Noodler’s - Cayenne - Ink Review

Hi all and welcome to Day 14 if Duck’s Doddles Inkmas!

Out of today’s grab bag I pulled Noodler’s Cayenne 

Let’s get to it!

Writing

This ink definitely goes down on the wetter side, and has a nice flow to it. I didn’t have any trouble getting this ink started in my Noodler’s Nib Creaper

I didn’t have any feathering on my Rhodia notepad but 100% saw feathering on every other paper I tried- field notes, copy paper and sticky notes 

Dry Time

I’ve seen this ink written about before and most folks said it has a quick dry time, but mine was pretty firmly between 30-60 seconds depending on the paper. 

Now, I did only have this ink loaded up in the Nib Creaper, which has a flex nib, so maybe it was really just spitting the ink down on the page. 

Water Test

This ink isn’t water resistant and it isn’t advertised to be.

This has been one of my favorite water tests because it really deconstructed the ink- you can see the shade range of yellows and oranges that are in this ink.

If you like using your fountain pen inks for art, this is a good candidate for you to get a bunch of different shades with.

Color

This ink is the next in the shade range after Apache Sunset- where Apache was a golden honey yellow to a light orange, this is a light orange to a dark orangey-red color. 

It’s a pretty vibrant shade of orange,  it definitely is a bit more flat than the Apache Sunset. I didn’t notice as much shade variation while writing.

Verdict

I like this ink! It’s not as easy to get a range of shades as other inks but it stays  in a color family it does well. It goes down well.

If you like orange inks and want to add a little flavor to them, this is a good candidate. 

Thanks for reading, happy writing and see you tomorrow for day 15!