The Montblanc Black ink I got in the package of the Montblanc Meisterstuck 149. This ink costs about $ 0,25/ml.
Color
It is a very saturated black. A good dark ink. The color has no shading, so black is black. So what more can you tell on a black color......
Bottle
The bottle is shaped in a way that you can get all the ink out of the bottle till the last drop.
Writing
The ink writes a bit dry. It does not flow real good not in this Visconti Van Gogh Maxi (fine). On Moleskine paper it feathers a little bit. On Rhodia paper it is just fine. There's also some bleed-through on the other side of the page of a Moleskine.
Written review
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"Montblanc Black
I just filled my Visconti Van Gogh Maxi (fine) with Montblanc Black
I was given this ink when I bought my Montblanc Meisterstück 149.
The color is just plain black, with almost no shading. It is a great blacj ink I think.
The ink writes a bit dry in this pen, feathers a bit. The ink also bleeds through this Moleskine paper to much.
Dryingtime on Moleskine paper is longer then 15 seconds. On Rhodia paper it takes longer then 25 seconds.
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Moleskinefriendly
This ink is not Moleskine-friendly. There's bleed-through on the other side of the paper with a fine-nib fountain pen. It is even worse with a medium nib fountain pen. Drying time on Moleskine paper is longer then 15 seconds. On Rhodia even more then 25 seconds. If you love to write with a black in a Moleskine I recommend you use Noodler's Black.
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3 comments:
GREAT review!!! Using MB British Racing Green in my Pelikan M800 right now.
As an idle hobby I am doing a study of black fountain pen ink. So far I have tested 12 and I can say with absolute certainty black is not black. There is a myriad of shades within black. It's funny though, it's not at all noticeable until you start making swatches on little 3 by 5 cards and lining them up together. Mont Blanc Black has a decided redish tint to it. Diamine Jet Black is the lightest I have tested with a noticeable gray tint. The blackest black? Noodlers Bulletproof Black, Private Reserve Ultra Black are the darkest tested thus far.
Having said this, I will readily acknowledge that if all you are doing is looking at the letters drawn by your pen (and not a much larger blot) black seems to be black.
Nice review. Thank you. However, to me it's a slightly washed out, not so saturated black ink in fine and not-so-wet nibs.
Dry writing, poor water resistance and bleedthrough makes it an average performer.
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