Noodlers Pens and Inks

Great ink. This ink makes my writing smoother across the business types of paper I use.

Love this pen! Especially great for shimmer inks as it really puts down the ink so you can really see the shimmer - writes really wet and flowing! Obviously, quality of the paper matters, but truly one of my favorite pens! I have two of them, Carpathian and Olde Salem - both are really works of art with depth and richness of colors. Many folks say they have to "tinker" with the Noodler's pens to get them to work correctly, but I have these as well as several Ahabs and Konrads and all have been perfect right out of the box and all work really beautifully with the shimmer inks. Very happy with my Noodler's Pens and Pen Chalet's customer service is always top notch!

I love safety pens, and have 4 Watermans, 2 Moores, and now 3 Noodlers. This most recent purchase, the Chestnut version, is a good pen. It has great fit and finish, and performs well (better than my 2 black ones which came from the first batch Noodlers released). It operates more smoothly, and has better ink flow than the earlier iterations. I love the swirled brown and black ebonite! Be aware that safety pens aren't for the faint of heart. This is a good pen, but it is still a design from over 100 years ago. It cannot be quickly deployed for use, and will reward you with massive ink stains if you are careless.

I bought this to use a pager header and such. Does grab attention and seems to work well enough in my pen which I dedicated to this ink.

I purchased both the Noodler's Apache Sunset and Dostoyevsky. The Apache Sunset is gorgeous - it shades incredibly from a cadmium yellow to almost a burn orange with a medium nib on my Stalogy notebook paper - and while it's not a colour that I'd use on a daily basis, it lends itself to notes and pen drawings very well.

From what I've seen, the colour of Noodler's Dostoyevsky tends to vary a bit. The one I received is a pretty, medium-saturated turquoise that shows up a little darker on copy paper, but shades quite nicely on Tomoe River and Stalogy paper. The water resistance is quite decent: I ran my test paper under the tap for 10 seconds; the water removed the turquoise colour, leaving behind a greyish blue that resisted further removal. My only nitpick is that the ink feathers a little upon drying on cheap paper, even with a fine nib, but it isn't immediately obvious unless you look closely.

This ink is black, waterproof, is rated eternal/bulletproof, flows well, lubricates the nib's motion across the paper, cleans off the skin readily, and doesn't stain. There isn't much more one could ask of one's ink.

54th Mass is by far the wettest ink I’ve ever used. It also dries incredibly fast and has minimal feathering. This is a remarkable ink that I’ve gotten numerous friends addicted to.

I am just learning different inks. I find this one to be very good. It flows very well. It is a little darker than I thought but that is fine.

I puchased this item thinking that because of its lower price tag that it would be fine for rough traveling. I discovered that it is a very fine pen and exceeded my expectations. I find that I use it just as much as I use my higher priced fountain pens.

These feeds are superb especially for the price. I’m a Noodlers fan and fountain pen tinkerer! Lol
Easily softened in some near boiling water and voila, mate (set) the feed to your specific nib, whether a stock or aftermarket or a vintage nib make fine tuning to your style easy.

What a Beautiful looking pen made only for Pen Chalet......I just fell in love with the coloring and the point that it is 1 of 150........If only this were a Piston F.P. If only this were a piston filler it would be the ultimate

I like their pens and Nathan’s attitude!

Always good to have a spare in case you drop your pen!

Do you love the look and feel of a solid black ebonite pen? Do you want a pen with quirky features, high-tech a century ago but practically unheard of today? Noodler’s Boston Safety is exactly that sort of pen. True to the original safety concept, this model features design improvements Nathan Tardiff conceived doing repair work on vintage safeties. Something about the nib feels delightfully “different” to me (old-fashioned, a bit flexy, perhaps?). By design, this pen does not easily dry out if you leave it sitting untouched for weeks on end. Strangers have admired my Platinum Preppy, and say it must be a very exotic pen. Fair enough, but this Boston Safety is so exotic it almost makes the Preppy seem commonplace as a Bic Cristal ballpoint by comparison. I think Nathan has produced a beautiful, and practical, recreation of the old vintage designs. Practical that is, either if you need a pen which can survive India or other inks which destroy modern fountain pens, or if you simply like the fussy quirks of a design which CAN handle such inks. I think this pen is exceptionally easy to use and maintain TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION it derives (beautifully) from a century-old design. Contemporary fountain pens rarely splash blobs of ink if you open them too abruptly (as Noodler’s Boston Safety can do), nor will they ever dump their ink supply if you forget to point them skyward before removing the cap (as Noodler’s Boston Safety most assuredly will do). On the other hand, you can completely disassemble the Noodler’s Safety with bare hands (perhaps using a piece of rubber for added traction if your grip isn’t that strong), and use it with wickedly aggressive inks if you are so inclined. I would call this the perfect pen for a certain breed of artists, tinkerers, and vintage fountain pen buffs.

very picturesque. nib too fine for my needs but still a keeper

It's been a long time since I've purchased a Ahab and I really like this one and the finish.

This is my second Noodler's Boston Safety. My first is a Chestnut model. I like it so much that I decided to get another in black. I use Manjiro Nakahama Wheelman's Sepia in the Chestnut one and X-Feather in the black one. Both are wonderful pens. I only recommend these to people with brains and who have informed themselves of how these special pens work. I have taken both pens completely apart with no special tools. I totally trust these. If a future model come out in a different ebonite, I may collect them all. I like them that much!

I am delighted with the pen and with the service. Thank you. I will certainly look for other items to purchase. Jean

Just received the pen and started puttering with it. Love it, so far. It is small (for my small hands, I'll fess up) and light as air. The nib flows well with a fine line that is crisp and clean. Workmanship is well done and I plan to putter with this for some time. Good for notes in books, sketches on scraps of paper, and for personal notes to friends, and to some 'frenemies'. Merci pour le stylo grande petite fontaine!

Beautiful depth of color, works great

Very nice little pen with good line variation. Nib is a wee bit scratchy. For my small hands this pen works very nicely.

I love the color of Baystate Blue! I have it in a dedicated pen so I'm not concerned with its infamous staining properties. It gets a little ghosting and bleed-thru on cheap paper, but it's great on fountain pen friendly paper!

I know not everyone likes Noodler's ink, but I love it. I have many of them and I like most of the ones that I have. They are awesome and do what they are advertised to do.

I know not everyone likes Noodler's ink, but I love it. I have many of them and I like most of the ones that I have. They are awesome and do what they are advertised to do.

Beautiful and writes smoothly