Ink Review #2560: Parker Quink Blue Black

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Parker Quink Blue Black is a classic in the fountain pen community. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Blue Black is not really a blue black, it’s more of a classic blue.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink is definitely blue and not blue black.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding in the flex nib.

Comparison Swabs:

Blue Black is closest to Birmingham Fair Wheel Blue. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pilot Vanishing Point Wish with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow. The ink started out darker and just got lighter and lighter as I continued to write.

Overall, it’s a good classic ink. It’s definitely blue and not blue black, but it’s still a good color and well behaved.

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