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A limited edition ink named Twilight Blue was released by Montblanc in june as part of the new Blue Hour Collection. Basically I'm not really keen on LE inks because when they're good and nice and they're gone, they're gone for good. Literally. No more Racing Green. No more Leonardo da Vinci Red Chalk. No more Jonathan Swift Seaweed Green.



Montblanc is good at creating hype :)



A friend of mine's allowed me to play with his bottle of Twilight Hour. And after trying it in three pens I must say it's huge disappointment. First I dislike the color, but it's just me. I know there's a lot of people who are fond on such hues. But the ink is also dry, shading is rather boring (unless you use OBB or Pilot Parallel 6 mm nib) and it has no waterproofness. You'll easily fibnd better teals and unless you collect MB LE inks, I don't think this one is really worth the price and the place on the shelf. I find it uninteresting and mediocre.



Bottle



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Ink Splash



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Drops of ink on kitchen towel



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Waterproofness



http://imageshack.com/a/img661/8524/qFIXBi.jpg



Software ID



Oxford Recycled, Kaweco Sport, B



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Midori, Hero 5028, stub 1,9



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http://imageshack.com/a/img538/8149/PqByzN.jpg



Copy paper, Lamy Al-Star, 1,1



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Copy paper ,Kaweco Sport Classic, B,



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CIAK, Lamy Al-Star, 1,1



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http://imageshack.com/a/img901/4386/e2EP0u.jpg



Whitelines, Lamy Al-Star, 1,1



http://imageshack.com/a/img673/8776/nEmLMz.jpg

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Hmm. I've seen pictures in which it looks bluer (and more attractive), to the point where I was thinking of trying to get hold of some, but I don't find the shade in your pictures appealing at all. Thanks for the review, as always!

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Thanks for the tip. It's not my cup of tea (the colour itself) but I'll buy it anyhow, just because it is a MB LE.

 

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I think it looks fabulous, but, since it will be gone, I don't think I want to get hooked.

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Thanks for the review. I like blue-grey shades of ink but this one is kind of boring. Seems bland compared to other MB Limited Edition Inks.

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This looks nothing like the blue I fell in love with... picture below (from Gourmet.Pens).. I can see the teal, but there is more blue on the sample below.

 

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Yes, I've seen this review. However the ink I've found in the bottle is nowhere near as interesting. That's why I call it a huge disappouintment.On the other hand I wouldn't like it even if the color was similar to the one presented in Azizah's review. Not my type of color :)

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Thanks for the review. That does have more teal than I was expecting. I will purchases a bottle or two and put it into one of my wetter pens. It will probably be darker.

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This looks nothing like the blue I fell in love with... picture below (from Gourmet.Pens).. I can see the teal, but there is more blue on the sample below.

 

:huh: :huh:

 

I just tried scanning it written on tomoe river paper and it looks a lot more teal than a picture, it's cream tomoe river paper to give you an idea.

 

I think with a wet pen it'll look more like gourmet pens picture

 

picture

 

http://i.imgur.com/2jftZp3l.jpg

 

scan, this shouldn't be white

http://i.imgur.com/rDsjFCNl.png

 

 

 

 

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Reminds me of Quink BB. Nice bottle though!

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I fell in love with the color in Azizah's review too and ordered two bottles. Not here yet so haven't had a chance to try it. Thanks for the review.

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This is actually a very nice blue imho. Its close to Tsuki-yo, but a tad bit greener, but not as green as kujaku. I love the way this ink behaves even in my finer nibbed pens. I will buy another bottle for sure. The only disappointing one recently I've tried is MB JFK which is a horrible cheap looking blue.

Fountain pens are like weapons. They just make your pocket bleed so much.

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