Waterman Fountain Pen Ink, Inspired Blue, 50ml Bottle

Writes very well, color is beautiful, and container is quality with no spills. I love it and plan to buy more colors, definitely worth it. I filled my beginner fountain pen with it, and it's perfect.

Always meets my needs

Favorite brand of ink. Their colors hold fast and don't fade.

As expected

A beautiful, strong red.Works great in my Lamy pen.Highly recommend

In '88 my sister gifted me with a stainless steel Sheaffer Targa with a medium nib. I wanted a good, flexible pen for final copy of music compositions. Cartridges of Sheaffer Skrip were all I had readily available at the time; suffice to say, the learning curve was steep and the results remained unacceptable.For years I occasionally tried going back to what I had seen in others as good results; but, the Skrip ink ran, feathered and blobbed, and I became convinced that it was the pen or the nib that were faulty. Three years ago I bought a Cross Bailey with a medium nib along with Cross ink cartridges, and the results were better albeit marginally. Having some extra time and many final drafts to copy over, I asked myself: how could two storied pen makers get it wrong in nearly the same way? This started me researching fountain pen ink.Once I gathered, from various resources, anecdotal evidence about the many varieties of inks and their qualities and characteristics, then I compiled a comparisons list and keyword descriptors and critiques. This ultimately led me to Amazon to make a decision. I ordered a converter for each, the Targa and the Bailey, and a bottle of Waterman's jet black and Waterman's inspired blue for each pen, respectively. Admittedly, I kept my expectations low from years of horrible results and disappointments; but, since I wasn't spending a mint and I still hadn't found an adequate solution to hand writing beautiful printable copy of my compositions, I figured, meh, what the hell.Wow, was I surprised! The Waterman's inks flowed smoothly and precisely from both pens. The ink dried quickly and did not feather, run or blob; in fact, the parchment I use to blot has but the faintest specks of residual ink. Again I have to say: wow!If I let the nib rest on paper the ink does begin to flow, but not remotely as watery or blobby as Sheaffer Skrip or Cross cartridge inks. The control of line thickness with Waterman's ink in both fountain pens is precisely what I sought in a pen 32 years ago when my sister asked me what I would like for my birthday. I am immensely satisfied.

Pretty green at a decent price

This ink is runny thus making it easy to write with, but I wanted to create a mixture similar to burgundy or blood, and this ink worked for that purpose.