Baystate Blue Ink - multiple demonstrations

[FUBAR956]

I just got my bottle of Baystate Blue and I actually can't wait to get to work Monday and start signing stuff. I got some on my finger while filling my Lamy Studio. Question is, how do you get that ink staining off your fingers?

[FUBAR956]

I just got my bottle of Baystate Blue and I actually can't wait to get to work Monday and start signing stuff. I got some on my finger while filling my Lamy Studio. Question is, how do you get that ink staining off your fingers?

[cryptogentic]

@FUBAR956 A little bleach or hand sanitizer (alcohol gel) will assist in cleanup. But a syringe or pipette will eliminate most spills and make your life a lot easier.

[radellaf]

Is cleaning with bleach needed just for aesthetics, or also required to prevent interactions with other inks like Bulletproof Black? Is a good water rinse not enough for that? Just wondering because I don't care about color left behind, but some pens have metals that I don't want to apply full strength bleach to (nib collar in Pelikans). If bleach is required I'll just not use those pens with this ink.

[28ggeiger]

While I love the Bay State Blue color, I was disappointed in this video. It's too much of a rant. Had the tone been more positive, it would have made a better presentation.

[DaveBTHunt]

@28ggeiger But that's why I love it!

Obviously an entrepenuer with geniune belief in the inherent worth of his product and rightly or wrongly, that it's his way, or no way.

Nothing wrong with that. He seems in the mold of Henry Ford, or one of many turn-of-the century, proud independent manufacturers that made the 20th century for us - the best of which were part businessman, part inventor and part philosopher.

There should be more like him and this is exactly what I would have hoped for.

[belvucker2]

It would be interesting to see bulletproof Noodler's ink for inkjet printers.

[gasparro14]

Thank you for this video Nathan. You answered many of my questions and it was an interesting presentation.

[PoliticalPars]

I love my Baystate Colours, and the blue is certainly special. I use it in a Wality eyedropper, but love the idea of using it in a brush pen. Thanks, Nathan.

[parser9]

@gfrank98 a good plan. i reused the bottle from some crappy higgins ink to hold a nice mix of Antietam and BP-black. be careful with checked luggage though; my noodler's bottles didn't leak there, while the higgins bottle did. for myself, apart from dropping one, i can't see how a noodler's bottle would shatter or even leak; it's fairly thick glass. i just throw them in my backpack and haven't had problems. spillage from open bottles is much more of a concern, but not after a few refills.

[parser9]

john galt is nathan tardif.

[ustamills]

Nathan, you probably don't need someone thanking you for it, but THANK YOU for caring about ink and the pen industry. Your passion, your knowledge, and your efforts for those of us who care about pens and ink are very much appreciated.

[FountainPen617]

@InkNeedLastForever I've been checking your blog page for over a year now, when do you anticipate churning out some more of those sweet custom nibs? I'd really like to try out some of the crazier ones you have pictured!

[cleopatress]

i LOVE how you demonstrate your passion for ink through this video. bravo! not only for the demo but creating such a high performance product.

[SLEEPYnBORED]

I have never used a noodler`s pen or ink yet, but to fill your Ink in GLAS bottles, is great! I still prefer glass to plastic catridges... Catridges are nonsense! No class and bad for mother earth.

Come on if somebody dosen`t even have 2min. probably less to fill his pen, then I seriously question his or her lifestyle, relax guys.... no offense

[InkNeedLastForever]

"Please find a source for US pens" A bit of history on a particular country and fountain pens...

Sheaffer, Waterman, Cross, Parker, Conklin, Moore, Chilton, Carter, Wahl, Pick, Caw, Wirt, Eagle, Inkograph, Wearever, Esterbrook, AA Waterman, Dunn, Sager, Arnold, Sterling, John Holland, Rider, Tiffany, etc…all obtained ebonite from: INDIA. Why not Noodler’s too?

[Stylobug33]

Great video, Nathan. Thank you so much for all the work you do to make writing such an enjoyable experience. I haven't gotten to try Bay State Blue yet, but it looks great.

