Mb Fountain Pen With Different Ink

[Haydnspass]

Hi,

 

I have a question about using a Mb fountain pen with ink not made from Mb. Are there any known issues and risks? Mb says: "only use ink from mb" . I own a 146 and a Classique and want to use Pilot kon peki,

 

Cheers

 

Lucas

[_Stormin_]

If you're using fountain pen ink, you'll be fine. Kon Peki is beautiful and should be OK in both pens.

[jar]

I have used Diamine, Pilot, Sheaffer, Waterman, Parker, Conway Stewart, J. Herbin, R&K, Akkerman, Private Reserve and likely others I have forgotten in my Montblancs.

[jsolares]

Hi,

 

I have a question about using a Mb fountain pen with ink not made from Mb. Are there any known issues and risks? Mb says: "only use ink from mb" . I own a 146 and a Classique and want to use Pilot kon peki,

 

Cheers

 

Lucas

 

It's mostly to cover themselves, just make sure you're using fountain pen ink like _Stormin_ says and you should be fine, however you could read up on the ink and if it has cleaning or staining problems use it on the classique and not the 146 since it's quite easier to flush a classique.

[zaddick]

Feel free to go nuts with the various types of fountain pen ink. One thing to note, do not try mixing different brands of ink inside of A pen for the first time. Some different brands of ink will react poorly with each other, and you do not want to find this out by putting it in a pen without testing. (This means flushing when changing brands of ink. ). Also, some inks tend to crust on your nib. One example is Diamine ancient copper. Do not be alarmed if that happens, and always search here in the ink forums for details about a specific brand and color. You often find exactly information you are looking for.

[macball]

Several years ago I switched to a common brand of ink mostly because I liked the bottle. There were no flow issues and I liked the ink at least as much as MB ink. I used it for about two years in all of my MB pens. After about a year and a half I noticed that my pistons were getting stiff. Some of these were writer's editions so I was pretty upset. I switched to a different brand of ink that has advertised lubricating properties but that didn't really help. The pens were sent on different occasions back to Germany for "repair", which I was very happy with. The only common factor that I can think of was the ink. As I understand it, all inks contain some sort of detergent, including MB ink (SuperClean??). Is it possible that the concentration or type of detergent in inks can dissolve the silicon piston lubricant? I switched back to MB ink and have not had a problem since. In the meantime I made a piston removal tool out of a dollar store dinner fork and purchased some Trident silicon lubricant and have serviced my 146s and 149s myself. I note that several posts here describing dry pistons and the need for lubrication but I am wondering if any of those issues can be traced back to the ink being used.

[Chrissy]

If you have a Mb piston filler with an ink window in the barrel, you should be aware that some more saturated inks will permanently stain it

[luckyseven]

No concerns putting Noodler's into an Agatha Christie?

[jar]

No concerns putting Noodler's into an Agatha Christie?

 

No concerns putting Noodler's into an Agatha Christie?

 

There simply aren't many Noodler's inks I want regardless of the pen. I have used Navajo Turquoise and Antietam in other pens in the past.

[niksch]

I generally stick to MB inks, but this is because I'm lazy and lucked into a treasure trove of MB inks years ago. I have used some Quink, Penman Emerald, and a few others, including some Noodler's ink, but my tastes are so bland that MB Blue/Black, Racing Green, & Bordeaux or the limits of my experimentation.

[meiers]

I generally stick to MB inks, but this is because I'm lazy and lucked into a treasure trove of MB inks years ago. I have used some Quink, Penman Emerald, and a few others, including some Noodler's ink, but my tastes are so bland that MB Blue/Black, Racing Green, & Bordeaux or the limits of my experimentation.

Our ink tastes coincide. Bordeaux is quite flashy though. Edited April 24, 2015 by meiers

[VivienR]

I using Diamine Imperial Purple in my Princesse Grace De Monaco, works like a charm. Every manufacturer suggesting their own ink to their own pen.