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Hey FPN here is another blue black ink review by me. This time it is Mont Blanc Midnight Blue. Enjoy :)

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My absolute favorite ink and has been for 20 years.

 

Maybe you want a backup bottle via a trade? It's not my thing; too purplish. My bottle sits idly after 3 weeks with just one fill.

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I'm not usually a fan of mb inks, but I do like this ink in particular. Great review.

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My favorite ink also...can't imagine being without it :)

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One of the best inks you can buy. It's one of the few true blue-blacks, if you ask me.

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Thanks a lot for your review!

 

It's a gorgeous color, and I'm actually surprised to see how much darker it is than Pelikan Blue-Black (which is my standard BB). Your review convinced me to get a bottle myself eventually :)

 

Is it true that Lamy Blue Black and Montblanc Midnight Blue are actually the same? (Read it somewhere.)

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Thanks for the praise everyone! :)

 

 

As far as the ink being the same as the Lamy blue black, I strongly disagree... I was just in my local shop doing swabs days ago to see the difference and I found the Lamy to be similar to Pelikan, not MB. MB is somewhat purplish, whereas the Lamy blue black appears to have more true blue components.

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Very nice iron gall ink, smooth and not to thin, what is almost unusual. It requires some regular maintenance though.

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My absolute favorite ink and has been for 20 years.

 

Maybe you want a backup bottle via a trade? It's not my thing; too purplish. My bottle sits idly after 3 weeks with just one fill.

 

I would have taken you up on that if I had not bought a couple of bottles on Sunday.

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Nice review.

 

This is the only one of the current MB inks I do not own.

 

Have you ever tried it on Moleskine?

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Nice review.

 

This is the only one of the current MB inks I do not own.

 

Have you ever tried it on Moleskine?

 

I have, I used it regularly for awhile. It performed well with my wet writing Wall Street LE, not much bleed through, but as is par for moleskin, there is a fair amount of show through. I only use one side of the paper in my Moleskins, so it wasn't an issue for me. Im sure that if you used a less wet pen, you would easily be able to use both sides. But this is just my experience!

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Seemed to perform great on Moleskine for me too :)

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Really awesome ink! I'm a novice fountain pen collector, and I was wondering if this iron-gall ink is safe for my stainless steel-nibbed Waterman Expert?

 

Thanks! :vbg:

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The non-shading...do you have a semi-flex nib?

 

I had Lamy Turquoise not shade on 80 gs/m paper and shade on 90 gs/m paper.

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The non-shading...do you have a semi-flex nib?

 

I had Lamy Turquoise not shade on 80 gs/m paper and shade on 90 gs/m paper.

 

No Semi-FLex... Just a stock EF in my 2000 :)

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I'm not usually a fan of mb inks, but I do like this ink in particular. Great review.

 

 

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