Miles Davis Jazz Blue - Montblanc Le Ink

[Masque]

This ink holds a distinct role; I have an older Waterman 3 which, when flexed, positively floods a page with ink. Apache Sunset comes out a dark, bitter orange. Visconti Blue becomes Visconti Midnight Shiny Red River.

 

This ink just becomes a beautiful blue.

It may have found a home.

[migo984]

This ink holds a distinct role; I have an older Waterman 3 which, when flexed, positively floods a page with ink. Apache Sunset comes out a dark, bitter orange. Visconti Blue becomes Visconti Midnight Shiny Red River.

 

This ink just becomes a beautiful blue.

 

It may have found a home.

A photo of that would be a real treat. Any chance, pretty please? :-)

[georgeb]

How does it compare to the Balzac ink?

[Uncial]

It looks quite nice out of a Daedalus

[visvamitra]

Scans guys, scans or photos

[Uncial]

[visvamitra]

Well,

 

I wouldn't call it nice but it's just me.

[Uncial]

Sorry, that's a seriously dodgy scan from a tablet. In reality its much fresher and brighter.

[Barkingpig]

Well,

 

I wouldn't call it nice but it's just me.

 

No, it is NOT "just you!" I have purchased several of the MB "Blues" in the last year or so, trying to break away from my aversion to the most used color of ink. THIS one seems pale, as though it is missing an ingredient in each example I have seen, I was excited about it's release, had hoped for an ink that represented Miles Davis music & was even excited about the BOX, yet the ink seems much more similar to a Japanese ink color that what I think of from MB.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Miles Davis ink even on paper good enough, the Gmund 170g, has very little shading. It's not a bad blue...but not good. I had to push my Semi-flex B to see some shading. Perhaps in a drier 'true' regular flex there might be more shading. If I didn't know how hard I had to push that semi-flex B to get the shading, I'd think it OK.

 

Having read the reviews, I'd not planned to buy any, but my wife was winning a small piece of jewelry at a live auction so went to my B&M to do me a favor and told the clerk to chose three inks....and I got the three new MB inks. Davis, "Lucky" orange and the better Golden Yellow.

Lucky Orange is on the darker side. On normal 90g laser paper...no shading to speak of...again, run of the mill. On the Gmund 170g where shading is really expected; it's there if one looks for it...don't jump out and grab you. It is not the worst of Orange....but I expect the Kaweco to shade more. If this ink danced....I'd not be buying the Kaweco Orange Ink.

It is an orange ink you can write with with out putting on sunglasses.

 

The Golden Yellow shades on regular paper and much better on the Gmund. There is less yellow to it than expected. An ink with which one can write.

 

All three show a very slight woolly line under the Big Honking Magnifying Glass. Davis shows that least.

 

I'm a bit AR about woolly lines....in every once in a while you run into a clear clean line on good to better paper....even under a Big Honking Magnifying Glass. 3"x4"x1" or 7cmx10cmx2.7 cm.

 

My 'system'.

BEF-Bare Eye Feathering..... seen while sitting....won't be able to make out a woolly line from there.

NEF-Near Eye Feathering or a woolly line. The three inks were OK held near the eye for woolly line; more knowing it would show up...not really enough to worry about.

 

Mag F- feathering or (Hopefully slight) woolly line under magnification.....a good ink and paper combination...worth buying again.

There was a slight woolly line....I will have to buy more of the Golden Yellow................it Jitterbugs.

An ink don't have to be perfect to buy again.....near perfect will do.

 

NoMagF.....no feathering or woolly line under magnification. Stockpile this ink and paper...buy it on the black market....smuggle it in. Carve it into your desk. Perfection. Nope....no cigar for the three.

 

Nice little(4 3/8ths) semi-flex Edel Chrome Stahl 1 Qual, semi-flex no name 'golden' metal covered overlay. Blind cap...amber along with a stripped amber ink window. Clip reminds me of the Pfortzheim clips. Late '30-40's.

 

 

http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o707/boboolson1/SAM_0897_zpsmubronup.jpg

 

http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o707/boboolson1/SAM_0898_zpsyrriujhl.jpg

 

The Yellow's pen was a bit dirty....a first, so was dark. I don't know about the Orange which will be tested on another pen later.

 

Davis obviously got a clean pen.

Edited March 12, 2017 by Bo Bo Olson

[Tom Kellie]

This ink holds a distinct role; I have an older Waterman 3 which, when flexed, positively floods a page with ink. Apache Sunset comes out a dark, bitter orange. Visconti Blue becomes Visconti Midnight Shiny Red River.

 

This ink just becomes a beautiful blue.

It may have found a home.

 

 

~ Masque:

 

Thank you for this information.

I'm increasingly interested in this ink, despite it being unavailable where I work and live.

Tom K.

[Tom Kellie]

I kind of like it. I don't love it, but I do like it. I can see this being an enormous hit in parts of Asia where very pale watery inks are favoured. It feels fresh and in a very wet nib can be perfectly legible.

 

 

~ Uncial:

 

Although I'm American, I've worked and lived in East Asia for decades.

I do enjoy using very pale, watery inks.

Your comments are helpful to me. Thank you.

Tom K.

[webgeckos]

 

I'm really curious about Lucky Orange but after Migo comment I fear it can turn out to be another disappointment :/

I really like Lucky Orange but it is a middle of the road orange. Lightly shading but not enough to vex those that don't like shading. I didn't notice any sheen.

[amberleadavis]

I've been using this for a while now. What a disappointment. If I hadn't had the review, I would have assumed that I had added water to the ink when cleaning the pen. Thank you Vis for another great review.

[TSherbs]

the names of author and artist inks are often hard for me to get past when I know the person's work well

 

this baby blue is a terrible match for Miles Davis

 

but, as in the case of Organic Studio's Walt Whitman Green, if you (*I*) like the color enough you find a way to get past the shilling of the artist's name. (I will NEVER use OS Emily Dickinson. Using her name on a hot pink is a form of blasphemy)

[Jared]

Thank you for the excellent test, as always. This ink looks like you are rinsing an average blue ink from your pen, and decided to write a bit more. Much too washed out for me.

[PowerWriter]

I kind of like it. I don't love it, but I do like it. I can see this being an enormous hit in parts of Asia where very pale watery inks are favoured. It feels fresh and in a very wet nib can be perfectly legible.

 

I enjoy it. The papers in these images are not white. Real life color correction is a different story. It's perfectly legible from my Pelikan M205 F, and I have bad eyes. I have trouble reading Apache Sunset but not this. Shades some.