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Anyone have further information about whether MB intends to release an uncontaminated version of this ink? If they do, then I intend to wait to exchange my infected bottle.

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

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Anyone have further information about whether MB intends to release an uncontaminated version of this ink? If they do, then I intend to wait to exchange my infected bottle.

 

They aren't exchanging bottles of contaminated yellow for replacement yellow as it might not be issued in the foreseeable future. They are refunding money, or exchanging for other inks. Then if they do reissue yellow ink, you can buy it again.

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I see this afternoon that Fountain Pen Hospital in NY is advertising Golden Yellow, stating "Late June Delivery."

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The ambassador I spoke with three weeks ago hasn't gotten back to me yet. (She was going to check in with Montblanc regarding pen maintenance post Golden Yellow exposure...) I will say that they were very fast at replacing the inks. I am away from Boston for the summer, but my building confirmed that a package was delivered from MB. I will be back home at the end of August, so I don't know if they included a letter or any other kind of information with the replacement inks, but if they did I will post a photo of it here.

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Has anyone had any luck exchanging at a boutique? I was in the boutique at Tyson's Galleria the other day and the saleswoman didn't even believe me that the ink even existed.

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I have a bottle of the golden yellow that does not appear to have any "matter" in it when I shake it.

 

But,I inked up my Edison Mina with it about 2 months ago and then sort of left the pen sitting there, using it on and off. This week when I uncapped the pen, I was hit with an awful smell, very pungent and acidic.

 

Is this a sign of the SITB problem? It's not a "musty" smell, which is what everyone else describes it as.

 

For what it's worth, I also separately extracted 5ml out of my main MB bottle into a vial at the same time I inked my Edison ~2 months ago, and the ink in the vial does not have the same pungent, acidic smell.

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Visconti, Visconti, and...more Visconti! (And some ST Duponts too). (Ok fine, getting on the Omas and Montblanc trains now too. Toot toot.) (And maybe on the Montegrappa one too, but only for the Miyas.)

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A year late, in my wife having won a small piece of jewelry at a live auction decided to balance accounts and stopped at my B&M and told the clerk to pick inks......so he showed her the inks...the last he had, Golden Yellow....which is much darker than everyone elses....which is good....shades well, and 112723...has no problems I can see nor smell.

 

Like this ink much more than Ordinary darker orange and pale blue Davis.

Pictures in the other two threads.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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