Montblanc Bohème Blue

[EclecticCollector]

Update: Added water resistance test at the bottom (short answer: not resistant at all).

 

Since I haven't seen any reviews pop up yet, I thought I would try my hand at doing one myself. This is my first attempt at a review so I apologize for the illegible handwriting and any deficiencies!

 

As I mention in the written review I wasn't able to get the color exactly right in the scanned image, but it's very close and I feel it's enough to get an accurate idea of the color. I also mentioned that it suffers from some slight feathering, but upon reflection it's not true feathering, rather it's the ink flowing into the texture of the paper. I've included a closeup below the main review.

 

Hope someone finds it useful! It really is a wonderful color, I love it.

 

 

Here's a closeup of the "B" written by the Pelikan to show the ink flowing into the texture of the paper:

 

 

You might be wondering at this point "But isn't the Pelikan a piston filler?" The answer is left as an exercise for the reader.

 

And here's the water resistance test, as you can see it pretty much washed completely away:

 

Edited November 13, 2014 by EclecticCollector

[StephY]

Nice! Another one to add to the list.

 

How is the ink's water resistance?

[overwriter]

I like this. Very nice.

 

Thank you for the review.

[EclecticCollector]

How is the ink's water resistance?

Good question! I will test it tomorrow, but drips clean off very easily.

[EclecticCollector]

How is the ink's water resistance?

I have updated the original post with the water resistance test. Short answer: not resistant at all!

[lapis]

Nice review. Reminds me of Diamine's China Blue and/or R&K's LE Porcelain Blue-White. As to your "excercise", I just emptied out an 8-pack of carts into a bottle and filled my M215 as such. My phone call to MB's headquarters telling them that I think it is silly to offer any MB inks only in carts -- even if the pen with the same name only uses carts -- they then said that that's the way things are. My problem. That's true IMO but I still bought the stuff and just did it my way. I'd call their strategy "stingy" in this regard.

 

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[EclecticCollector]

Nice review. Reminds me of Diamine's China Blue and/or R&K's LE Porcelain Blue-White. As to your "excercise", I just emptied out an 8-pack of carts into a bottle and filled my M215 as such. My phone call to MB's headquarters telling them that I think it is silly to offer any MB inks only in carts -- even if the pen with the same name only uses carts -- they then said that that's the way things are. My problem. That's true IMO but I still bought the stuff and just did it my way. I'd call their strategy "stingy" in this regard.

 

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Thanks for the comparison to China Blue, it reminds me a lot of Mediterranean Blue as well but with more shading.

 

I ended up purchasing 2 boxes to deal with that "issue" but I can't help feeling a bit cheated, as the cost/mL is somewhat ridiculous.

[Inked]

Thanks for the review.

Looks great.

On the list for my 147.

 

Inked

[Appelboompen]

Thanks for the great review!

[bbs]

Love this colour, it really pops off the page and has nice shading. My usual (authorised) MB supplier denied it existed though!