Ink Review #292: Noodler's Walnut

Today's ink is Noodler's Walnut, a reader request. I purchased my sample of ink from Anderson Pens. Walnut is one of Noodler's partially bulletproof inks.

The color:

Walnut is a dark brown. In larger swabs it shows a greater of color than it does in writing.

In large swabs the ink was still wet after four days. It takes a very long time to dry on Tomoe River paper. 

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

Dry time: 60 seconds

Water resistance: Medium-some of the ink washed away but you would probably still be able to figure out what it said.

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low, mainly in the flex nib on all papers.

Other properties: very low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer. 

On 20 pound copy paper the ink performed well, no issues that I noticed.

Ink swabs for comparison, left to right (top to bottom for mobile RSS): KWZ Confederation Brown, Noodler's Walnut, and Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz. Click here to see the Noodler's inks together. 

Sailor Jentle Doyou, Robert Oster Golden Brown, and Pilot Iroshizuku Tsukushi. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing: 

I used a medium Pelikan M800 Renaissance Brown on Tomoe River paper. The ink had a wet flow.

Overall, I like the color, but it takes a very long to dry on Tomoe River paper. Even on Rhodia it takes 60 seconds to dry, which is rather long. It's not one I would buy a full bottle of, but give it a try, you might love it.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. There are no affiliate links on this page.