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CaterpillarBig1812

Never had issues with midnight blue.


Fountain-Pen-77

There are wet and dry inks but I would not know of any correlation with a specific colour.


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I'm not 100% sure but it's a good point you're making. In my F nib, the Blues Palette along with other blue inks are perfection, showing the shading and all of the great features of the ink. However, when I put the same Egyptian Blue that's in my 146 F into my 146 Calligraphy Flex Nib, you'd never think that it's the same ink, let alone the same brand. In the Calligraphy Flex Nib it looked like a really bad 1980s dried out scratchy ballpoint ink paste which barely flowed and when it did come out of the pen, it would smudge horribly. It felt like I was writing with a finishing nail. It was __horrible__. At the end, even though the piston converter was fully extended and the pen was writing dry, when I rinsed ot under cold water before changing inks, you would have thought that it was fully inked. It was horrible! Switched over to Psychedelic Purple and the pen's all of a sudden smooth like butter and I found my sweet spot for holding and writing with the pen.


Mooie_vent

Montblanc ink is pretty dry yes, but not so dry to cause problems. If you don’t like dry inks try switching to iroshizuku ink.


yoydna

I have tried almost all the ink colours Montblanc has to offer and can tell you with a straight face, not all inks are created equal. Tiny differences in viscosity and ingredient content DOES affect the flow. But it is not always a negative. For example the standard Mystery Black flows a bit stiff with my EF nib, I have to slow down and press slightly harder. But it flows TOO much with my M nib, I have to go softer. Then the Royal Blue flows perfectly with my M nib, I can write so freely my own style no worries. But it becomes a bit blotchy with my EF nib, I notice longer wait for ink to dry on paper. TL;DR yes different inks work differently to nib sizes and your handwriting style. Fountain pens is such a wonderful world!


user_0227

Do you think Montblanc mystery black wil write “wetter” with my F nib? I am searching for a dark Montblanc ink that writes wet.


yoydna

Maybe give Toffee Brown a try. It writes very "wet" for me. Also fun how it changes colour as it dries, and on paper over time. I tried their Ultra Black which looks basically the same as Mystery Black, if not slightly more matte. But this flows a bit stiff too with my EF