Asvine Hongdian Fountain Pen Bottled Ink Black, 60ml Fountain Pen Bottled Ink, Non Carbon

This ink is absolutely beautiful. The bluish gray color is subtle, elegant, and incredibly versatile—it works just as well for everyday writing as it does for sketching or journaling. It has quickly become my favorite ink colors. The flow is smooth and consistent with no clogging or skipping, and it dries at a reasonable speed. Because it’s non-carbon, it feels safe and easy to use in fountain pens, even with regular use. The ink shades nicely without being distracting, giving handwriting a polished, professional look. The 60ml bottle is a great value, and I will definitely be purchasing this ink again. Highly recommended for anyone looking to add a unique yet practical color to their collection.

Currently the best value fountain pen ink on the market. I have three colors at the moment and plan on purchasing more soon. The colors are beautiful and really stand out without being obnoxious. I assume they are a dye based ink and it has great opacity. Really goes down smooth too with a quick dry time.

It is a nice shade of bluish green. It flows well through my fountain pen and I get a nice consistent line when writing. Like most fountain pen inks, it will smudge if you get it wet after the ink has dried. (It is NOT waterfast like ballpoint ink.) It is one of the most inexpensive inks on the market, and seems to be just as good as the more expensive brands. It is also readily available at Amazon, shipping free if you are a Prime member.

The value of this product is amazing! The ink is not watery, but it is nice and wet on the paper. As seen with the swatch test, it represents a good bluish gray, but also a nice darker color on the paper. It also has some shading. The ink does not bleed (apart from the swatched area) and dries within 30 seconds. Would definitely buy again!

I recently decided to dip my toes into the world of fountain pens and, upon seeing the Hongdian ink as a "frequently purchased together" item decided to give it a go. Overall, I am pleased with the ink's appearance on the page. It truly is a bluish gray, though the extent of the gray seems to depend somewhat on the paper. On a basic yellow legal pad, I have found it favor the gray while on smoother paper, such as a receipt, the blue is more pronounced. Overall, the color looks nice. As a lefthander, particularly one that writes from the side, one thing I'm always aware of is smearing and smudging. I have found this ink to be a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to drying time and resistance to smudging, even with an extra-fine nib. Some of this is attributable to paper differences. On a Midori MD A5 notebook, I have encountered smearing even after the passage of several minutes. On a receipt, however, the ink does not smear even though less time has elapsed. None of this is a criticism of this ink, but lefthanders should be aware that their experience may vary depending on the paper and nib being used. I'm not an expert in ink prices by any stretch, but 60 mL seems to be a decent amount for the price. The packaging was very lovely and I did not have any leaks whatsoever, so I cannot be more pleased on that front. In the final analysis, I think most fountain pen users will be pleased with this ink if they are looking for a bluish gray hue. Lefthanders, however, should be mindful of the propensity for smearing and how they might combat that.

This ink is great! I used it in a Jinhao fountain pen and I love the color. The color is more of a dark turqiouse and leans very blue, but it is accurate to the product photos and I think it's beautiful. It didn't bleed much through regular printer paper and layered well. I love this ink for drawing and writing.

This is a really good and underrated black ink. Its a nice deep dark black color. Of the 12 black inks I've tested, this is probably tied for 2nd or 3rd darkest. It may be difficult to tell in the picture, but its pretty clear in person. The darkest black is Cross Black. 2nd is a toss up between Noodler's X Feather, Kaweco Black Pearl, and Hongdian non carbon Black. Kaweco Black Pearl has a cool color temperature in some lighting conditions, X Feather seems neutral, and so does Hongdian non carbon Black. This Hongdian non carbon Black has good flow and is fairly smooth. It was well behaved on both ends of the nib spectrum - 1.9 Stub nib on one end (which is what I used in the picture for all of the writing samples), and a really tight Extra Fine nib on the other. I would put the amount of time it takes to dry in the medium range. It takes about 20 seconds to dry when using the 1.9 stub nib, which isn't too bad since it puts down a lot of ink. It only takes about a second to a second and a half when using the Extra Fine nib. It has pretty good water resistance, but its not as good as Noodler's X Feather in that regard. This leads to the one thing I don't like about this ink, which is that it turns purple when it gets wet. That is a minor pet peave of mine when dealing with black inks. I really prefer that they stay on the gray scale when they get wet. When cleaning out nibs or cartridge converters, this ink will turn a very deep purple when coming into contact with water and turns a nice light purple as it gets more diluted. When getting wet on paper, purplish color will come up off of the page first, but the color that remains on the page it still black, or sometimes charcoal gray depending on how much ink lifted off when it got wet. This ink is a great value and a real sleeper as far as black inks go. It will be in my regular rotation along with Noodler's X Feather and Cross Black (if I can ever find a bottle of it). Its also the least expensive of those 3. For what its worth, Kaweco Black Pearl is also pretty good except it has poor water resistance and doesn't flow for crap out of Extra Fine nibs. Hard Starts are the norm, and skipping isn't out of the question, which is why it won't be in my rotation once I am done with my cartridges. I haven't had any flow issues with it out of my stub nibs, but I need a black ink that works in Fine and Extra Fine nibs as well.

Parfait. Le produit correspond tout à fait à mes attentes.

Goes perfectly with my Hongdian fountain pen.

Bonito color y buena calidad de tinta.

Hongdian inks are just like the pens: just perfect. This here is a beautiful dark brown. I have already decided that I will buy it again. And also try the other colours

Bell'inchiosto, colore molto scuro, io credevo che fosse un po' più chiaro per dare di più l'effetto chiaro scuro mentre scrivevo, ma comunque un bellissimo inchiostro.