Twilight Blue - Montblanc

[visvamitra]

A limited edition ink named Twilight Blue was released by Montblanc in june as part of the new Blue Hour Collection. Basically I'm not really keen on LE inks because when they're good and nice and they're gone, they're gone for good. Literally. No more Racing Green. No more Leonardo da Vinci Red Chalk. No more Jonathan Swift Seaweed Green.

Montblanc is good at creating hype

A friend of mine's allowed me to play with his bottle of Twilight Hour. And after trying it in three pens I must say it's huge disappointment. First I dislike the color, but it's just me. I know there's a lot of people who are fond on such hues. But the ink is also dry, shading is rather boring (unless you use OBB or Pilot Parallel 6 mm nib) and it has no waterproofness. You'll easily fibnd better teals and unless you collect MB LE inks, I don't think this one is really worth the price and the place on the shelf. I find it uninteresting and mediocre.

Bottle

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/1476/AxxNRC.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/4884/NMBq9r.jpg

Ink Splash

http://imageshack.com/a/img908/2769/Od0Q5L.jpg

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

http://imageshack.com/a/img538/2417/8KxivN.jpg

Waterproofness

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/8524/qFIXBi.jpg

Software ID

Oxford Recycled, Kaweco Sport, B

http://imageshack.com/a/img912/3442/ZEbASe.jpg

Midori, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/4720/NfhqsJ.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img538/8149/PqByzN.jpg

Copy paper, Lamy Al-Star, 1,1

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/5655/6KcxW9.jpg

Copy paper ,Kaweco Sport Classic, B,

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/1830/IxlJog.jpg

CIAK, Lamy Al-Star, 1,1

http://imageshack.com/a/img905/8987/jdOk2z.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/9442/kv62XX.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img901/4386/e2EP0u.jpg

Whitelines, Lamy Al-Star, 1,1

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/8776/nEmLMz.jpg

Edited June 27, 2015 by visvamitra

[akustyk]

Nice review. Thanks. It seems similar to Diamine Twilight, maybe not as dark.

[gylyf]

Hmm. I've seen pictures in which it looks bluer (and more attractive), to the point where I was thinking of trying to get hold of some, but I don't find the shade in your pictures appealing at all. Thanks for the review, as always!

[lapis]

Thanks for the tip. It's not my cup of tea (the colour itself) but I'll buy it anyhow, just because it is a MB LE.

 

Mike

[pajaro]

I think it looks fabulous, but, since it will be gone, I don't think I want to get hooked.

[lgsoltek]

In another post it's said TB is very close to Waterman Mysterious Blue. Since I couldn't get TB here, I settled for a bottle of MB. But I still want a bottle of it...

[eelldan]

Thanks for the review. I like blue-grey shades of ink but this one is kind of boring. Seems bland compared to other MB Limited Edition Inks.

Edited June 27, 2015 by eelldan

[Cyber6]

This looks nothing like the blue I fell in love with... picture below (from Gourmet.Pens).. I can see the teal, but there is more blue on the sample below.

 

:huh:

 

[visvamitra]

Yes, I've seen this review. However the ink I've found in the bottle is nowhere near as interesting. That's why I call it a huge disappouintment.On the other hand I wouldn't like it even if the color was similar to the one presented in Azizah's review. Not my type of color

[Frank C]

Thanks for the review. That does have more teal than I was expecting. I will purchases a bottle or two and put it into one of my wetter pens. It will probably be darker.

[jsolares]

This looks nothing like the blue I fell in love with... picture below (from Gourmet.Pens).. I can see the teal, but there is more blue on the sample below.

 

:huh:

 

I just tried scanning it written on tomoe river paper and it looks a lot more teal than a picture, it's cream tomoe river paper to give you an idea.

 

I think with a wet pen it'll look more like gourmet pens picture

 

picture

 

http://i.imgur.com/2jftZp3l.jpg

 

scan, this shouldn't be white

http://i.imgur.com/rDsjFCNl.png

 

 

 

 

[visvamitra]

Thank you for scans I'll have to try this paper one day

[wastelanded]

Reminds me of Quink BB. Nice bottle though!

[mmg122]

I fell in love with the color in Azizah's review too and ordered two bottles. Not here yet so haven't had a chance to try it. Thanks for the review.

[mrchan]

This is actually a very nice blue imho. Its close to Tsuki-yo, but a tad bit greener, but not as green as kujaku. I love the way this ink behaves even in my finer nibbed pens. I will buy another bottle for sure. The only disappointing one recently I've tried is MB JFK which is a horrible cheap looking blue.

[lgsoltek]

I thought I had a review of this ink, but I don't. So I'm hijacking Vismamitra's post...

Here's another writing sample: Platinum 3776 MS and Maruman Looseleaf.

 

[visvamitra]

Interesting - it looks blue I remember I hated this ink and it was green / blue. Yours looks rather nice.

[lgsoltek]

Interesting - it looks blue I remember I hated this ink and it was green / blue. Yours looks rather nice.

It seems to get greener over time. I will look at it again tomorrow.

[PS104]

Looks like we need a tie-breaker

Two versions of the same ink, one blue the other blue-green (teal)

Personally I like the teal look

[mehandiratta]

It seems to get greener over time. I will look at it again tomorrow.

ha ha ha...