turquoise ink. I've had no problems with this showing through, and will probably buy a bottle.

I'm intrigued by this ink. I haven't done too much with it yet but what I have done I have liked. I plan on using it to create a fairly complex piece of pen and ink art and see how the overall effect looks. I'll let you know...

I got this in the August ink drop. It is in a Namiki Falcon Broad. I find the ink feathers on anything less than good paper. It it a free flowing ink that would probably be better suited to a flex pen. But, BSIAR and BSIER worked well in the falcon. Overall, i am not that impressed by the color yet. I am looking forward to seeing what others can do with this ink.

Not quite the color I was looking for, but then that is the problem w/ computers, I guess.Shipping very fast.

on the right paper, this color is fabulous. On the wrong paper, the wonderful halo shows up as feathering.

Although not quite as blue as hoped for, this color remains quite interesting and shows some pretty good shading using regular nibs. I have yet to try with a flex nib for the full effect. Overall, an ink with solid Noodler's characteristics and qualities.

I tried it on Rodia paper, I tried it on Clairefontein paper, I tried it on regular copier paper. This ink feathers like crazy on all of them. (no other ink I've tried feather the slightest on Clairefontein). I am taking about green colour feathering, not the blue halo. The halo effect showed up as irregular circular spots around the letters. This is not exactly what I call halo as it is not all around the letter. It was tested with a vintage waterman flex nib. I tired it with flex and regular writing, all the same. Very irregular halo occuring in random spots of the letters... I think I would like it more if the halo is consistently all around the line. Good try but no, I don't think the ink is complete yet.

Written with pointed pen on Clairefontaine paper, I didn't particularly care for this ink. Clariefontaine is a pretty tough paper and this ink still bled through. The halos are a bit of a distraction, looks more like feathering. This is definitely a specialty ink. Maybe for drawing or requires a particular type of paper. The color is great and I want to like this ink, but the uses may be limited.

Definitively a specialty ink that needs very high quality paper when using it wet. In a dry pen on medium paper you get a teal-ish color without the blue nose and moderate feathering.

I really liked the color which was unlike any of the (many) inks that I already own. I guess that I'm not that picky because I didn't notice any feathering and the lack of blue aura (except on a kleenex) didn't bother me. I love color and a beautiful color and water resistance are my main criteria for inks.

As with the other Noodler's 'shading' inks this is just a lot of fun to write with. I have a stub italic filled with this, and enjoy writting notes with it.

i always need to sample new ink from Nathan. I haven't made up my mind about this one. I've bee to busy using the other new sample of Sailor Epinard.

This is a fascinating ink, and I like it. In normal pens, it's a very dark green; in pens with a more-than-average flow (e.g. flex nibs), the ink has a weird, very light blue halo, which is interesting, but may not make it suitable for everyday use. Interesting 'novelty' ink, though!

It's unique properties are very nice, but I didn't like it 100% because it's not very suited to use with eyedropper pens (I tried it with my Kaweco Sport converted and the nib drips lots of ink, even when not in use). Have yet to find the perfect pen for this ink.Despite this, it's a very cool color, I like its shading properties a lot. :D

I like the color of this ink, somewhere between aqua and turquoise. However, when writing on decent paper, I get none of the halo effect nor does the writing change at all under black light. Both of those things happen when I blot the ink on a paper towel or tissue but that is not how I planned on using it. I do like that color, though, so I may still have it on my radar when the sample is gone.

This ink has more character than probably 90% of other inks on the market, but the poor thing is confused. First off, it feathers on paper that is the least bit absorbent and bleeds through ALL paper, even Clairefontaine and Rhodia. The bleeding through page problem is a knock against it, but the feathering is on purpose. Nathan Tardif, ink maker extraordinaire, designed this muted green ink to develop a halo of incredibly vibrant blue. Most people, even if they know full well what the ink is designed to do, see this as a negative. I say it cements the wonderful ink's character and secures it a place in my collection. If you have no interest in the blue halo, skip it. But if you'd like to be a little bit adventurous, I highly recommend it. For it is one noble son of a bear.