MB Honore du Balzac Ink

[essayfaire]

The brown ink from shipping made the sample label unreadable, I thought, but I have finally determined that the ink inside is MB Honore du Balzac.  The se BJ page is in an Endless Notebook, the ink writes slightly wetter there (better and thicker paper).  

 

@amberleadavisplease move this to the right thread if I have it wrong.  Thanks.

@TheMustard, have I id'd correctly?

 

 

[amberleadavis]

So, now that you have used it, do you enjoy it?

[The Mustard]

Yes @essayfaire that’s The Balzac. Pretty much the most difficult MB limited edition ink to find in my experience. I have only seen it for sale once. 

[lapis]

Well, I bought mine overnight seven years ago. That's the problem with at least MB's LEs -- but it's always easy to solve -- you just have to buy them as soon as they appear. After that, you're maybe (but not always) up at the stake. MB told me that their LEs are/were issued in varying quantities. Sometimes they last for a good year or two... sometimes they're gone overnight....

[essayfaire]

I actually like the ink but suspect had this pen not be tuned and smoothed it would not have written well.  It's a pen I only use intermittently, and I have been pleasantly surprised that each time I ignored it(maybe 5-7 days max) it started right up again.  So though it is a "dry" ink, it does not seem prone to drying out!

 

The color really pops on the page, too.  It makes it a very good self-editing ink as it contrasts easily with whatever deep and dark color I initially use.

 

Would I go so far as to purchase it?  Probably not - I can't say that it clearly deserves the premium above the Pilot Iro or the Platinum ukiyo-e inks.  But yes, I do enjoy using it, thanks to @The Mustard !