Mont Blanc British Racing Green

[eric.zamir]

I suspect I'll pick up a little flask of it at the local shop...

[Armchop]

:meow:

 

Me again. Thanks eric.zamir for your photo. With the white balance in the picture showing up the paper colour better than other shots the green comes up nicer so I can see why people like it. I take back my bad vibes!

 

I know what eric.zamir believes to be true of Waterman Blue. (Do you mean Blue-Black). I've been using this ink for about 10 years and I use it as a measure of "how good" my new pen aquisitions are. It does depend VERY much upon what pen and nib you use. I cannot write in black and I do not like light or medium blues. What nibs/pens have you tried with it??

My good ones:

Parker Sonnet M nib

Laban Mento B nib

Vintage Parker Duofold Junior M No10 nib

Lamy Al-Star M nib was OK as far as I can remember.

All these three put down a good medium dark wet line. True blue black to my taste. Really dark and saturated. My favourite ink.

 

However in other pens, even wet nibs, the colour does come washed out and unsaturated. For example these below are terrible in my expereience with the Waterman BB:

Cross Townsend M steel nib

Parker Inflection M nib

Waterman Expert M nib

Sheaffer Prlude M gold nib.

 

Armchop

[eric.zamir]

:meow:

 

Me again. Thanks eric.zamir for your photo.

 

You can call me Eric...

 

I know what eric.zamir believes to be true of Waterman Blue. (Do you mean Blue-Black).

 

I mean blue, and it's not my cup of tea - faded looking. A propos, and also with respect to my post above, I did buy a flask of Visconti Blue. AWESOME.

 

Now that's a blue ink!!! Not cyan (even though I like American/SS/Penman Sapphire blues), and not purply (even though I like Aurora and Black Magic blues). Just fantastic.

Edited January 9, 2007 by eric.zamir

[L&R]

I mean blue, and it's not my cup of tea - faded looking. A propos, and also with respect to my post above, I did buy a flask of Visconti Blue. AWESOME.

 

Now that's a blue ink!!! Not cyan (even though I like American/SS/Penman Sapphire blues), and not purply (even though I like Aurora and Black Magic blues). Just fantastic.

Sorry for hijacking the topic. How does Visconti Blue compare to Omas Roma 2000 Blue in terms of darkness, saturation, flow, etc.?

 

Thanks in advance. Bye.

[kubalai]

Bryan,

 

Which pen and nib did you use for the 'sample'?

 

Regards

 

Kubalai

[eric.zamir]

Sorry for hijacking the topic.  How does Visconti Blue compare to Omas Roma 2000 Blue in terms of darkness, saturation, flow, etc.?

 

very slightly darker and more saturated, same basic color, same great flow, very smooth, silky feel.

Slightly darker, more saturated. Same basic color - between Penman family and Aurora - i.e., blue without green or purple. There probably is some purple in there, but it's imperceptible. Same flow.

[eric.zamir]

I should point out that on my screen, the MB Racing Green has a bluish cast which it does NOT have in fact.

Edited January 11, 2007 by eric.zamir

[L&R]

Slightly darker, more saturated. Same basic color - between Penman family and Aurora - i.e., blue without green or purple. There probably is some purple in there, but it's imperceptible. Same flow.

Grazie, Eric.

[DeaconKC]

What a rich ink. Easily deep enough for business use and still a rich color. Very good lubrication properties as well. Definitely in the everyday use rotation.

[mathmarc]

Wow, this ink in a Namiki Falcon is beautiful. So many pens, so many inks.... so little time.