Daily Carry Inks - Spill Test

Thought I'd test the current inks I'm carrying in my pens to see how they hold up in a spill situation in the office environment. I take usually take notes in a Black n' Red notebook with 24 lb Optik paper. This is a medium priced general office notebook. It's not quite at the level of a Rhodia or Clairfontaine paper, but it is far superior to office legal pads, spiral notebooks, and copier paper. It performs very well with fountain pen inks and I use a Red n' Black notebook as my ink journal to track each time I ink up a new pen,

Today's test covers these inks:

• DeAtramentis Document ink. Since DA Document inks are mixable, I like to mix colors to see what I come up with. This particular color is a mix of Turquoise, Fuscia, and Brown.
• Noodler's 54th Massachusetts. This is my all-time favorite ink. totally waterproof and a beautiful color with variations depending on the nib width.
• Noodler's Legal Blue. I recently discovered this color and I am finding I keep coming back to it. It is also waterproof.
• Noodler's Bad Green Gator. Probably my favorite permanent green.
• Noodler's Bulletproof Black. This is the gold standard for low-cost, well-behaved, permanent black inks.
• Noodler's Empire Red. A rare permanent red ink. A bit on the light side, and will dry out on a pen that does not seal well.
• Noodler's Kung Te cheng. Probably one of the most permanent inks on the market. Will dry out on the nib if not constantly used. Great for addressing envelopes. Nice purple blue color.
• Noodler's Luck of the Draw. A new ink introduced by Noodler's at the 2018 Baltimore Pen Show in March. It is nearly permanent, with a bit of color that will wash away leaving behind a permanent line. Named after the land lottery that was used when Baltimore was founded.
• Noodler's Zhivago. A nice, semi-permanent greenish-black. Nicely lubricated. Flows well in finer nibs.
• Pilot Blue Black. This is a standard Pilot (Namiki) ink. Normally available in cartridges only in the United States, but I bought a 350 ml bottle on line from Japan. One of the best-behaved inks you can use. I trust my vintage pens with this ink. It is even semi-permanent, leaving behind a solid blue line after a soak of many hours.

As you can see, most of my daily carry inks are very permanent. I've tested these inks in soaks of 6 - 10 hours with the same results. The only two inks that bleed color onto the paper in a spill are Zhivago and Pilot Blue Black. Even so, they are very nice office inks and preserve your writing in almost any situation.