Daytone Fountain Pen Ink Blue-Black 500 Ml. Pack of 2

This is an awesome ink that makes writing even more joyful as I use its Blue-Black shade with my Lamy Safari. It has good water resistance, which makes me use it even more. In. my opinion, it has replaced the gel and ball point pens for me forever and yes, two bottles at this price - it is absolute value for money.

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There are good and great parts about this ink and there are also not so good parts of this ink. :)Focusing on the great ones first, this dye based ink is really really affordable and probably the most economic one out there. With a litre of ink costing only 300 rupees, almost 30 paise per ml, which is absolutely unimaginable, when good inks can cost rupees 3500 or more only for 30 ml. So this is a huge benefit.The second part and the most important part is, this ink is water resistant. Yes, it may be is a bit washable but very very much water resistant, so, if someone like me, is going to use this for note writing, this is definitely the ink of choice. Also The flow of the ink is quite good although it writes more of on the drier side. The third part is it shipped really first and arrived in excellent condition :)Now, what I don't like about this product. First and foremost, the packaging itself, it comes in two bottles , shaped more or less like the fruit juice bottles. Now that might be good for storing ink, but it never is ideal for refilling or as an ink bottle, and it does not come with an ink bottle along with it, so, you have to arrange for a seperate ink bottle on your own. The second thing , what I don't like about this ink is, it's not a proper blue black. It's more of a navy blue in appearance and it is a very flat ink, less saturated, with absolutely no shading properties, and it does tend to feather or bleed through, well bleed through problem is not there with the good quality papers though. And it is in monotone , with absolutely no sheening to it. But I guess at this price range you cannot complain or expect much :) and the third part is bit awkward, the less price itself is a downside in a way, for it comes in such a huge amount, that is a whopping one litre amount, it may take ones lifetime to run this ink out :DThat being said, I hope if daytone works on the quality issues with this ink , it has all the possibilities of becoming a great choice of ink. Definitely it was beyond my expectations in a good way . :)

Got one Litre for Rs 300 + 100.Pros - 1. Dirt cheap. Cant get anything this cheap. 2. Has some water resistance , which is rare at this price point. 3. Comes in a bottle which is good for transportation but not for filling. So empty into old and cleaned ink pots.Cons - 1. Not very saturated. 2. Ink is on dry side. So avoid with F nib. Use only with wet nib or M nib. 3. Color is not deep blue as suggested in old reviews but more of blue black. 4. Not very lubricated. feels 'grainy' when you write. You may try some hacks to improve flow.To summarize, if you can get Pilot Blue black, it is much better but far more expensive. You may also try Daytone Extrafine Dark Storm which is supposed to be better, but not sure of water resistance. I prefer to mix this ink 50/50 with Parker blue ink. Flow and saturation improves with some water resistance.I am attaching pictures of water resistance. Parker is 100% washable. Camlin and Krishna inks retain some color on the mauve side. Waterman Mysterious blue is also washable. This ink retains shows some water resistance wich is appreciable at this price level

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Ink is good ,, well behave on any paper & pen combo,,, no feathering at all.... good water resistant,,, but no so saturated,, and colour is not dark blue but not like Navy blueThat’s why I returned it but other wise good ink,, well behave with any paper pen combo,, Great ,Great value for money,,

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