I was looking for the borealis affect. I see only black. I think that it is a great, strong black. It is a wet ink, great in a fine nib Vanishing Point.

Great! The water resistance and lubricants in the ink seem great!

I was sooo excited to get this ink. I have used many Noodlers inks regularly. I thought that there would be some interesting variation in this black. I have tried this ink on five kinds of paper with several nib widths and designs. This ink is only boring black. There is not one iota of variance! It is not even a good shade of black. I am thoroughly disappointed and very surprised.

Borealis Black is a beautiful intense black that will turn most pens into gushers. Fortunately for me, I was looking for a wet black ink for my fine nib Vanishing Point that was running too dry with most inks. It was a match made in heaven. The Capless now flows like a charm and the deep, dark black is a perfect match for the pen's matte black finish. In my opinion, inks, pens, and paper have to be matched, so I won't criticize an ink for being too wet or too dry. Somewhere, there's a pen that needs a wetter or drier ink. But in that spirit, be aware that this ink is not for all papers. It will soak right through porous papers. It behaves very well on smooth papers like Rhodia, but it takes a while to dry. I always mark my Noodler's boxes with a filled circle and the name in the ink itself. The surface of the box is glossy, so most inks just dry on the surface. Borealis Black is still wet from me marking the box over an hour ago and, predictably, I managed to smudge it.

Borealis Black is a decent black ink. My main complaint is that it bleeds through paper, unlike the other black inks I have such as X-Feather and Kaweco Pearl Black.

It dries instantly, it does not smear, it the density of coverage is very good, the 'blackness' of the black ink is good, it flows easily through the 1.4 mm fiber-tip pen (YOOKERS) I use with the ink - I write rapidly so the flow must keep up. The inly suggestion I have is to increase the volume capacity of the ink bottle - it is filled to the top - I made a mess when I first opened it.

It's a really great ink.

I love the color of this ink! Very very dark and flows so nice from my Visconti HS bronze age. I have no issues with it on very cheap paper as it dries almost instantly. But... on good paper Oh boy.... I use a Red and Black notebook with Optik paper and love it. I have several of them and the paper is amazing. But on this paper, this ink appears to dry in around 30-45 seconds, but looks shiny almost if it is oily in some way for HOURS. It doesn't really truly dry until the next day. I've looked at pages 10 hours after I've written them and it still has a shininess to it, touch it and instant smear. It could be some kind of lubricant in it. I'm not sure if it's a bad bottle or if it is consistent with this ink. I want to love it so bad, but in my small notebooks, I just can't write several pages as it turns the others into a smeary mess....

Overall I like the color of this ink and it is easily the blackest black that I own. However, I find myself never using this ink because I inevitably end up moving my hand in the wrong way and smearing it all over the page. This is if the ink will even behave in the pen in the first place. Several of the wetter writing pens that I own won't retain this ink and instead just lose it all in the cap less than a day after fill. This has happened with my Decimo, Eco, and Esterbrook.

This is a really black ink and looks nice as long as it is not touched. This ink takes a long time to fully dry. It smudges a lot. On high quality paper (Clairefontaine) it takes a long time (up to 15 minutes) even in the drier winter months. Tomoe is slightly better. With cheap paper, it will ghost and lightly bleed. It is still significant even after switching to a fine nib (Pilot Prera) and a Noodler pen. I journal a lot and I have to watch if I end a page using Borealis Blk for the reason of spotting my arm/sleeve, or getting smudged by the following page. I now preemptively switch to another pens/ink so this doesn't happen anymore. It's the only dissatisfaction I have with this ink.

I was torn between Borealis and X-Feather, and chose Borealis because I was a little leery of X-Feather's viscosity. This is a GREAT ink! I put it in a cheap work pen, and the pen performed like a high-end, exquisitely-tuned thoroughbred. I was in an almost all day training that required me to take extensive notes, and I found myself doodling just for the shear pleasure of watching the line lay down. If it starts misbehaving I'll amend my review, but I suspect this will be my go-to grown-up ink.

I love the ink its a good ink however the ink wont start in my lamy safari pen

Very satisfied with the purchase. Would reccomend

If you need a really wet black, this should be your go to. And the bottle is really cool.

