Montblanc Leo Tolstoy

[amberleadavis]

I think the majority of the ghosting happened when the pen wasn't blotted after a fill.

[hawpunch]

Thank you for the wonderful review. I love blues as well as reds, and this is definitely one that I'd be interested in picking up.

[Hospitalier]

Thank you for your review.

This ink is my definition of 'bland'. It has nothing that sets it apart from a myriad of other inks so I'll move my bottles on.

Yeah, blues are hard enough to appreciate as they are! (I still own 'quite a few'...)

[Oldparkerguy]

Thanks for the great review. Nice color and behavior in general.

[Cyber6]

I am not a big fan of blues.. Too many of them are "blurple" these days.

 

I just wanted to drop by and give some love to Tolstoy..

 

 

It has been in my MB146 since I got the bottle last year. The shading is fantastic and shows significant amount of sheen on the right paper...

 

 

[saskia_madding]

I agree! I do love blues, but even so, something about this ink is really appealing once it's on paper. even in a M nib.

[Barkingpig]

I am not a big fan of blues.. Too many of them are "blurple" these days.

 

I just wanted to drop by and give some love to Tolstoy..

 

 

It has been in my MB146 since I got the bottle last year. The shading is fantastic and shows significant amount of sheen on the right paper...

 

 

And I thank you for doing so!

 

I have enjoyed "few blues" but just got a bottle of MB BMW & have rather enjoyed it in my OBB 146. SOoooo, thanks to your wonderful endorsement & sample I just ordered a bottle of Tolstoy. I still am drawn to the green "murkers," (& YES you do need Diamine's CLASSIC Green; mine arrived yesterday & it just enough different from Mr. Thiel's RACING GREEN to be warranted) browns, oranges, golds, etc BUT maybe a "few blues" won't hurt a bit.

[Pravda]

I am really enjoying this ink though I must comment that it gives very different color in different pens, which makes it all the more interesting for me as I try to decide which shade I prefer.

[Tom Kellie]

~ Montblanc Leo Tolstoy has become my default ink.

It performs so well in various pens, whether broader nibs or very fine nibs.

The color remains true on various shades of paper.

As it happens, I bought three bottles of the ink, feeling that I was overdoing it.

In retrospect, I should have purchased four.

Tom K.

[inkstainedruth]

I am usually not a fan of either teal blues or LE inks. But I happened onto a few bottles of Tolstoy a couple of Christmases ago at Fountain Pen Hospital before it disappeared from store shelves and snagged one of them and find I rather like it, especially in a really wide nib (it does really nicely in a vintage Pelikan 400 with an OB nib).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Tom Kellie]

I am usually not a fan of either teal blues or LE inks. But I happened onto a few bottles of Tolstoy a couple of Christmases ago at Fountain Pen Hospital before it disappeared from store shelves and snagged one of them and find I rather like it, especially in a really wide nib (it does really nicely in a vintage Pelikan 400 with an OB nib).

 

 

~ inkstainedtruth:

 

Yes, what you've noted is so true.

Montblanc Leo Tolstoy does look very nice in wider nibs.

When used in one of the broader nibs on my desk, the colors are pleasing with shading.

It's performed very well on various grades of paper but does seem to be at its best in the broader nibs.

Thank you for pointing that out.

Tom K.

[Chrissy]

I like Tolstoy from several nibs and am quite a fan of blue inks.

[Tom Kellie]

I like Tolstoy from several nibs and am quite a fan of blue inks.

 

~ Chrissy:

 

When you've written with Montblanc Leo Tolstoy, has it behaved well for you?

I ask because the bottle I've been using in several pens has the uncanny ability to write exceptionally well on a wide range of paper.

Graduate students here hand in manuscripts with an array of paper grades, including rather dodgy paper.

Yet Tolstoy has been excellent to use for writing comments with EF or EEF nibs.

That's not to mention its color in the broader nibs.

What I like is its reliability. When its in any pen, I needn't worry about the result.

Tom K.

[Chrissy]

Mine has behaved perfectly well for me. Better in fact than Antoine Saint Exupéry which I felt performed a little dryer in the same pen.

 

I don't think I've used it on any especially "dodgy paper" though.

[Tom Kellie]

Mine has behaved perfectly well for me. Better in fact than Antoine Saint Exupéry which I felt performed a little dryer in the same pen.

 

I don't think I've used it on any especially "dodgy paper" though.

 

~ Chrissy:

 

In this region paper quality varies widely...extremely widely.

Which is ironic as CAI Lun invented paper here a couple of millennia ago.

There is student mathematics homework paper which is outstanding for fountain pen ink.

There is other popular paper which might as well be sold as “feathering and bleed-through guaranteed”.

That's where Montblanc Leo Tolstoy comes in, as it somehow lays down crisp lines on the dodgiest of paper grades, short of paper towels.

Tom K.

[Chrissy]

I have recently been reviewing Diamine inks that have laid down neat lines and not bled through on Field Notes. It has been quite a revelation.

[Tom Kellie]

I have recently been reviewing Diamine inks that have laid down neat lines and not bled through on Field Notes. It has been quite a revelation.

 

~ Chrissy:

 

That's very good to know. I've learned much from reading selected Diamine reviews you prepared and posted.

Where I work and live there's a limited offering of “foreign” made ink.

Fortunately, both Diamine and Montblanc inks may be ordered.

My interest in Diamine inks increases month by month, as the quality is superb.

Neat lines with limited or no bleed-through sounds excellent.

Thank you for your careful work to present the findings from your ink investigations.

Tom K.

[Chrissy]

 

~ Chrissy:

 

That's very good to know. I've learned much from reading selected Diamine reviews you prepared and posted.

Where I work and live there's a limited offering of “foreign” made ink.

Fortunately, both Diamine and Montblanc inks may be ordered.

My interest in Diamine inks increases month by month, as the quality is superb.

Neat lines with limited or no bleed-through sounds excellent.

Thank you for your careful work to present the findings from your ink investigations.

Tom K.

 

You're welcome.

[jmccarty3]

I've had particularly fine results with this ink in the 146 Fritz-Schimpf Special Italic.

[Tom Kellie]

I've had particularly fine results with this ink in the 146 Fritz-Schimpf Special Italic.

 

~ jmccarty3:

 

That's very good to know.

I'd wondered whatever happened to the 146 Fritz Schimpf Special Italic pens which had been ordered.

That it writes well for you — pen and ink together — is positive news.

Tom K.