"Virtual Gordon" wrote in message
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I use Noodler's Air Corps Blue-Black in Moleskine journals with no
significant bleed through. I think it dries quite rapidly, and I (personal
taste here) like the finished appearance of the ink.

I haven't used the Air Corps Blue-Black yet. It is one of the Noodler
line-up and not Swisher's. It is the Swisher's special made faster drying
Noodler made inks that I've had trouble bleeding through on the moleskines.
I love those inks but with a med. nib they bleed through the other side of
the paper for me. They are fine on other papers and dry faster than the
reg. Noodlers. The Swisher Black is the blackest I've found and the Antigua
Blue as awesome.


One of my brothers is left handed and he uses a variety of Noodler's inks
in
Moleskines with no obvious difficulty utilizing a Pelikan M250 fitted with
an Oblique Medium nib. I believe that he writes in a conventional
underhand
manner.
Gordon

Well, if he was a over-writer, like many lefties, he would have trouble.
Especially with an Oblique. IMHO. Under-writers (with the hand under the
written line) like righties, seldom smear. I write under the line when
doing calligraphy with an italic nib without smearing,... but that is a
whole 'nother thing and much slower going than day to day writing, unless
you are a rightie like William Bostic. He was an art professor at Wayne
State from which I took a class in calligraphy; (italic cursive) He wrote
an italic cursive in all of his day to day correspondence, and it was
gorgeous.

Writing is so individual that it is hard to suggest inks and pens for
someone new to them, especially a left hander. The best understanding and
explanation of the left handed variables is on John Mottishaw's site. He
has really gone the extra mile. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it
;-) Just kidding of course.

Terry, who has written much In his several years that he wished he hadn't
:-)
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