montblanc bordeaux color

[georges zaslavsky]

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[andrewboy]

Hello Georges,

 

I must be honest, I have had no luck at all with this MB ink. I'm astonished at the colour saturation you have obtained with an extra-fine nib. I had to use a broad nib to get anywhere close to the colour you have achieved. Perhaps, I will get the bottle out and try again.

 

warm wishes,

 

andrew

[Ghost Plane]

Try shaking the bottle first. Noodlers has done some odd colors on me before I learned to shake first, fill second.

[Inkanthropist]

Thanks for the review, Georges. Have you noticed the colour of this ink changing over time? I noticed recently that some lines written several months ago in a notebook are now essentially pink. Rohrer and Klingner Alt Bordeaux seems to hold its colour much better.

 

Neil

[andrewboy]

Thank you for that Ghost Plane. I will give it a try. It is frustrating to spend £6.00 on a bottle of ink and find it to be nothing at all like you expected.

 

warm wishes,

 

andrew

[georges zaslavsky]

Have not noticed a change over time what I wrote in bordeaux stayed and till this day remained bordeaux.

[superfly]

ha, I have a recipe for that exact same color: Take equal parts of Pelikan Red, and Pelikan Royal Blue. That's it. You can darken it by adding black, but it don't mix well...

 

Nenad

[FrankB]

Good review, Georges.

 

MB "Bordeaux" is one of my stand by inks. I have used it for years and I am very happy with it. I also find the flow quite nice and the color very consistent. This ink contains a solvent and, for that fact in addition to its writing properties, I like using it in my vintage pens.

 

As a side note, I have tried MB's "Sepia" and found to to be almost identical to "Bordeaux." When my bottle of Sapia is empty, I think I will stick with Bordeaux.