This is the BLUE other inks which they were. Vibrant, eye catching, royal blue that grabs your eyes and wrestles them to the page. Vivid is a small and helpless word when trying to describe this color.Recommended!

The infamous bay state blue.. this is by far the best royal blue ink colour. The blue just pops out and it is a very intense bluish hue indeed. However it does stains demonstrator pens.. so if your planning on using it, stick to just one pen all the way.

The infamous Noodler’s Baystate Blue is in the house.I have heard about this ink on various fountain pen websites and reddit groups, and pictures don’t do it justice. This is a bold, vibrant, stunning color of Blue. However, the general consensus about using Baystate Blue in fountain pens is as follows:1. Baystate Blue will stain any pen you put it in. Period. Yes, you can clean it with a mixture of bleach and water solution…but, honestly, if you’re going to do that each and everytime you change inks from BSB to something else, that seems like a lot of trouble. Therefore, it’s advisable to designate ONE (1) pen [a kind of sacrifice ;)] to be used for Baystate Blue. Some might even say use a “cheap pen”. A cheap pen would work if you’re just testing it out. But if you’re serious about this ink, then put it any pen you like. Just be aware that it will eventually stain that pen.2. Baystate Blue does NOT play well with other inks. If you have not thoroughly cleaned out all the ink in a pen before inking it with BSB…you will have problems. It will react to most other inks in a bad way. So either thoroughly flush out your pen before inking, or use a new pen dedicated only to BSB.The pen I have sacrificed to this Blue Ink God is a TWSBI GO 1.1 Stub (Sapphire), which I bought specifically for this ink. I have another TWSBI GO 1.1 stub (clear) currently inked with Iroshizuku yama-budo and I love the way it writes. So when I considered getting Baystate Blue (BSB), I wanted a pen that had a pretty broad nib so really show off the color, and I wanted something I knew would write well.This is an incredibly vibrant BLUE. There is no subtlety or depth to this ink. It is simply a big stunningly bold blue. No Shading. No Sheening. In a way, it feels like I’m writing with a very bright, bold blue marker, especially through a broad nib like my 1.1 stub.Writing Samples (see attached pictures):1. Baystate Blue literally GLOWS on Cosmo Air Light paper. This is probably the most vivid blue fountain pen ink I’ve ever seen and it looks absolutely beautiful on this paper.2. On 52 gsm Tomoe River Paper, BSB looks fabulous and flows nicely. However, the ghosting is intense. No bleed thru (well maybe just slightly, some dotting), but still..the color really stands out on both sides of the page.3. I really enjoyed writing with BSB on Midori MD paper. It’s a toothier paper, so you do get feedback on it (no matter how smooth your pen is) and it’s thick enough to take this ink with out any feathering or ghosting or bleed thru, and it really shows off the color.4. Rhodia 80 gsm paper, however, was a disappointment. BSB feathered a bit on this paper and that, more than anything, really annoys me. I won’t be using this ink on that paper. (Side note: I tried it on my Rhodia Webnotebook with Clairefontaine 90 gsm and it looks great on there. No feathering or bleed thru. Very nice)5. Another nice surprise was how well BSB does on conventional or cheaper paper. I have a Walmart Pen+GEAR composition notebook, which costs maybe $1 o $2 each and it looks fantastic on that paper. The color does not lose it’s vibrancy, nor does it feather or bleed thru. Solid writing experience.All in all, Baystate Blue is a phenomenal blue. It’s a stunning color profile, eye catching and bold. Love it.

Die schönste blaue Tinte die ich gesehen habe.ABER DIE FLECKEN, meine hand war ein tag lang blau

Esta es una tinta muy controvertida, y por varios motivos. Es una tinta producida artesanalmente por Nathan Tardiff, por lo que sus propiedades pueden cambiar un poco de una botella a otra. Lo más interesante es saber que las tintas para estilográfica suelen ser de pH neutro. Las tradicionales permanentes eran ferrogálicas y de pH ácido. Ésta es básica y permanente, lo que hace que no se deba mezclar con otras y necesite tratarse con cuidado.Básicamente, es bastante permanente, aunque sensible a la luz UV, por lo que tenderá a teñir lo que toque. Al ser básica, hay que limpiarla con agua y lejía. Si tiñe la pluma (p.ej. las transparentes o las de pistón) normalmente se puede limpiar enjuagándola con agua y lejía (unas gotas). Si se mezcla con otras tintas lo normal será que forme una sal que precipite y obstruya la pluma: eso quiere decir que lo mejor es no cambiar de tinta o limpiar la pluma a fondo con agua antes de cambiar a otra tinta.Ten cuidado al abrir el frasco la primera vez: va lleno hasta el borde, así que mejor hacerlo sobre un paño que no te importe que se manche (nunca se sabe qué jugarretas te va a hacer la presión atmosférica), aunque eso es algo que siempre conviene hacer cuando uno manipula una estilográfica. Y deja el frasco siempre bien cerrado si no quieres tener que tirar de lejía.Un último consejo: tiende a dispersarse y calar el papel, pero es un azul muy saturado. En mi experiencia, si se diluye al 80% en agua (8 partes de tinta y 2 de agua), la tinta fluye mejor y se comporta muchísimo mejor sobre el papel sin que se afecte el color.Con esas precauciones, uno no debería de tener problemas. Y a cambio obtiene un azul que hace palidecer a todos los demás, un azul eléctrico sin igual. Lo he comparado con muchos otros (Waterman, Parker, Cross, Sheaffer, Koh-i-Noor, Montblanc, Organics Studio, Diamine, etc...) y por mucho que se parezcan, en cuanto uno los pone uno al lado del otro, todos palidecen a su lado.Es un azul luminoso y vibrante. O sea, que si es lo que buscas, genial. Si lo que quieres es un azul-negro, o un color "aburrido" y que no llame la atención, entonces hay muchos otros azules que te irán mejor. Si lo que quieres es un azul que no deje lugar a dudas de su carácter, pruébalo. Te sorprenderá.

