Noodlers Pens and Inks

Of course I want more, and I've started giving these as gifts because of the free pen. Just tell those you give it to to fill up the Charlie as you would any eyedropper when you've used up three quarters of the barrel. In fact, keep it filled always by buying the 16 ounce bottles and then the gallons when N.T. puts them out!

My only complaint about Baystate Blue is that I can't buy it in gallons, yet.

Blue that changes tones into darker or lighter blue and light purple. I never saw an ink doing this before and the more I ink different pens and nibs and different papers, the more I like it. Also, easy to wash out of fingers!!

This has got to be the best pen that Noodler's makes. The second runner-up would be the nib creeper, but this is a step up in size and ink capacity and that's why I love it. Smooth nibs in the two I own, lovely ebonite materials in one. I personally love the smell of the other one. Great ink capacity and reliability.

Noodler's Roller Eel ink is really just lubricated Noodler's heart of darkness. It takes a while to dry on less absorptive material like cardstock and may even smudge after. The included rollerball pen is fantastic and does okay with polar ink too.

One of my favorite dark blue inks in my ink collection that I use on a regular basis. I would say it is a fairly permanent ink although the blue will wash out slightly leaving a black color. Dries quickly on all types of paper with most of my writing done on Rhodia.

A very well built and thought out pen. A true throwback to an earlier time.
You should like to take apart fountain pens and work on them some. Use a little silicon grease or oil on the o-rings. It takes a little practice to keep from getting ink on your hands. While exposing the nib and feed, if you see that ink is going to leak out, tap the bottom of the pen a few times lightly on a soft surface to allow the ink to flow back into the chamber. Really a great retro pen. The best built Noodlers pen I have seen yet.
A good writer, typical Noodlers flex nib. I think other #5 nibs should fit also.

Satisfied with the pen

Beautiful color

Great

This is my first Noodler pen and the Konrad is now one of my favorite pens. I have largish hands and the MonteVerde Sequoia large barrel sits well in my hand. But I find this Konrad so comfortable to use even if it is smaller in diameter. I like how the tip is so versatile: I can simply write and it is like a fine tip but when I want to be more expressive, the tip flexes and I get different line thickness.

Plus the pen construction makes it simple to repair and swap out nibs...great design.

I love the Navajo Turquoise! Great shading and flow in my Kaweco broad nib! Thank you Pen Chalet for the fast shipping and great service!

Great value inks. Saturated colors got me back into using fountain pens.

This pen, in Red Rebellion ebonite, is the second Neponset I've gotten in my second adventure with this pen. I'm glad I made the effort.

In use, it has the vaunted "velvet stroke". Writing with a very light hand, it tends somewhere between a Medium and Broad nib; writing with a somewhat heavier hand expands that to a Broad to Double Broad; and a little more approaches a Triple Broad or Coarse. That's more pressure than I'm comfortable with, though, so I'll call its MB to BB width good and resort to dip pens if I think I need more.

Excellent pen! It surprised me because it's not the most sexy pen, but it feels so good to hold and write or draw with, that it is almost my favorite pen. It feels so good unposted. The ebonite makes it a slightly heavier pen than resins. It takes some patience sometimes when extending the nib, so that no ink is spilled. I recommend it to artists who need to work with bonded inks!

very nice pen and writes real good

very nice and packed very well

ALWAYS heat treat any Noodler pen. Love this pen since did it.

Nifty feed mechanism

First, I hate the Noodler's flex nibs, because I think they are terrible for writing WITHOUT flex. But the Wendigo model of this pen looked so cool, I bought one (and now several) and planned to change out the nib immediately.

I planned on installing a Fountain Pen Revolution nib, but decided that for $0.80, the Noodler's non-flexible F/M was worth a try. I like it! It felt rather scratchy and sharp for the first few lines, as if it wanted to snag the paper, but after a few lines, I got the nib aligned against the paper correctly and the pen wrote great.

The build quality seems pretty good. This feels like a solid pen. But I wonder if Noodler's bothers to put silicone grease on the piston. I have tried several of these, and the first time trying to move the piston by twisting the filler knob it always seems "stuck" and I am afraid something is going to break. (And that happened in one of my five Konrads). The filling assembly is supposed to be removable by twisting counterclockwise. I haven't tried that yet, but on future Konrads, I will probably remove the filling assembly and grease the piston before the first fill.

The one major downside to buying one of the multi-color acrylic designs (like the Wendigo, Chimney Afire, or Emeralds on the Sun) is that you never know what the one you get will look like. I've seen Wendigos with very little blue on them and Wendigos with an overwhelming amount of blue. You just have to take your chances there.

Love it, the color is awesome, the feel while using and how smoothly it writes. Very pleased, would buy again as a gift.

There seems to be a lot of love or hate for this pen in the fountain pen community. My experience so far has been very good, so much so that I have 5 of these pens. Each one dedicated for specific Noodler's ink. A pen with this size and girth, ebonite feed, a semi flex nib and ability to hold a ton of ink for around $20 is hell of a value.

Noodler's is doing some funky stuff when it comes to pens and this pen is one funky pen. A music nib with ebonite feed in full ebonite body for around 70 USD is a lot of pen for the money. Some folks have had issues with their music nibs but mine write well out of the box. These steel nibs don't flex like vintage gold nibs so don't expect that when you buy this pen but most definitely give good line variation. I recommend using it with inks that don't feather much and on good quality paper.

My first Noodlers fountain pen that I purchased.
It is a gift for someone that does not have one.
The pen looks and feels top shelf.
It does have a slight odor to it, nothing bad.

I am always Happy when I order Noodlers Fountain pen ink ( this time I ordered four different colors), and I am also happy with the excellent service I get from the wonderful folk at Pen Chalet. I have always gotten excellent and efficient service with every order. Thank you!