I was hoping to have another black for my rotations. I don't know why I need two or three blacks since the only blacks I like are very black, blacks. Borealis is a very black, black. I goes down with a nice juicy look to it, which I love. The reason I didn't give it a 5-star is due to feathering, and dry time. To be fair I am using a Goulet medium nib, so maybe I'm laying down too much at one time. I will have to swap back my fine nib and see how that goes. I will try Aurora Black next though for a comparison. Thus far Kaweco Pearl Black is still my preferred black.

Really good ink, what I have come to expect from noodlers

I bought this as gift for my girlfriend for valentines day with her new pen. We both are loving this color. Dries fast and evenly. Great every day black ink.

Borealis Black is, in my experience, the darkest Noodler's black ink. It does tend towards the greenish-blue side (whereas Black and Heart of Darkness lean towards red)Its flow is extremely wet, which made it perfect for a Noodler's Ahab - there was essentially no railroading even when writing quite fast. The dry times are rather long on high-quality paper, to be fair. On low quality paper there is not much feathering, but a bit of bleedthrough.Overall, I think this might be my favorite Noodler's black ink - while it isn't perfect, it check all the right boxes for me.

I like writing with my Borealis ink. It is truly black, opaque, flows smooth with my new Noodler's Ahab fountain pen

They say this is the blackest of the black ink and the best for illustrations, so I got it as a gift for my friend who loves to draw. I love Noodler's, so I'm sure he will too!

This ink is very black. It is blacker than Noodler's regular black or Heart of Darkness. It's dark!I would like to say that I love this ink. However, it also tends to be quite slow drying on higher quality paper. Luckily, on lower quality paper, it doesn't seem to feather much and dries quickly. Unfortunately, on the lower quality paper it also seems to bleed through. This ink is not bulletproof. I won't say it washes off the page, but it definitely runs a lot. This ink has a place in my collection, but it is not a favorite.

I bought this from a friend who had used it in his Lamy. I used it to fill my Lamy EF Al-Star at work, but my other pens were kept filled with Noodlers BP Black. For 3 years I thought both inks behaved the same, using it on office copy paper and cheap notebook paper daily where it did fine. When I retired I brought it home but used BP Black until today. I filled my Vac-700 with a Goulet 1.1 mm nib with Borealis Black. Wow, was it wet and black. Bleed through on notebook and copy paper was bad! Feathering too. Flowed wet, jet black. Worked very well on Rhodia paper but dry time was long. The same pen/nib with Noodler's BP Black did not bleed through even cheap notebook paper. If you want fast dry time and no bleed through/feathering use this ink in EF or F nibs or in a very dry pen/nib combo. Understand its limitations. I will stick with Noodler's BP Black for most of my black ink needs. This is a smooth writing ink. Hard to wash off fingers!!

After looking at many reviews, I expected the Borealis to have very quick dry time - alas, combined with a super wet Ahab I have, it takes a little longer to dry than I had hoped. Still a great colour, and dries very reasonably fast! Preforms much better on higher grade paper (ex. Clairefontaine), than regular copy, but that's expected.

If I'd not tried the Heart of Darkness, this would be my new black ink.

Excellent ink! Returning to fountain pens after many years, Goulet is first class!!!!

Very Black! Period. Runs great, looks great. BUT - has the longest dry time of any ink I own even on Rhodia paper.

A very good black. It's very black indeed - at least as black as Aurora. Not much shading, but it flows well. Not as water resistant as I hoped, though - it's comparable to Quink in that respect.

A Person favorite of mine for many years. It is a black ink that is just that; black. There are no gray undertones to this ink (even with a broader nib) and the flow is exceptionally good. In my opinion, it is on par with all of the heavy-hitter black inks out there (Private Reserve Velvet Black, Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black, Aurora Black, etc.)

I can't say for sure, but it is probably the blackest I have ever used. In pens that write wet, the noodler's and lazy 2000, for example, it is almost a little too thick...but in my extrfine Twsbi, which is relatively dry, it is fantastic!

Reaaallllyyyyy Smooth. Reaaallly Black. Bleedsthrough is heavier however.