Question About Homer Greek Blue Ink

[Pennenut]

To those individuals who are writing with the Homer ink what is your impression of this ink (properties)? How closely does the ink resemble the hue shown on the Montblanc box? Does the colour of the ink change once it dries? I have the ink set aside but am undecided whether in fact It is worth purchasing.

[Michael R.]

Currently my Homer is inked with Greek Blue. While writing it appears close to a more regular medium blue but when drying it slightly shifts to a more grayish-turquoise blue.

 

I prefer more unusual ink colors ;-)

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[Tom Kellie]

[Michael R.]

 

Not sure if this pictures the effect Ive described well: ink looses some of its purple tones and darkness (not corrected iPhone picture).

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[Tom Kellie]

Not sure if this pictures the effect Ive described well: ink looses some of its purple tones and darkness (not corrected iPhone picture).

 

~ Michael R.:

 

That image is helpful to show how the ink looks after writing.

My experience with Montblanc Homer Greek Blue has been similar.

It becomes lighter with drying, although not to any extreme degree.

I've been enjoying writing with it in the Bespoke Small Signature nib.

It's a well-behaved ink which meets my limited needs and moderate preferences.

Thank you for posting the iPhone photo.

Tom K.

[jmccarty3]

I just got my S.T. Dupont La Plume Ultime in Blue Ocean back from nib and section replacement and decided that the pen's color(s) cried out for the Homer Greek Blue ink from Montblanc. The color is beautiful--a perfect match for the pen--and it really does resemble to blue that you see on church domes and other buildings in the Greek islands, particularly Santorini. I was afraid from some other reviews that this ink would be too light or unsaturated, but it is just right. Highly recommended.

[DanD]

I filled my new Homer FP with the Montblanc Homer Greek Blue ink. For some reason it made my pen skip quite a bit. It seems to have a flow problem with my pen. Filled my pen with Montblanc Midnight Blue and The Beatles Psychedelic Purple and the pen was really smooth with no skipping issues so it does not seem to be the nib but rather the ink.

[nishantdr83]

I filled my new Homer FP with the Montblanc Homer Greek Blue ink. For some reason it made my pen skip quite a bit. It seems to have a flow problem with my pen. Filled my pen with Montblanc Midnight Blue and The Beatles Psychedelic Purple and the pen was really smooth with no skipping issues so it does not seem to be the nib but rather the ink.

Exactly my experience.

 

My Homer OB was pretty ill behaved with its namesake ink.. once I changed inks up, everything worked out fine. I am not using Homer ink in my 1912 Heritage EF.

[daenghafez]

I'm using Homer ink with Homer pen with BB nib. The blue hue changes to a lighter tone once its dried up. The above photo from Michael shared my sentiment.

[DanD]

Exactly my experience.

 

My Homer OB was pretty ill behaved with its namesake ink.. once I changed inks up, everything worked out fine. I am not using Homer ink in my 1912 Heritage EF.

 

 

Thanks nishant, guess I am not the only one. My pen has a Medium nib

Edited September 18, 2018 by DanD

[AlohaLani787]

I'll add a sample of Homer Blue written (sloppily) with a fine nib in a Black n' Red notebook. Photo is with a cell phone and was not retouched or edited. Because this ink dries to a paler shade it will only ink my broader nibs from here on out. Author of the poems is Ogden Nash.

 

[Tom Kellie]

~ For the past two weeks Montblanc Homer Greek Blue has been the ink of choice for my classes.

A series of dozens of mid-term student presentations required extensive notes.

Writing at a rapid pace with EF and BB nibs (both nib sizes worked very well) Homer Greek Blue was ideal.

Well-behaved, clear, not overpowering, hour after hour I noticed what exceptionally high quality notes were possible due to the ink's quality.

I'm sufficiently impressed by Montblanc Homer Greek Blue that I'll order another pair of bottles.

Thank you, Montblanc, for this highly practical ink.

Tom K.

[Tom Kellie]

~ It turned out that Montblanc Homer Greek Blue was my most used ink over more than one year of writing.

In both narrow nibs for making margin notes, or in wide nibs in personal correspondence, Montblanc Homer Greek Blue has been an uncommonly reliable ink.

Tom K.

[roadrunner320]

I used if quite often as well on various papers and i also noticed the colors, after drying, got lighter.

I used and used in multiple pens and non of them had shown issue even after 3 weeks on non use, no problem with ink or pen.

[hoppenstedt]

Great lovely ink with a wide variety of colour shades. I have been using it in my Montblanc No. 149 "Hamburg Edition" with an "M" nib for over one year now and am very pleased again and again.

Favorite choice of non-official blue ink with the varieties mentioned above.

 

(& a little too expensive... )

Edited January 19, 2020 by hoppenstedt

[JCC123]

 

~ It turned out that Montblanc Homer Greek Blue was my most used ink over more than one year of writing.

In both narrow nibs for making margin notes, or in wide nibs in personal correspondence, Montblanc Homer Greek Blue has been an uncommonly reliable ink.

Tom K.

 

How do you find the color after it ages? When an open bottle of ink has been used for months they tend to darken. Did these pale blue inks darken to a darker shade after a couple of months? Or, do you have a sample of what a nib that's been exposed to air for 5-10 minutes looks like when written with the exposed ink? All of the samples I've seen appears to be from a fresh ink from a fresh bottle.

[Tom Kellie]

How do you find the color after it ages? When an open bottle of ink has been used for months they tend to darken. Did these pale blue inks darken to a darker shade after a couple of months? Or, do you have a sample of what a nib that's been exposed to air for 5-10 minutes looks like when written with the exposed ink? All of the samples I've seen appears to be from a fresh ink from a fresh bottle.

 

~ JCC123:

 

Up until about ten days ago there was Montblanc Homer Greek Blue in an M nib.

The bottle wasn't new (there are three bottles on my writing desk).

Nothing seemed especially dark.

I'd never thought of it as a pale blue, unlike Montblanc Miles Davis Jazz Blue.

Where I work and live, there's no discernible darkening.

Tom K.

[JCC123]

 

~ JCC123:

 

Up until about ten days ago there was Montblanc Homer Greek Blue in an M nib.

The bottle wasn't new (there are three bottles on my writing desk).

Nothing seemed especially dark.

I'd never thought of it as a pale blue, unlike Montblanc Miles Davis Jazz Blue.

Where I work and live, there's no discernible darkening.

Tom K.

Thanks Tom, I think I found the answer. Perhaps you can verify but the answer I think is on this page. I found a review here: https://blog.andersonpens.com/thinkthursday-montblanc-homer/

Specifically, this photo shows the different number of passes, 1..3. I would imagine that the ink starts out being like the left most color and then slowly ages to the darker blue on the right? Is that your experience?

[Tom Kellie]

[ak47]

On 10/29/2020 at 11:37 AM, Tom Kellie said:

Nice