Best Ink For A Montblanc?

[goldenkrishna]

Any ink that is not made by MontBlanc!

 

Sure! I mean why would you want to use an ink that was formulated to use with MB pens?

MontBlanc ink is junk mostly. Their black is a joke, Royal Blue dry and light but overall okay, and Bordeaux a red. The Sepia has decent flow and color, as does the Violet. The Bordeaux is closer to red, but has good flow. Their black is absolutely horrible! It looks gray, horrible flow. Aurora Black works great in MontBlancs. I still have yet to have a successful ink-pen combo with a MB pen and a MB ink.

 

I have a MB Elizabeth I filled with MB Toffee Brown and she writes and purrs with joy!

 

With love,

goldenkrishna

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

In some ways, this is kind of a silly question to be asking if it were not for the thing that comes with the pen saying "Use Montblanc ink only". Montblanc pens aren't really all that different internally as any other quality fountain pen. The materials are similar, the feeds are excellent, and the nibs are made well. They work well in my experience with any good quality ink.

 

As a rule, I would avoid inks that are not made for fountain pens as well as inks that are extremely saturated with dyes. When using ferrogallic inks and pigmented inks, make sure to clean your pen out periodically. In the box of my MB blue-black, it states that you must clean your pen out occasionally. I don't use that ink in my most precious pens since I don't like to clean my pens that often. I use it in a few pens that can be easily cleaned and reassembled. It's a nice ink though. I really like it.

 

My picks for inks I would use are:

Standard issue Montblanc inks-very well behaved ink

Pelikan 4001 inks excepting the brilliant red (that seems to clog more easily)

Parker Quink red, washable blue, and green. Black stains urethane plungers including those in MB pens pink.

Diamine inks with the exception of a few colors. Most every color is well behaved.

Platinum Blue-black and blue

Aurora Black (Blue requires more careful cleaning)

Sailor inks

 

These inks don't stain much and are well behaved, allowing you to preserve your pen in like new condition for many years while enjoying nice colors.

 

Dillon

[Chrissy]

Although I'm happy to use other brand inks in my CC pens I only use Montblanc ink in my Montblanc piston fillers, and have never experienced a problem with it.

[pajaro]

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Edited December 25, 2012 by pajaro

[SUNIL GARG]

My personal experience with Mont Blanc (& Sailor too) has

been that they are not finicky about Ink Brands, generally.

Presently, my MB is doing a great job in PR Sherwood Green.

I have refrained from using MB Midnight Blue in an MB though

as it is an iron gall ink that comes with a warning.

[BrandonA]

Why has this thread been reserected twice, the first time after 3 years of inactivity, the second after a few months?

 

There is no best ink.

 

If you read the literature that comes with a MB pen it clearly states that MB recommends MB ink. If you are therefore worried about ink you should adhere to MBs advise as you clearly trust them otherwise you would not have bought their pens. They have plenty of inks in various colours so I'd be surprised if there was not a suitable MB ink for most need.

[georges zaslavsky]

I stick mainly with MB and Private Reserve fast dry in my MBs

Edited December 30, 2012 by georges zaslavsky

[mshepp3]

I know I am coming in on this discussion really late (three and a half years!), but I just want to use it as an avenue through which to say thanks to the guys who recently worked day and night to get the FPN up and running again.

 

I have an MB 146 with a Fine nib, and I made the (newbie) mistake of putting a small amount of detergent in the water I cleaned it with (my pens and I only drink bottled water - I am, from now on, upgrading to distilled water only for the pens). The turning knob for the piston suddenly got quite hard to turn, and - after some careful FPN research - I have decided to send it in for MB servicing.

 

When I get it back, I am hoping not to mess it up again - at least for a while - and I recognize that part of that is choosing a suitable ink or group of inks to load it with. Without this forum, it would be hit and miss / largely uninformed opinion... with this forum, I feel as if I have some understanding of the brands of ink I want use in this particular pen... not to mention helping me with the decision to send it in rather than try to fix it myself.

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And without our steadfast and hard-working admin et al crew, this coming on to four year old source of information would be lost and / or next to impossble for a layman to find. Three cheers for the FPN backroom boys (and girls?).

[HistoricalMan]

If you're a fan of brown inks I can't recommend Montblanc's Carlo Collodi ink enough.

[sarahfar]

Right now I use a lot of Iroshizuku over others. The colors are great, the lubrication outstanding, and no fuss no muss. Then again you can never go wrong listening to Niksch, first class very bright guy. Niksch, I just started to try flushing some Iro by refilling where I use the same color. I usually flush even when i don't change inks every time, week sometimes two, but its working just fine as you point out. I have to admit though, I've been still cheating and flushing mostly.

[Cloudwang]

I think mb purple is excellent

[meiers]

Montblanc midnight blue in my opinion.

[georges zaslavsky]

MB Racing Green is very good too.

[Penne Stilografiche]

a MB pen is best with MB ink!

[spraine]

Hi-

 

IMHO: 'Use MB inks only' is a nice marketing scheme, but that's about it.

 

MB offers iron gall inks.

Are iron gall inks good for any fp? MB or non-MB?

 

I'm not against MB inks; I'm not for them just because they're MB.

 

I use the inks that 'work well' with my pens, in the colors I enjoy.

 

With a smile,

Steve

[Pen Nut]

MB inks have never given me any issues whatsoever and neither have Waterman come to think of it.

[agentdaffy007]

MB Mahatma Gandhi ink. Simply beautiful!!

[meiers]

MB Racing Green is very good too.

 

I agree... unfortunately I am down to my last bottle.

[sarahfar]

mg is a great ink as is ah......

[orfew]

For MB inks I use Toffee Brown and Midnight Blue. Other inks I use are Diamine and J. Herbin. Never had a problem with any of these with my MBs.