Winter Glow - Montblanc Le Ink

[visvamitra]

I believe that people who work in Montblanc headquarters are evil-minded. If ther were good, we could buy Winter Glow in every MB boutique. Unhappily we can't. We can win an auction and pay crazy amount of money for this ink but it's not good deal

 

Here it is. Intriguing, handsome, unobtainable. Great red ink.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Tomoe River, Kaweco Sport Classic, B

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Sport Classic, B

[Abner C. Kemp]

It's my favorite red and I am using the bottle very sparingly.

[Cyber6]

DAMN!!!.. you have no idea how many times I passed on this ink... That was before I knew LE inks don't stay for long.... **Kicking myself**

 

 

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[lapis]

A. Thanks for the good review. Especially your comparisons. That is what turns me on the most!

B. I bought mine back in November 2012 when it came out.

C. Thusly -- and by no means meant to hurt anybody -- what I've leanrt is that (however evil anybody in the uppermost storeys of MB may be), when a new MB LE ink cums out, buy it immediately.

 

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[Cyber6]

A. Thanks for the good review. Especially your comparisons. That is what turns me on the most!

B. I bought mine back in November 2012 when it came out.

C. Thusly -- and by no means meant to hurt anybody -- what I've leanrt is that (however evil anybody in the uppermost storeys of MB may be), when a new MB LE ink cums out, buy it immediately.

 

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I am sure you mean.. "COMES" out.. .... And.. yes, I learned my lesson...

 

 

C.

[lapis]

Well, let's look positively at the shenanigans and remember that sometime in the up and cumming 10 months, 4 more MBs (whether they are LEs or not, I forget) are to supposed to appear... so....

[lgsoltek]

Montblanc is great at making reds!!!

[Horseknitter]

Unless my monitor/eyes are deceiving me Winter Glow and DA Oriental Red look very similar. And you say?

[visvamitra]

Well - they're not the same. Winter Glow is much more interesting, but DA Coral Red is nice ink as well.

[fountainpagan]

I am excitingly waiting to see what Velvet Red will look like. if it is nearly as velvety as Vuitton's Rouge Libertin, I am on for it.

[Mariusz888]

Wow - beautiful red colour. It's seems to be similar to Corn Poppy Red... (maybe Winter Glow is darker at some parts)

[drv1913]

I was fortunate enough to receive a sample of this from the lovely Amberlea. It is truly a gorgeous color, and it writes very well. I've been using it sparingly; I am going to be sad when I run out.

[jmccarty3]

I paid way too much for two bottles of this beautiful ink, and am glad I did. Great review!

 

P.S. Might be worth letting the Tekker folks have a go at it.

[Cyber6]

I paid way too much for two bottles of this beautiful ink, and am glad I did. Great review!

 

P.S. Night be worth letting the Tekker folks have a go at it.

 

Excellent idea!!!

[saskia_madding]

I do love this ink, but I think Hitchcock might be slightly deeper and richer. Both are lovely though. Thanks for the great review!

[Abner C. Kemp]

I do love this ink, but I think Hitchcock might be slightly deeper and richer. Both are lovely though. Thanks for the great review!

 

I don't own Hitchcock but from everything I've seen it is much more of a blood red (which makes sense). Winter Glow has some definite vibrancy, more of a jewel tone, with less of a brownish hue. However the impressive thing is that, unlike many jewel tone reds, there isn't really any hint of that washed out pinkish tone so many of us despise. Hitchcock is actually much more my taste, unfortunately I wasn't lucky enough to acquire a bottle. It would be neat to see a comparison if anyone does have both.

 

I will say that, in my experience, Diamine Matador is decently close to Winter Glow in narrower nib widths. Both inks have a bright saturated look that is quite pleasant. However, in a broader wetter nib, like the one used in this review -- you can see where winter glow .. well glows!! As you can see from the swabs Winter Glow is much richer than Matador -- somewhat similar to the new Corn Poppy Red although CPR seems more orange and has a bit of that dreaded pink hue in the swab. It's an excellent mark up ink.

Edited February 20, 2016 by Abner C. Kemp