Reddit mentions of Waterman 50ml Ink Bottle for Fountain Pens, Intense Black Ink (S0110710)

Waterman 50ml Ink Bottle for Fountain Pens, Intense Black Ink (S0110710) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000J3VKH0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_HCjlDbHVD9VER

Not sure if this is prime day but only $3 for a bottle of intense black or mysterious blue

just a sec, I'll search my amazon history for the one I purchased. I really like it...

Pen:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M1FUXUN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The pen can take a cartridge, but I wanted a more authentic feel. It comes with a plunger which can be filled from an ink well.

Ink:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J3VKH0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Love this pen. I've used two bottles of ink so far.

Waterman Intense Black seems to be the best fit for your requirements. It's a nice black ink, and dries quickly.

Parker Quink is an option like you mentioned But I've used Quink in a fine nib and it wasn't grey but it was a light black. In a medium or bigger nib it should be a medium black.

I hope this helps.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000J3VKH0?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_pd_title
That's what I have and it just doesn't feel that nice. Pretty dark but has a lot of grey which I don't like.

Before starting, you should settle on a nib width that you are going to use. A lot of time people choose Medium because they think it's middle of the road and they often leave unsatisfied because it isn't. The line width you get from normal writing utensils tends to be more of a Fine on a fountain pen. I find it hard to get good handwriting with a medium nib whereas a fine is a lot easier.

Now at £10 here are some options:

• Pilot Varsity: Ready to use pen made by Pilot. I've never seen anyone complain about the way it writes, and it already comes with in inside it. You also get your choice of nib Cons? It's a disposable pen and isn't that pretty
  
• Platinum Preppy: Very similar but actually takes cartridges. You can choose your nib. I think you'll have to buy the cartridges separately.
  
• Baoer 801: Fine nibbed Chinese knockoff pen. Mine writes very well. Comes with fine nib. You'll probably want bottled ink. Section scratches easily but at the price I don't mind.
  
• Baoer 388: Very popular Chinese Sonnet knockoff. Mine writes very well. You'll probably want to use bottled ink with this one. Medium nib only.
  
  There are plenty of other Chinese pens out there, and you could go search them and find one you like too. I'm partial to Baoer pens: for me they have written better than any other Chinese pen. A lot of people recommend Jinhao pens, but their nibs run wide and they dry out a lot quicker when left sitting.
  
  As for bottled ink, I would suggest it for the Chinese pens because they come with the converter that is used to fill from the bottle. The inks I would recommend for you are:
  
  
• Parker Quink Black - my go-to black when it comes to inking any pen up.
  
• Waterman Serenity Blue - good generic blue. maybe a little light.
  
• Waterman Mysterious Blue - A darker, off blue
  
• Any freaking Waterman ink, I've heard good things from them. Tender purple? go get it. I suggest Waterman inks because they are cheap in the UK and very fountain pen friendly.

hi I'm buying my first fountain pen, is this ink ok? it's a lot cheaper than the others I see

https://www.amazon.com/Waterman-Bottle-Fountain-Intense-S0110710/dp/B000J3VKH0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1509978473&sr=8-3&keywords=fountain+pen+ink

That does look like a really nice pen. My current (or soon to be secondary pen) is the Waterman Hémisphère in black which was pretty nice, but wanted to go "up" in terms of quality.

I'm new to the separate inks side of fountain pens, so at the moment I've just got a bog standard Waterman black ink from Amazon: http://amzn.to/2hfeIQu. I thought I'd go with a cheap set to get the feel of using the inks, and will run from there into some nicer ones.