[InkNeedLastForever]

Difference in philosophy. 1st: I reviewed some data on the autopsy of a sea turtle found dead off Cape Cod - it had ingested a floating pen cartridge (which looks like a small jelly fish when in the water). If you have had one of these animals come up by the boat to breath at you...you don't want them to die! 2nd: the math for cartridges is the ultimate consumer rip-off vrs. bottled ink and I can't offer them in good conscience.

[InkNeedLastForever]

I can't deal with design departments who have one goal: exclusivity and locking up the customer to their pen and ink only for financial reasons. They design a feed that uses only one type of ink...I am beginning to believe - on purpose. They like nibs that work in only one pen - theirs. They like plastic that can only be used in one way: theirs... So - rather than only make inks they like - I want to offer every ink that will run in a fountain pen...& the pens to use them. It's about choice

[InkNeedLastForever]

It's $174 of cartridges - on average - per single $12 bottle of Noodler's. Do the math.

[InkNeedLastForever]

Japanese pens, Swiss tips...yes...why? Pure frustration. I became more of a free trade believer when I could not get the needed permits for expansion here in the US - regulatory requirements in effect mandate a 27% youth unemployment rate. There are MANY duly elected politicians and their appointed bureaucrats who HATE US business. I see empty factories from Providence RI to Lowell, Lawrence, out to Worcester...and further to Allentown, Youngstown...and Detroit. The reasons are very clear.

[InkNeedLastForever]

"Please find a source for US pens," The rule is - the ink is the primary product and the pen is the ACCESSORY to the INK. The pen is the tool that gets the ink upon the page..and once that ink is upon the page it can make you immortal if the ink is good enough and what you have drawn or composed memorable enough. The ink can write on many surfaces and with many different pens. I failed at making a competitive US pen for 20 yrs, how long was I supposed to try?

[cupofspoons]

@InkNeedLastForever I love your inks, and over half of the inks I have are yours. And I completely agree with this sentiment. I was wondering if you would consider selling the preppy roller ball converters on their own. They work beautifully, and for us on a budget, and will practical needs/left handedness, they are a godsend. Would you consider selling them on their own? I would buy two dozen in a heartbeat.

[cryptogentic]

@FountainPen617 You don't like the free pens? You think the bottle is too full? You must be the first person on the planet to complain they get too much for their money. ;)

If you like cartridges then refill them with a syringe or use a converter.

Nathan has covered the packaging topic many times. Cartridges and fancy bottles are wasteful and expensive. He's rather spend the resources on ink and pens.

[mrfdjones]

Bravo Nathan! I've had BSBlue in my ink drawer for some time now and it is indeed the most striking color I own. Love it.

[cryptogentic]

"This ink to contunue to be made until I'm a dead man"

I so glad there is a man of priciple behind the product. BSB is more fun to write with than any other ink I've used. Though Black Swan in Aus Roses is growing on me.

[1001tidbits]

Fabulous ink. Great and dedicated owner. Wonderful video. Thanks Nathan!

[gfrank98]

Mr. Tardif, I own and use BSB, but I have to comment on your logic - just because you have a paper on which BSB does not feather does *not* mean it isn't a feathery ink. I think we can all agree that feathering is a spectrum, not a binary, and in that spectrum, BSB is more feathery than Bulletproof Black, no?

[fabrimedeiros9888]

@gfrank98 I've also been using BSB and I love it. BSB feathers as the classic inks: Pelikan, Waterman Florida Blue etc IMHO. The only drawback is that stein a lot, and I can't use it into my piston fillers with ink window.

Nathan,

Thanks a lot for the video!

Fabricio

[InkNeedLastForever]

I replied to this but the service did not post...so I'll try again... BSB feathers on mole-skien, some ball pen pad papers, some ink jet papers, some recycled - but not all. The reason for the paper in the film is to disprove this belief that paper without BSB feathering is hard to find or costly. A ream for less than $2 is pretty reasonable IMO. There are many papers it does not feather on, and a few it does feather on...but it does NOT feather on everything!!!

[InkNeedLastForever]

@gfrank98 Please see earlier reply to this question.

[halden]

Excellent video Nathan