Talens Indian Ink Bottle 990 ml Black 700 - Fast-Drying Waterproof Ideal for Dip Pens, Air Brushes, Ruling Pens

This is great ink. Highly pigmented so it's on par with more expensive inks on the market. It is totally waterproof when dry, I had no bleeding after attacking it with copic markers. 30ml bottle is a little smaller than I usually get but a single dip goes an impressively long way. Those that use fountain pens, I can confirm that it works well in the Lamy Scala with a 0.7 nib without clogging up. Smaller nibs may be different. Highly recommended.

This is great ink. I use it mainly to paint tattoo flash. Amazing price, before this stuff I was paying £3.50 for a 15ml bottle of Indian ink, but this was £17ish for 490ml - crazy value! Apparently it's the industry standard for lining and spitshading tattoo flash so I'm glad I found it here. My only tiny issue is that you need some other container to decant it, I use a cleaned out candle tin with a lid and I only pour out as much as I need for the project. Not big enough a problem to drop a star though. 🙃

I’ve now got a bottle of the more expensive drawing ink, and a bottle of the Indian ink from Talens, and I can’t see or feel any difference between them. Both are blacker than any other ink I’ve ever used, both are waterproof and will stand up to pro markers being used over them on smooth paper as long as you leave it dry for an hour or so. Both work fine off dip pens and brushes and dilute to a nice neutral grey wash — neither cold nor warm — so you can watercolour over the washes without getting muddy-looking patches. I like it a lot. This big bottle is great value too, as it goes a long way. The ‘nozzle’ isn’t great for pouring into small cups but that’s about the only complaint I have, and it’s easily overcome.

good product for my purposes - scale model work

Very black ink, no need to go over a line twice with this. If you're used to Winsor and Newton, you'll find it takes much less ink to make a dilute wash of the same density. Don't spill it, and invest in some little funnels and disposable pipettes to manage it.

Doesn't appear to be stable when dry, black comes off on dusting

One of the best inks I ever tried. In my top 5 for sure. Thick, dark/opaque, fast dry, very resistible to erasers, just as I like. Optimal for brush work, but good with pen as well. Might not be ideal for some, though.

Super pigmented and love to use it. It does become a little difficult to open it over time but if you clean the screw on lid often it’ll be fine