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I loaded Mont Blanc Violet this weekend into a pen that was just cleaned out but forgot to dry the nibs and all the parts out completely. What a beautiful accident - it's the color I've been searching for years! It's very well behaved diluted, has beautiful shading, and no problems with flow at all. Now I have one perfect ink that I can use two ways and last longer. It is definitely now my favorite ink, too bad I can't use it for work.

 

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Nice, you seem to get lots of shading with it!

 

I love the original color. May try the diluted part!

 

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Nice results. I consider MB inks to be too washed out in general but this one seems to do alright when diluted.

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Congratulations on discovering your perfect violet! :)

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:cloud9: :bunny01: :bunny01:

 

Thank you!

I'm deeply satisfied by this discovery, as you can imagine, Margana. Only on FPN could someone understand the significance of finding one of your perfect inks.

I still want to try Herbin Cassis though ...

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Thank you for this post -- certainly food for thought for a variety of other inks as well.

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Thanks for the tests and for posting them. A useful idea!

May you have pens you enjoy, with plenty of paper and ink. :)

Please use only my FPN name "Gran" in your posts. Thanks very much!

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I love MB Violet, but I honestly never thought to try it diluted. Now I am going to run off and give it a shot. Thanks for sharing.

 

And I agree, you need to try the J. Herbin Larme de Cassis. I find it a lovely color. Note: that I use it in pens with wet M or B nibs.

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I loaded Mont Blanc Violet this weekend into a pen that was just cleaned out but forgot to dry the nibs and all the parts out completely. What a beautiful accident - it's the color I've been searching for years! It's very well behaved diluted, has beautiful shading, and no problems with flow at all. Now I have one perfect ink that I can use two ways and last longer. It is definitely now my favorite ink, too bad I can't use it for work.

 

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oooooh i just got some in yesterday as a matter of fact, and am going to try diluting it ! ( i had great results diluting PR's Tanzenite)

 

thanks for the scan!! :bunny01:

 

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What a fantastic idea to dilute the MB Violet ink.....i may get my hands on a bottle. Good idea to try it out...... thanks

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