Comparison: Pilot 'asa-gao' :: Montblanc Royal Blue

[Sandy1]

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As the patches are neutral gray, their colour on your monitor should also be neutral gray.

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Figure 1.

Gray Scale.

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Figure 2. Swabs

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• Pilot asa-gao x3
• Montblanc Royal Blue x3
• Pilot asa-gao x2
• Montblanc Royal Blue x2
• Pilot asa-gao x1
• Montblanc Royal Blue x1

Figure 3. Other Stuff

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• Left Side: Pilot asa-gao
• Right Side: Montblanc Royal Blue

Written Samples - Moby Dick

 

Figure 4. Written Samples on Rhodia

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• Left Side. Pilot asa-gao: Nine lines from the M200+EF; then ten lines from the 330+M; then ten lines from the Safari+1.1i .
• Right Side. Montblanc Royal Blue: Nine lines from the M200+EF; then ten lines from the 330+M; then ten lines from the Safari+1.1i .

Figure 5. Written Samples on HPJ1124

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• 1st Line: Pilot asa-gao from the 330+M
• 2nd Line: Montblanc Royal Blue from the 330+M
• 3rd Line: Pilot asa-gao from the Safari+1.1i
• 4th Line: Montblanc Royal Blue from the Safari+1.1i

 

High Resolution Scans

 

As I do not wish to have the sobriquet 'Queen of the Bandwidth Bandits', these are Links only.

• Pilot asa-gao from 330+M on Rhodia.
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• Montblanc Royal Blue from 330+M on Rhodia.
  My link
• Pilot asa-gao from Safari+1.1i on Rhodia.
  My link
• Montblanc Royal Blue from Safari+1.1i on Rhodia.
  My link
• Pilot asa-gao and Montblanc Royal Blue from 330+M on HPJ1124.
  My link
• Pilot asa-gao and Montblanc Royal Blue from Safari+1.1i on HPJ1124.
  My link

Observations:

 

• These are the things which are not apparent from the Images.
• These observations may differ ever so slightly from the Ink Review/s that may be in place.
• My contribution was to generate enough reasonable samples, then capture the appearance of those samples.
• If you'd like more detailed information, please send me a PM; I'll do what I can. (Within reason - you naughty FPN boys).
• I leave it to each viewer to interpret what is seen, and/or to initiate discussion in the usual way.

Type:

• Both are dye-based FP inks.

Flow Rate:

• Both inks are higher than average.

Nib Dry-out:

• Both inks are OK.

Start-up:

• Both inks are OK.

Lubrication:

• Both inks are higher than average.
• Pilot asa-gao is slightly greater.

Nib Creeping:

• None for both inks.

Staining:

• None after 3 days for both inks.

Clogging:

• Not seen for both inks.

Bleed Through:

• None on papers used for both inks.

Show Through:

• None on papers used for both inks.
• Both sides of the sheet may be used.

Clean-up:

• Both cleaned-up within a reasonable time with plain water.
• Montblanc Royal Blue was much faster.

Densitometer Readings - From the Ink Reviews. (FWIW)

 

• Pilot asa-gao:
  • Red 91
  • Grn 119
  • Blu 226
  • Lum 135

• Montblanc Royal Blue:
  • Red 100
  • Grn 113
  • Blu 220
  • Lum 131

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MATERIEL

 

• Paper:
  • Written Samples:
    • Rhodia
    • HPJ1124
    • Glossy card

    [*]Other:

    • Glossy paper
    • HPJ1124
    • Royal - 25% cotton rag

• Pens:
  • Pelikan M200 + M200-series g-p steel EF
  • Sheaffer 330 + steel M
  • Lamy Pink Safari + a rather wet steel 1.1i

IMAGES:

• Scans were made on an Epson V600 scanner; factory defaults were accepted.
• Figures shown were scanned at 96 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Images linked were scanned at 300 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Scans went straight to the file sharing thingy.

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Edited October 15, 2010 by Sandy1

[Sandy1]

INK REVIEWS:

 

• Pilot asa-gao My link
• Montblanc Royal Blue My link

[geoduc]

Thanks for the comparison, S1. These inks look different enough to justify having both of them.

 

MBRB looks like a good choice for when I need a nice but somewhat more restrained business ink.

[Sandy1]

Thanks for the comparison, S1. These inks look different enough to justify having both of them.

 

MBRB looks like a good choice for when I need a nice but somewhat more restrained business ink.

Hi,

Hilarious! This FPN, where one needs no 'justification' - only desire.

 

Very much agree that MBRB is nice and restrained. They have different sorts of charisma.

 

Hmm. :hmm1:

Desk top ink buddies?

Could they be the office combo?

 

There are a few more OOTT inks to go, but there is a certain something something about this combo...

 

I wasn't looking for a pairing you know - just doing a jet-lagged show & tell.

 

Good eyes!

 

Bye,

S1