This ink is pleasantly black (soft). A touch different from some other brand colours. It is a very smooth ink as well. Flows excellently. If you want a black ink which is slightly not black, then this is the one for you.
I really enjoy this ink because it’s iron gall which means that it doesn’t smear easily when it’s dry on the page even though it’s written a minute ago. I have sometimes sweaty hands and even that doesn’t seem to lift the ink of the page so a relatively quick dry time and no smudging helps me a lot to enjoy this black ink!