Waterman Mysterious Blue

[white_lotus]

I must say I'm not sure of this review. I bought a pen at the Long Island Pen Show, and the seller always adjusts the nib on the pens they sell to be properly set for flow, etc. They used Waterman Mysterious Blue, and I left the fill in the pen.

 

What has me confused is that one page I wrote on MvL it seemed like a kind of weak ink, definitely not a blue-black, or even a dark blue. But when I got to writing the review on the Hammermill paper, I had a much richer, darker color. And when I write again on the Mohawk paper, it is darker like on the other paper. I don't really know why this happened, so I'll just show the one review sheet.

 

The ink is not water-resistant, as expected. The color is a green-leaning blue, but not so much to be anywhere near teal. Totally easy behavior, without flaws or problems. Easily cleans from pens. Available all over, I imagine. Easy on the eyes.

 

 

 

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

Thanks for the review! If this ink is what they used to call Waterman Blue-Black, it has been one of my favorites, and it (and many other inks as well) will appear very different on different papers (and coming from different pens/nibs).

 

Love the chroma.

[white_lotus]

According to FPH, this is the same as the old Blue-black.

[Tas]

Thanks for the review! If this ink is what they used to call Waterman Blue-Black, it has been one of my favorites, and it (and many other inks as well) will appear very different on different papers (and coming from different pens/nibs).

 

Love the chroma.

 

This gem lay dormant for ages until I forgave it for trying to be a blue black.

 

It has grown to be one of my favourites. Particularly lovely on light blue paper.

[Sailor Kenshin]

This gem lay dormant for ages until I forgave it for trying to be a blue black.

 

It has grown to be one of my favourites. Particularly lovely on light blue paper.

I'll have to get some, lol. I also have a vintage gray legal pad.

[Witsius]

I've got a bottle. It's a nice reliable ink, but the color is kind of ho-hum. Not my favorite. I find the color is more intense than Serenity Blue and doesn't tend to fade so much with time.

[lapis]

Thanks for the good review. Yes, this used to be called their Blue-Black. Never was a favourite of mine (altho I do love blue-blacks in general) because it always left its tracks as a washed-out turquoise-gray, indpendent of my pens. But your well-tuned pen certainly has laid down a better, wetter flow. This ink has also very often been found (by me and others too) to be practically the same as Parker's "blue-black".

BTW for anybody still uninfomed about the renamings of the unreformulated Waterman inks in January 2012...

 

Mike

[namrehsnoom]

Nice review... The Waterman blue-black was my very first ink bottle, but hasn't seen use in ages. I remember being disappointed for it being nowhere near a blue-black - that could explain the change of name by Waterman :-)

Time to dust it off, and examine it again. Nowadays I'm using better quality paper, and if - as you indicate- it looks different depending on paper type, it might be worth it to try it once more.

[KTNJ]

It reminds me of Montblanc Blue Hour and Diamine Twilight. Way too much green for a "blue black." I find it a little silly that they ever called it a blue black - maybe that is why it is now mysterious. I just filled a pen with my sample from a recent Goulet Ink Drop and I quite like it, so thank you for putting it in my mind!

[Nibasaurus]

Always a perfect ink for me. I especially like the fast dry time.

[cello]

I also find it to be more of a grey/green black, rather than a blue/black, but I do enjoy the color.

[Bill Wood]

The old standard for sure - but if you've been using a Noodler or Diamine brand - you'll find it rather blah. Some people like it. It's the safe ink for all pens - and I use it for pen adjustments. Washes out nicely after a nib tuning etc.

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.

I"m of two minds about this ink. I'm not wild about the color (on some paper it looks more green, to the point I confused the people in my local pen club as to what it was: "It's green ink!" "No, it's WMB -- I know what's in that pen...."). And it's not particularly water resistant. OTOH, it's very well behaved otherwise, and I've run it through a Vac Shadow Wave since August, when I had it checked out at the Indy-Pen-Dance table Sunday morning (I got the pen in the PCA auction the night before). Mike Kennedy said it seemed fine and didn't need the diaphragm replaced, so I bummed a fill of WMB and have been using that ink in that pen ever since (roughly seven months without flushing -- just refills when it goes dry).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[vojtahlad]

Thank you for the review but my experience regarding the flow is very different. Actually, I did not understand what a dry ink means until I tried this one. This ink seams to be repelled by my nibs. When I tried to use it in a dip nib it refused to write at all. Mysterious Blue was a big disappointment for me.

[torstar]

great review!

 

i prefer the "serenity now!!!!' flavour

[AL01]

Waterman inks are the best! They are real nice basic inks....

[tinta]

Thank you for the review White_Lotus.

 

My struggles with a cranky Kaweco/Bock 060 feed system has finally led me to this very ink, in a short internat'l cartridge. This is not a blue/black colour I particularly like. In fact, as others have noted, WMB may not even be a true b/b.

However, this ink has breathed new life into my Dia2's balky feed. I now experience a restrained yet steady flow with this Waterman ink. No more hard starts,... no more ink starvation.

Finally my 14K custom B stub writes without hesitation.

Edited June 14, 2016 by tinta

[torstar]

Waterman inks are the best! They are real nice basic inks....

 

But we are kind of geared for the shiny new toy just outside our reach....

[AL01]

True...