Ilisé dans un stylo plume à piston et dans un eye dropper. Une teinte fabuleuse ma préférée. Pleine, lumineuse je ne peux plus m'en passer.Par contre teinte un peu les corps des demonstrators. Dédier un stylo à celle-ci. Un wing sung 3008 sera parfait ou un moonman m2. Encore mieux un noodlers ahab.Ne craint pas trop le temps elle est encore bien présente après des éclaboussures... attention elle n'est pas effaçable. Le flacon est bien rempli et elle tâche bien.Mais superbe encre je recommande. Et ait hâte d'en racheter. Seul l'emballage de transport était juste. Il aurait pu y avoir perte ou casse. D'ailleurs cela m'est arrivé pour un autre flacon.

My favorite ink. Pops off the page, grabs hold of the retina and does not let go. Bleeds or ghosts through cheap paper. Stains the innards of pens, but I don't care. I like Stains. I use the El Cheapo Pilot Ergo EF fitted with the Con 40, and I cannot imagine a better combo. The Pilot Metropolitan F or M makes a unmanageable mess with this ink, but that's just my opinion. Gave me beautiful blue finger tips for 2 days when I was clumsy. Some day this ink will not be available, and that will be a sad day indeed. When That Sad Day eventuates, Look me up, and if you have enough cash, I should be able to help you out, because I purchased Extra. Yo.And Now, 2 years later, I amend my original review (what a Trooper I am!). When I said the ink "Pops off the Page" I did not mean that the ink actually flakes off the page. No, it seems quite stable. I meant that the ink is an attention grabber, visually. I still like an use this ink, though it is a bit of a shouty Drama Queen. Now that I'm a whole two years older, I tend towards less showy inks for the things I generally write. But BSB still works for Grocery Lists. Envelope Addresses. Checks. And other lists that I wish to highlight. Though it shows through Like The Dickens, so plan to use only one side of your cheap or mid grade journal paper. Helps to use extra fine nibs to prevent bleed through. Unless you like bleed through...and with a Broad Bold nib, you can get sloppy "carbon copies". Remember those? (if so, Oh, you sweet ancient dinosaur, you).

I bought this ink for Kaweco Liliput. Let me start off by talking about other comments.This stuff isn't messy like everyone says. It is water proof, but it comes out of my clothes, sinks, tables, wood... etc. Bleach didn't work that well, neither did alcohol, but after shave removes it from any surface within five seconds (higher alcohol content). People that claim it stained their sinks must not know about inks nor cleaners. I had some drip onto an unsealed wooden TV tray, sit for a few hours, and came right off with no effort. So if its staining properties were a turn off for you, don't worry about it.I am not going to go I to a lot of detail about the pH, because if you're here then I am sure you already know about the ink. In short, don't mix this ink. If you're using a Lamy, make sure it is a virgin pen. If it isn't, then it will corrode the feeder as a reaction.The color is amazing. I have seen every written review on the fpn, but not one image of this ink gives the proper intensity. This is very neon, and perhaps a bit darker than any picture I have seen. I have tried to take pictures of it on paper, but I simply cannot capture it. I sometimes quit writing simply to admire it's beautiful color.I have seen other reviewers call this ink dry. This ink is absolutely not dry. This is the wettest ink I have ever used. It has wonderful lubrication. Sadly, it feathers on most papers, but you have to really examine your work to see it. I haven't found any bleed through yet, but it has bad show through. Luckily I am a one page writer, but if you like to use the back of pages you'll need at least a 60# paper stock. My everyday book is a Midori Traveler's Journal (passport size), and I think it writes beautiful on the paper.Everything about this ink screams slow dry time, but it is one of the fastest inks that I have ever used. In my midori, it takes about 5 seconds to dry. On a spiral notebook (for college), it takes a little less time.Here is a summary.Pros-My favorite color ink-Fast dry time-Nice lubrication-Easy cleanup-Instant startupCons-Cheap bottle-Doesn't mission with other inks-High amount of show through-Some feathering-