Mont Blanc Midnight Blue Written Review

[Mafia Geek]

Here's a scan of my written review of Mont Blanc's bottle Midnight Blue ink. This is a very nice blue-black ink. Writes really well, great flow and lubrication. Has really nice shading and colour to it as well as good water resistance due to it being an iron-gall ink. This is my third favorite ink after the old Lamy iron-gall Blue-Black and Rohrer & Klingner Salix. The ink bottle is great, all the Mont Blanc ones are, and make filling easy. It's not a cheap ink, but not the most expensive either.

 

 

Here's the water resistance test. For this I wrote on a small Rhodia pad and after letting it dry for a few minutes ran it under water for a few seconds. This ink the dye ran right away but the iron-gall was left leaving what was written easily read.

 

[wastelanded]

Great review: the highlighter test was a nice touch. I love this ink, it's my everyday work ink in a Lamy ALstar. No iron-gall issues, just a water rinse every third fill does the trick.

[tenney]

Thanks for the review.

I had read here that some MB inks are or used to be Iron Gall. Does the current bottle say that it is Iron Gall? If not, how did you know that it is? Any experience with pen or flow issues because it's IG?

[lapis]

Thanks for the review.

I had read here that some MB inks are or used to be Iron Gall. Does the current bottle say that it is Iron Gall? If not, how did you know that it is? Any experience with pen or flow issues because it's IG?

MB's blue-black (now called Midnight Blue) in their bottles -- but not in their carts -- is an iron gall ink. The new issue now says blue-black on the box as well. Neither the bottle or the box says "iron-gall" but the instruction sheets (in the new and old boxes) both say that the blue-black is an iron-gall ink.

I use iron-galls all the time. They are all somewhat drier than non-gall inks but haven't yet ever led to any pen or flow issues.

 

Go ahead and use any of these inks. MB's Midnight Blue is my fave.

 

Mike

 

 

[ThirdeYe]

Thanks for the review.

I had read here that some MB inks are or used to be Iron Gall. Does the current bottle say that it is Iron Gall? If not, how did you know that it is? Any experience with pen or flow issues because it's IG?

MB's blue-black (now called Midnight Blue) in their bottles -- but not in their carts -- is an iron gall ink. The new issue now says blue-black on the box as well. Neither the bottle or the box says "iron-gall" but the instruction sheets (in the new and old boxes) both say that the blue-black is an iron-gall ink.

I use iron-galls all the time. They are all somewhat drier than non-gall inks but haven't yet ever led to any pen or flow issues.

 

Go ahead and use any of these inks. MB's Midnight Blue is my fave.

 

Mike

 

I think I remember the instructions on my bottle of Midnight Blue saying something about how it is iron-gall and that it should be cleaned regularly.

[lapis]

I think I remember the instructions on my bottle of Midnight Blue saying something about how it is iron-gall and that it should be cleaned regularly.

Here's an instruction sheet included in the bottle's box (old or new ones are similar):

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/peli46/MBInkInstructionSheet.jpg

 

 

Note that they say "clean your pen at least every 3 months", and that this applies particularly to the blue-black iron-gall ink. I try and adhere to this rule, but none of my pens filled with this ink and then rinsed out only after 6 months still envisaged any calamities.

 

Mike

[lapis]

Never did understand why these posts are sometimes added twice, simultaneously....

Edited October 24, 2012 by lapis