New Blue Ink In My Top 5. Horizon Blue

[thx1138]

Monteverde horizon blue is now one of my favourite blue inks.

 

Well behaved in pens, nicely saturated and dried fairly quickly.

 

As a bonus it comes in a 90ml bottle for under $25.

[lapis]

I agree. Great color (for a "true" blue), good maintenance and decent price. Can't say that for dozens of other true blues.

[The Good Captain]

I agree. Great color (for a "true" blue), good maintenance and decent price. Can't say that for dozens of other true blues.

HUZZAH!

[mulrich]

I always use Waterman Serenity Blue in a new pen because I know exactly how the ink should behave. Had I discovered Horizon Blue earlier in my fountain pen hobby it likely would have been my new-pen ink instead of Serenity Blue.

[minddance]

horizon blue is my kind of blue and my kind of INK - nothing watered-down about it. excellent in finer and dry nibs too. well-behaved, and to me, a good colour. Practical and legible. I am not after theatrical, dramatic shadings.

[twin63]

Horizon Blue jumped to the top spot for me, too. It is what I had envisioned as the perfect (for me) work ink. I'm glad I didn't have to go through a ton of blues to find it.

[minddance]

Horizon Blue jumped to the top spot for me, too. It is what I had envisioned as the perfect (for me) work ink. I'm glad I didn't have to go through a ton of blues to find it.

you are lucky because I had to go through quite a number of watered-down 'untrue' blues to 'arrive' finally at Monteverde Horizon Blue.

[twin63]

you are lucky because I had to go through quite a number of watered-down 'untrue' blues to 'arrive' finally at Monteverde Horizon Blue.

Yes, I was. I had tried 4 or 5 blues and was uninspired. I got a 90ml bottle of Horizon Blue free with a pen purchase (I took a chance because I wasn't really interested in the other colors that were offered, plus the sample pics looked good). It turned out to be exactly what I wanted in a blue ink. I still have a few samples of other blues to try, but I'm not expecting any of them to change my mind.

[dumaresq]

Agree with all the above praise for this wonderful ink, which exhibits exemplary behaviour all round.

 

I even find its claim of longer cap-off time due to its "ITF Technology" to be borne out in my experience.

 

And it's one of only a few inks that doesn't burp in a particularly finicky eyedropper filler of mine.

[jmccarty3]

Just put my second fill of Horizon Blue in one of my best pens, a Montblanc Agatha Christie. Superb ink, and it doesn't hurt that it resembles Parker Penman Sapphire.

[thx1138]

Two weeks now and I like the ink more and more.

[City74]

I’ll have to try it. Right now using MB Midnight Blue and Diamine Blue Velvet. The Diamine is first bottle, it’s ok. The MB is my fav blue

[welch]

Monteverde Horizon Blue is great.

 

Horizon Blue is the closest I have found to Parker Penman Sapphire PPS). Someone else on FPN found the same, but you'll have to search to find the thread where we discussed it. I used two pens, one with each, for a couple months and could not tell them apart when I looked later.

 

Since Penman Sapphire is out of production and since it is a great ink that changes colors depending on the time of day, and since PPS sells for about $90 on EBay, when someone offers a bottle, buy MV HB.

[langere]

Can somebody show a sample?

 

Thanks in advance -

 

Erick

[sirgilbert357]

Agree with all the above praise for this wonderful ink, which exhibits exemplary behaviour all round.

 

I even find its claim of longer cap-off time due to its "ITF Technology" to be borne out in my experience.

 

And it's one of only a few inks that doesn't burp in a particularly finicky eyedropper filler of mine.

It has a higher surface tension, I'm betting that's why. In all my demonstrators, it beads up and rolls off the barrel wall. It doesn't leave behind any "residue" for lack of a better term. It behaves the way rain does on a freshly washed and well waxed car. This makes it easy to flush from pens too.

 

I like it, and it is indeed close to PPS. But Sailor Bung Box Sapphire is superior and actually looks closer to the PPS sample I had. I guess with PPS being so old, there's bound to be performance and color differences between the few remaining bottles that are out there.

[Olya]

Can somebody show a sample?

 

Thanks in advance -

 

Erick

You mean the Parker Penman Sapphire comparison?

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/320014-ink-review-monteverde-horizon-blue/?do=findComment&comment=3863742

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/320014-ink-review-monteverde-horizon-blue/?do=findComment&comment=3891882

[The Good Captain]

Well, the Conklin Horizon Blue is the same stuff, made in Austria and bottled in the USA. Great inks both.

[sirgilbert357]

Well, the Conklin Horizon Blue is the same stuff, made in Austria and bottled in the USA. Great inks both.

I think Conklin and Monteverde are both owned by Yafa, so it's not surprising if this is the same ink with both brands' respective names on it.

[thx1138]

I have a few bottles of PPS, horizen blue, and a couple of bungubox sapphire on the way. When the bungubox is here I will be able to do my own comparison.

[majorworks]

I’ll have to try it. Right now using MB Midnight Blue and Diamine Blue Velvet. The Diamine is first bottle, it’s ok. The MB is my fav blue

 

Messing around with Goulet's Swab Shop, Horizon Blue and Blue Velvet are very similar colors, with the Diamine being, maybe, a touch darker. Anyone have any thoughts on how they match up in use?