Monteverde Amethyst (Gemstone Collection)

[visvamitra]

Monteverde is part of Yafa company. Some time ago the company offered wide array of new inks with Ink ITF™ - new Ink Treatment Formula that's supposed to drastically improve ink-flow quality, extend cap-off time and improve ink drying time on paper. After trying two inks I can agree it's not just marketing - the inks behave very well.

New colors are divided into two series. The newest one is called GEMSTONES.

I admit I have a problem with this name as Pelikan started their Gemstone collection (Edelstein inks) years ago and was succesfull. I do realise that this name can't be copyrighted but I feel something's off. Sure, it's easy to base marketing on proven and succesfull ideas but I feel just a little bit of disapproval. I believe they could have created something new, especially that the colors are rather interesting and eye-catching.

Anyway the line has inks

1. Amethyst
   
2. Charoite
   
3. Erinite
   
4. Fireopal
   
5. Garnet
   
6. Moonstone
   
7. Olivine
   
8. Ruby
   
9. Sapphire
   
10. Topaz
    

I appreciate the fact that Monteverde posted on their website data about these inks ph:

Bottle

The inks can be bought in 30 (and 90) ml bottle. The bottle is made of lass, has simple design and id pretty functional - stable and with wide neck allowing to fill quite comfortably (as long as there's more than 60 % of the ink content in it) evem monster fountain pens straight from the bottle.

Ink

The ink is well saturated and displays an interesting purple hue. It shades nicely, with the slight sheening. The flow is smooth and the ink feels well lubricated even in dry pens. Some feathering and bleedthrough will be experienced only on crappiest papers (hello Moleskine). Drying time is reasonable. Also, it's impressive that the ink doesn't dry out when you leave the pen uncapped. Even after three minutes the pen starts without any skipping when you put the nib to the paper.

Thank you Nikaa for allowing me to fill Pilot CH92 with this ink

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Color ID

Color range

Rhodia, Pilot CH 92, medium nib, stubbed

Midori, Pilot CH 92, medium nib, stubbed

Tomoe River, Pilot CH 92, medium nib, stubbed

Water resistance

[inkstainedruth]

Pretty color. But similar to inks I already have. So this is a maybe.

Thanks for the review.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[lgsoltek]

Freaky green sheen, like it.

[namrehsnoom]

Freaky green sheen, like it.

+1 for the freakishness. If this would show up in normal writing, it would go straight to my wishlist ;-)

[pajaro]

Is this considered a purple?

[lgsoltek]

+1 for the freakishness. If this would show up in normal writing, it would go straight to my wishlist ;-)

 

You can check out R&K Cassia!

[visvamitra]

Probably more violet but the thing is in polish we have one word for all purple/violet shades - fiolet and I tend to use only purple name in english (obviously incorrectly)

[ENewton]

One to keep in mind, certainly. Thank you.

[ErrantSmudge]

I was thinking this color is very similar to R&K Cassia, and LGSoltek beat me to that observation. Though I have become enamored with Monteverde inks, I already have Cassia so will pass on this one.

Edited October 5, 2017 by ErrantSmudge

[KevinS]

Superb review.

Thank you.

I'm putting this one on order now.