Montblanc Royal Blue (Reupped)

[georges zaslavsky]

Edited August 11, 2019 by georges zaslavsky

[Edo98]

Thanks for sharing the review, I like your handwriting looks good.

 

By the way I am surprised that in your water test it resisted water and still looks legible, I thought that ink was completely erased with the slightest contact with water.

[ENewton]

On my screen this ink looks very similar to J Herbin Bleu Myosotis.

[NeverTapOut]

+1...A very elegant blue ink.

Every time I "try" to change inks I always go back to MB Royal Blue.

[sansenri]

A nice ink.

I have used Pelikan Royal blue at school and then have continued using it for many years and still do now.

Despite such long use I still like the colour, the typical blue slightly leaning on purple.

The only drawback with Pelikan Royal blue is that on paper it tends to fade with time.

 

Montblanc Royal blue is my alternative and my Royal blue of choice now.

Same colour, same ease of use, very similar behavior in writing, but much less fading.

MB Royal blue can also be slightly darker, with wet pens, which is nice.

(in my experience in fact MB royal blue is slightly darker than what I see on screen in the review).

A fundamental ink.

[NeverTapOut]

I primarily stick with MB inks because of the characteristics of the ink as well.

 

I read somewhere that Monteverde Inks has similar characteristics to MontBlanc Ink.

 

Has anyone found this statement to be true?

[agentdaffy007]

No idea about Monteverde since they make so many inks and have different lines.

 

And yes, I noticed that this ink is rather water resistant. One of the few that I really like from Montblanc along with Corn Poppy Red and Pop Pink.

[Jawsaw]

MB Ultramarine blue is like a more intense Royal Blue. It’s the best MB blue in my opinion. Only available in 30ml unfortunately. 

[bunnspecial]

8 hours ago, Jawsaw said:

MB Ultramarine blue is like a more intense Royal Blue. It’s the best MB blue in my opinion. Only available in 30ml unfortunately. 

 

I have Ultramarine as part of the 3 ink boxed "Blue Palette" set. To my eye it's definitely a purple ink-in fact in my Col-O-Dex it's in the purple section right next to Lamy Crystal Azurite, another purple that can almost pass as a blue(although Ultramarine doesn't have the gold sheen of Azurite).

 

I don't have all 6 of the inks from the blue set, but rather just the 3 that came in the boxed set and then a bottle of Lapis Lazuli. To my eye, Lapis Lazuli is the the "true blue" of the set and it's the one I'd call closest to royal blue. I liked that one enough to buy a spare bottle of it!