Mb Sepia

[tenurepro]

This one is just for the record as this ink has been discontinued for a while. Probably one of my all time favourite inks from MB. Very well behaved, shades great, and is very nostalgic. Down to my last ~ 10 ml.

 

[lapis]

Nice review! I love this one also and use it only very sparingly. Sort of reminds me a bit of my very most favourite ink colour of all (I think)... aubergine. Okay, the real McCoy may be a tick bluer and two ticks darker... I use De Atramentris' for this on a steady basis. But the MB version does shade better.

 

Mike

[The Good Captain]

I've not scanned it yet but I think that the R&K Sepia is close to the actual colour of the cephalopod's defence mechanism. I will mug up on the chemical process that occurs in improperly washed old black and white photographs, that results in the pale yellow/brown colour that is incorrectly referred to as 'sepia'. For those that might be interested. I spent a large proportion of my photographic working life, treating BW negs and prints for archival permanence so that this annoying colour change could only occur if I (or my clients of course) wanted it to. And then it was simulated.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Back in the day of a few years ago when a noobie was told, buy MB ink for the bottle and toss the ink. I went down and did not buy Racing Green the most hated ink in the world at the B&M.

 

 

I never had a 'brown' ink, and bought MB Sepia...It wasn't too bad...wasn't not worth tossing down the sink.

 

A few months later I bought MB Toffee.

MB Sepia landed in Cob Web corner.

Eventually I tried it again as a Sepia and not as a brown.

When I bought it it was €12. On German Ebay I got my second bottle for 'only' €19. 1 3/4ths bottles should last me to the end.

 

It is a very good Sepia...so look to find a bottle, even if expensive...at least you have the bottle when it is empty.

[tenurepro]

Haha... never got that advice.

I'll give the bay a look, but i am not 'stuck' on this ink (or any other)... I really appreciated MB Sepia. I used it exclusively for a few years in the late 90's... that was after using royal blue for a good five years. I am now more of a 'variety is the spice of life' with my ink. So after my few ml's run out, i'll use that as an opportunity to try some similar inks.

Back in the day of a few years ago when a noobie was told, buy MB ink for the bottle and toss the ink.