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Okay, I love MB red inks. I've always loved them, so I was really excited to see how this one panned out. I heard that it was blood red, but I definitely see it more as the crimson side of blood, like drying blood that hasn't got too brown yet.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Montblanc/DSC09599.jpg

It looks really nice on CF and Rhodia paper.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Montblanc/DSC09603.jpg


And the shading is pretty neat - it is almost rose coloured in the lighter areas, but dark crimson in the darker areas.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Montblanc/DSC09605.jpg

More pictures in my photobucket album here.

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Thanks... what a great review! Outstanding photography!! Especially the shading is terrific!!!

 

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Nice review, thank you :)

 

I picked up a bottle about 2 weeks ago... and another two subsequently :embarrassed_smile: I'm terrified that the LE links will vanish the moment I decide that I like them!

 

I found it to be very well behaved on my cheaper papers (whitelines pads on which Vert Empire feathers everywhere). I was very fond of the gold haloing too. I'd love to see a comparison with Herbin 1670 if anyone happens to have them both inked.

 

Now... is three bottles enough?!?!

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. -Carl Sagan

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I like the colour. But it's a limited edition, and I'd rather not get hooked on an LE ink... :(

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Thanks for the review, I really like this red ink. I find it is just a touch more black compared to the Ink of Love.

"One Ink-drop on a solitary thought hath moved the minds of millions" - P R Spencer

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Not usually a fan of red but I find the shading and color variation attractive! might have to see about getting some :thumbup:

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I read somewhere (probably on FPN in all likelihood) that Hitchcock was re-branded Ink of Love...is there any truth to that?

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I read somewhere (probably on FPN in all likelihood) that Hitchcock was re-branded Ink of Love...is there any truth to that?

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/212752-compare-six-mb-reds-with-chromatography/

 

From this I think Hitchcock, falls between the 2007 Holiday ink and Ink of Love in colour, and it's formulation is closer the 2007 Holiday ink.

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To my eye the ink of love and the hitchcock look very similar.

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I was actually shocked to see how different Ink of Love and Hitchcock were. I didn't realize that until I did this comparison.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/FPN%20comparison%20shots/DSC09626.jpg

 

Many more in this comparison album here.

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How similar are Hitchcock and the 2007 Seasons Greetings? I Sam Capote's comparison scan they look very similar, though not identical, to me.

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I just realized how HORRIBLY wrong I spelled Hitchcock in that last comparison! :embarrassed_smile: I was running out of room so my mind truncated it for me. I doubt he'd like being called 'Hitcock'.

 

raging.dragon - I'm working on that comparison now. I've done the Hitchcock portion, and tomorrow I'll fill up with MB SG 2007.

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I really like this red.

So I bought three bottles (they are only 30ml per bottle).

Just in case I have to write more blood-letters :roflmho:

 

fpn_1331378264__hitchcock-ink.jpg

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Owing to a fear that this ink will become scarce and stocks vanish (leaving me with only MB Burgundy in the MB stable) I have just purchased my 3rd bottle to go into the cupboard from the MB in Birmingham - UK. The sales adviser said that it was currently unavailable from their warehouse, so it maybe that my pre-emptive panic buying was well founded!

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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. -Carl Sagan

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I was actually shocked to see how different Ink of Love and Hitchcock were. I didn't realize that until I did this comparison.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/FPN%20comparison%20shots/DSC09626.jpg

 

Many more in this comparison album here.

One might suggest that in terms of blood red ink Hitchcock might be described as venous while Ink of Love looks arterial ;)

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