– Hongdian Fountain Pen Ink, 60 ml, Ink for Fountain Pen, without Carbon Dioxide

Love this ink. It flows well and has quite the intensity of colour. Great value for a 60ml bottle. I bought the Teal colour too, just as good.

Excellent ink, very clear that it’s gray and not black. Writes really well across the paper.

Lovely smooth flowing ink, very nice colour for my taste. Quite a nice bottle, and easy to fill my fountain pen from. Recommended seller, I look forward to trying some other colours from this range.

The ink is good, flows well, has a strong colour which can be watered down if needed. There is a lot of ink. I’ve got the empty ink bottle out on a shelf which looks quite nice with a wash of dried ink sticking to the sides of the glass. Why the empty ink bottle so soon after delivery you may be thinking? Well, I could not open the silver metal top, no matter how I tried. In the end a jar opener in my kitchen succeeded (it did not mark nor compress the cap in any way) . Then I tried to screw the lid back on and felt/heard a scratchy grinding noise. On inspection I could see that there was a sliver of metal stuck to the screw part of the glass. I couldn’t scrape it off with my nail and the bottle was still full and concluded that some of the ink must have acted like a glue when the bottle was originally filled. So I decanted all the ink out into 3 spare ink bottles and left the original bottle with residual ink coating the inside of the bottle (impressed by that) to dry in the sun. Hence the 4 stars, nice and plentiful ink, shame about the bottle lid.

A true Green-black. Quite dark when using a fountain pen but great for everyday writing for someone who wants a professional alternative to plain black.

Excellent ink for the price, really smooth writing and a generous amount of ink in an attractive bottle. Unusually I like the metal lid. It makes an interesting change from Bakelite and sounds very satisfying to use.

Very pink, similar to the colour of pink sweetpeas. I would say that the product pictures are very accurate in terms of pigmentation. I used it for drawing and colouring flowers with a paintbrush. Depending on the paper (and yes, paper is important) the ink could be layered up to intensify the depth of colour, or it could spread and soak in, appearing dull. The ink is quite watery, so I can see why it's suitable for a fountain pen even though I didn't use it with one. Also, the colour is consistent with no lumps or particles of pigment sliding around the bottom. Again, depending on the paper, the ink flows quite easily. I drew with it a few weeks ago, and the weather has been miserable, so I'm not sure how light fast the colour is. To me, it looks as vibrant as the day I drew with it. The bottle is also quite sturdy, with a wide base, so it's hard to knock over. Overall, I wanted a no-fuss pale springtime pink, and that's what I got. It wasn't too expensive either. I am one happy customer.

I wanted a brown ink for sometime now. I gave this a go and I am happy. The brown is very dark but I use a fine Nib. Possibly the broader the Nib, the more ink spread you'll have and the more colour variation is apparent. Nice ink. Worth the money. Give it a go