Dr. Ph. Martin'sBlack Star India Ink, 1.0 oz, Black (Hi-Carb)

This is the blackest ink I've ever used, and I love it! It's also waterproof, which allows me to add lighter marks over the top, or use with watercolours after inking. It works particularly well with brushes and creates a very flat, continuous jet black mark when used neat from the bottle. It works well also when used with water to create other effects. It's pricey, but I think it's worth it.

Slightly on the pricey side - let's not pretend it's not - BUT worth every penny, cent or soul of the child you traded to get it. This is hands down the best drawing ink I have tried to date. I was a big fan of another india ink and I used to buy that in bulk - it's rather cheap here in England - but recently I decided to branch out and try this one. Wow! I'm not going back. Very black. Waterproof. Can take a beating with successive layers of watercolour and remain vibrant and black like my soul and my coffee. I want to try and use it in a fountain pen next as to date I have only tried crow quill and brush. Wish me luck.

This is the best ink I've used - by a country mile.The ink draws really well and sits in the pen at a good volume without blobbing. The black itself is a very dense black and covers well when applied by brush. When covering larger areas it has a slight silky sheen but goes on very evenly and still retains the density of the black.LOVE IT...

Worth it, would recommend to anyone using for stick and poke as it is a non toxic ink.

To disguise a mark on my cooker