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Montblanc Around the World in 80 Days vs. Petrol Blue vs. Blue Hour Twilight Blue

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I received my bottle of 80 Days in the mail yesterday along with the 146 80 days pen. I wasted no time in inking up the pen with its matching ink, but was immediately hit by its similarity to Petrol Blue, the 2019 COlor of the Year.

 

I mentioned this in another thread, and @mizgeorge mentioned the similarity to Twilight Blue.

 

Blue Hour Twilight Blue is definitely more green, but I'm really struggling to see the difference between 80 Days and Petrol Blue. Has anyone else looked at these side by side? IMG_2802.thumb.jpeg.2f02289d76d481a811fe28136130c7a9.jpeg

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Thanks for this comparison bunnspecial. Having Petron Blue, which I really like, I won't need the Around the World in 80 Days ink.

 

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Hmm.... No, I'm not lookin' fer a fight but IYAM -- judging by the images above -- the Blue Hour an the Petrol Blue look the same, whereas the 80 Days is bluer.

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Perhaps the solution is to get a photograph in better light.

 

With the cards in front of me, Blue Hour is definitely the odd one out, with the Petrol and 80 Days nearly identical.

 

Also, I think this shows one of the dangers of swabs in general. When I started doing these cards, Petrol Blue was one of the first I did because I had a pen inked with it. It was maybe about the 3rd of them I did(and shows me getting it upside down the first time). The 80 Days I did this morning, and it was the last of my initial pack of 100 Col-O-Dex cards. I have more on order, so may re-do some of these early ones like Petrol to be more consistent with my more recent ones.

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The question I have (not owning any of these) is which might be the closest to MB Leo Tolstoy LE?  I don't normally like teal blue leaning inks, but Tolstoy surprised me, and I'm sorry now that I didn't buy a backup bottle when I had a chance (even at that price).

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On 5/26/2021 at 6:13 PM, inkstainedruth said:

The question I have (not owning any of these) is which might be the closest to MB Leo Tolstoy LE?  I don't normally like teal blue leaning inks, but Tolstoy surprised me, and I'm sorry now that I didn't buy a backup bottle when I had a chance (even at that price).

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I'll pull out the card for comparison tomorrow if I have a chance, but none of these really are anywhere close to Tolstoy to my eye.

 

I can't really place Tolstoy similar to any other ink I have. I kept flipping over to Kon-Peki, but it's really not there either. I wish there was a better match for it, as it is a nice color.

 

BTW, I bought my Tolstoy from a seller on here who I seem to recall had a couple more bottles.

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@Frank C weren't we looking for Around the World? Also, do you have Tolstoy?  I don't think I have it.

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25 minutes ago, lobato said:

Anybody knows where I can get the Blue Hour ink?

Sometimes shows up on ebay. Or do a Google search to try to buy it and see if any comes up in your part of the world

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Fabulous comparison, thank you a lot!

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