Montblanc Homage to Robert Louis Stevenson

[Arsouille]

Not a review! But some sample pictures of the Montblanc Homage to Robert Louis Stevenson special edition ink. 

 

I had been looking at MB's special editions for a while... because I just love the bottles. They're perfect. But being well equipped in blues and reds I hadn't bought anything until this one. 

 

I wasn't too sure what to expect, but it looks great. It's a golden brown, with medium flow, that looks fantastic on off-white / ivory paper. Pictures below make it look darker than it is. The writing is with a Yard-O-Led Fine (wet), on Midori paper. 

 

[yazeh]

Thanks for this no review @Arsouille  The colour looks really nice

Le texte est de qui?

 

[LizEF]

Thanks, @Arsouille!  Looks like a great brown - very nice shading.

[Arsouille]

2 hours ago, yazeh said:

Thanks for this no review @Arsouille  The colour looks really nice

Le texte est de qui?

 

Thanks! "Aboli bibelot..." bit is Mallarmé, the rest is Toulet. 

 

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

Thanks, @Arsouille!  Looks like a great brown - very nice shading.

The shading is very nice indeed. It's less interesting when I'm writing in block, where the color is more saturated, but works really well in cursive. It's a great one for letter writing on ivory paper, that looks different but not gimmicky. 

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting color.  I'd love to see a comparison between it and Edelstein Smoky Quartz and also with Iroshihzuku Yama-guri, since I'm really fond of sepia browns.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Arsouille]

37 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Interesting color.  I'd love to see a comparison between it and Edelstein Smoky Quartz and also with Iroshihzuku Yama-guri, since I'm really fond of sepia browns.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

It's actually closer to a KWZ Honey, though probably not quite as light. I couldn't get a picture that reflected that. 

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting.  I have some KWZI (New) Honey.  I'll have to go back through my tester notebooks and see what I thought of that ink....

Thanks for the clarification.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Arsouille]

this is probably the most representative bit of the pictures

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, Arsouille said:

this is probably the most representative bit of the pictures

Really elegant! and handsome handwriting!

[Arsouille]

6 hours ago, yazeh said:

Really elegant! and handsome handwriting!

Thank you! 🙏

[rudyhou]

👍 nice penmanship.  

[Arsouille]

7 hours ago, rudyhou said:

👍 nice penmanship.  

Thank you! 

 

Years of having to write in cursive in school, inside the constraints of French-lined Clairefontaine paper. 

[InesF]

Oh, sorry, @Arsouille, for recognising your nice ink review and your beautiful handwriting so late. Well done! 

This is a well behaving ink which reminds me at KWZ Honey, in colour as well as in the shading property.

[jchch1950]

The shade is incredible for personal correspondence.

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[Arsouille]

On 10/4/2023 at 2:25 AM, InesF said:

Oh, sorry, @Arsouille, for recognising your nice ink review and your beautiful handwriting so late. Well done! 

This is a well behaving ink which reminds me at KWZ Honey, in colour as well as in the shading property.

Thank you!

 

20 hours ago, jchch1950 said:

The shade is incredible for personal correspondence.

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Completely agree. It's become my go-to for correspondence. I use it on off-white Midori sheets, which works well with the ink color. The shading is also perfect: strong enough to add real character, but not so strong that it makes the reading harder or distracts from it. 

[ak47]

Thank you. I will buy it.

[W Mitchell]

Another late response, handsome pensmanship and a lovely brown ink. Perfect for writing letters.

 

Very much like Lamy Crystal Topaz ink which is my daily user.