Ink Review #1070: Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses

Today’s ink is Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses. This ink is partially bulletproof. Thanks to the reader that sent this ink in for review! You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, including Pen Chalet.

The color:

Australian Roses is a dark magenta red.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink never fully dries. After 3 days I gave up and used a blotter to soak up a lot of the wet ink.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and just a few dots of bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Australian Roses is similar to Diamine Amaranth. Click here to see the Noodler’s inks together, and click here to see the red inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Lamy Al-star Purple with a medium nib on a Yoseka A5 notebook. The ink had a dry flow and some skipping.

Overall, I like how much shading this ink has, but I struggled with the dry flow in some of the pens. It never fully dries on Tomoe River paper, and some of the ink rubbed off onto the other pages. I’m just not sold on this one.

Disclaimer: This ink was provided by a reader for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does contain affiliate links but this post is not sponsored in any way.