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Hi,

 

This is the review of Montblanc Permanent Blue Black. Because the review is written in Vietnamese, i will summarize some important characteristic of this Ink

 

 

- High Price: over 12$ for 50ml bottle,

- Color: very terrible, darker than almost blue black ink, too much gray and indigo-blue tone, not my favourite blue-black color

- Poor flowing, very easy to block up the nib after 3-5 minutes with the cap off

- Difficult to clean the pen with plant water. I soak the pen in water overnight, and when i take the pen out, wipe the feed by blotting paper, oh, the ink still cling to the feed

- Drying fast, faster than Quink Blue black

 

==> Montblanc Permanent Blue Black is the Ink that i never buy Again

 

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Dillo Donor Pen

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Hi,

 

I would be glad to take the ink off your hands if you don't like it. You can keep the bottle. I can provide a bottle.

 

Dillon

Stolen: Aurora Optima Demonstrator Red ends Medium nib. Serial number 1216 and Aurora 98 Cartridge/Converter Black bark finish (Archivi Storici) with gold cap. Reward if found. Please contact me if you have seen these pens.

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Lloyd Donor Pen

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I recently used MB blue/black in a great old fine flex nibbed Waterman and thought it was awesome (though bad for pens due to it's acidity). When writing a thin line, it is a greyish shade of blue; when applying pressure and writing a thick line, you get a deep blue/black (almost navy) color. The flow rate was great for the nib to adjust line widths appropriately, too. However, I disliked the ink in my fine Vanishing Pt. In the flex it was ideal (Ideal Nib, too :D )

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

Oscar Wilde

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I got a bottle of the same stuff and didn't care for it. Mixed in equal parts with Waterman South Seas Blue, however, it's perfect!

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I have a bottle of it (only took two converters out of it) and, while it is a brilliant color IMO, leaves residues inside the converters and those cannot be cleaned off unfortunately...

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I really like Montblanc blue-black. It is a very subtle color which shades nicely from a slate blue to a navy blue while writing. I think it's cool that a big company like Montblanc offers an iron gall ink for the market which is widely available. It isn't the best flowing ink, but works well in a wet writer (such as a Montblanc).

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... well in a wet writer (such as a Montblanc).

I find it disappointing that Mont Blanc doesn't post a warning to users that BB shouldn't stay in a pen for too long. I called and asked them about this and, after about 5 minutes looking into it, they told me that it should be flushed out every two weeks or less. Considering it was shipped in my 149 box with the pen, I find this poor judgement. However, I do find BB the best ink yet for my vintage flex nib.

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

Oscar Wilde

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... well in a wet writer (such as a Montblanc).

I find it disappointing that Mont Blanc doesn't post a warning to users that BB shouldn't stay in a pen for too long. I called and asked them about this and, after about 5 minutes looking into it, they told me that it should be flushed out every two weeks or less. Considering it was shipped in my 149 box with the pen, I find this poor judgement. However, I do find BB the best ink yet for my vintage flex nib.

Hi,

 

I believe it said in the leaflet that comes with the ink that Blue-Black should not stay in the pen so long and you have to flush your pen out more often.

 

Dillon

Stolen: Aurora Optima Demonstrator Red ends Medium nib. Serial number 1216 and Aurora 98 Cartridge/Converter Black bark finish (Archivi Storici) with gold cap. Reward if found. Please contact me if you have seen these pens.

Please send vial orders and other messages to fpninkvials funny-round-mark-thing gmail strange-mark-thing com. My shop is open once again if you need help with your pen.

Will someone with the name of "Jay" who emailed me through the email system provide me an email address? There was no email address provided, so I can't write back.

Dillon

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... well in a wet writer (such as a Montblanc).

I find it disappointing that Mont Blanc doesn't post a warning to users that BB shouldn't stay in a pen for too long. I called and asked them about this and, after about 5 minutes looking into it, they told me that it should be flushed out every two weeks or less. Considering it was shipped in my 149 box with the pen, I find this poor judgement. However, I do find BB the best ink yet for my vintage flex nib.

Hi,

 

I believe it said in the leaflet that comes with the ink that Blue-Black should not stay in the pen so long and you have to flush your pen out more often.

 

Dillon

That is true... The leaflet shipped with the inks have a special notice for the BB.

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... well in a wet writer (such as a Montblanc).

I find it disappointing that Mont Blanc doesn't post a warning to users that BB shouldn't stay in a pen for too long. I called and asked them about this and, after about 5 minutes looking into it, they told me that it should be flushed out every two weeks or less. Considering it was shipped in my 149 box with the pen, I find this poor judgement. However, I do find BB the best ink yet for my vintage flex nib.

Hi,

 

I believe it said in the leaflet that comes with the ink that Blue-Black should not stay in the pen so long and you have to flush your pen out more often.

 

Dillon

That is true... The leaflet shipped with the inks have a special notice for the BB.

My MB 149 in the "fancy" box came with a bottle of BB and no warning.

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

Oscar Wilde

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Uh yeah.... I don't see the problem here or any justification for the gripes. It is well known and documented that Mont Blanc bottled Blue - Black ink is traditional iron gaul ink with all the unpleasant characteristics that people have put up with for centuries. If a person is not going to do the research before they buy this stuff they are going to have to live with the consequences.

 

Personally, I find it hard to understand why anyone would buy a I.G. ink. I side with the 99% or so of ink buyers who stay with aniline dye inks.

YMMV

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I think the gripe here is that the ink comes in a presentation box with a 149, without any warning that it's an unusual kind of ink. I think it's reasonable for a person to believe that the ink packaged with the pen would be safe for normal use.

 

I have heard (though only at about third hand) that while the ink, like all iron gall inks, is very permanent, it can eat a hole through the paper. Swings and roundabouts, and we lose the hotdogs on them all.

 

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Michael

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I think the gripe here is that the ink comes in a presentation box with a 149, without any warning that it's an unusual kind of ink. I think it's reasonable for a person to believe that the ink packaged with the pen would be safe for normal use.

 

I have heard (though only at about third hand) that while the ink, like all iron gall inks, is very permanent, it can eat a hole through the paper. Swings and roundabouts, and we lose the hotdogs on them all.

 

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Michael

No wonder... It's one of the most acid inks there are, if not the most. There is a test somewhere where they compared the chemistry of each ink.

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