MONTBLANCInk Bottle Burgundy Red 105198 – Premium-Quality Refill Ink in Deep Red for Fountain Pens, Quills, and Calligraphy Pens – 60ml Inkwell

This review is for the "permanent black" ink from Montblanc. It's a bit more expensive than the regular inks, but by shopping around and watching price fluctuations you can buy it for 21 quid. You don't need to pay more than that!As you can see in the attached photo, I used "mystery black" which was given almost a fortnight to dry, and then "permanent black" which was given just two days to dry. When water was splashed liberally onto the paper the writing in mystery black was obliterated, but the permanent black shrugged it off for the most part. You can tell the ink has been assaulted with water, but it's still legible.From now on I'll be using this ink for any writing which could be exposed to the elements! Envelopes, labels, field journals, et cetera.

I bought these cartridges to try out before buying a bottle of what’s supposed to be one of the nicest green fountain pen inks. Put a cartridge in my Faber-Castell Neo and experienced hard starts and skipping until the pen was not writing at all. Spent a lot of time today trying to fix the flow of the nib until I realised squeezing the cartridge helped...until it didn’t. Swapped the cartridge to a Jinhao which I know has a wet nib and is causing skipping even in that pen. Tried a different cartridge too in case the first one was a dud, some improvement but still skipping and drying out.

I have used this colour for nearly 20 years but no more. The reformulated ink didn't have a warning that it was no longer permanent as the IG was not present.The inks performance isn't as good as the old formula it bleeds into paper more easily and runs with slightest amount of moisture.If they bring back "classic" midnight blue I'll come back to it until then I am seeking a replacement. I am a very disappointed Montblanc customer.

This is a high quality ink (as you'd expect of Mont Blanc) which has behaved well in a range of pens and papers. The packaging is very swish, and the bottle is chunky but functional (and makes a nice desk ornament.) I have wanted to try at least one Mont Blanc ink for a while, and this one was available at a slightly more reasonable price than they normally sell for. To my eyes, the colour is more treacle toffee than dairy toffee (ie it's a red-brown rather than a yellow brown) and I would say that the colour is austere enough for formal correspondence, but with a hint of quirkiness. The only down side of the ink is its price: you can obtain equal quality ink, in a similar shade, much more cheaply from other manufacturers. But if you want the cachet of Mont Blanc, and the bottle on your desk, you have to fork out for it.

Looking for a dipping ink pot for my art work. Montblanc shaped bottle looked solidly made and the prefect height. Added feature of being able to tip the bottle into a smaller well near the cap was a great design plus.Screw top cap is robust and easy to open or close.This mystery black ink is not a permanent ink. It was interesting from my art point of view to deliberately to spill water over the dried ink for effect. After completely washing away the black ink there was residue sepia coloured ink marks which was easy to read the original text I wrote in mystery black. Will be buying more.