I want to inform the friends who bought it and found it useless that I was also ready to throw it away and give it 1 star, but then I realized that it intentionally has a wax-like material in front, so the ink doesn't run while it sits unsold in its packaging. I removed it with a little scraping and everything is fine! You guys threw it away for nothing, the ink is great!! My favorite color is black, but the blue is also very good. It dries almost immediately and this is very convenient for me, being left-handed.