Monteverde USA Ink, 30 ml Documental Permanent Black (G309DB)

Loved it! I picked three shades overall from the same brand and they’re all perfectly pigmented and a joy to use with fountain pens.

Lasts me quiet a while, the ink is great and the colour is exquisite

Dense ink, great color, worth the wait.

My calligraphy work.

Cette encre offre un très joli rendu cuivré qui rappelle les teintes automnales. Une fois séchée, la couleur conserve tout son cachet et ne se détériore pas. Une très belle encre de qualité que je n'hésiterai pas à acheter à nouveau.

Mooie helder blauwe kleur. De inkt vloeit normaal en droogt relatief snel. Fijne combinatie van eigenschappen.

When it comes to fountain pens, the ultimate ink for me is black, and the paper white, for classic clarity of my writing. Some think black ink is boring, and that black ink is black ink. They're quite wrong. Appreciation of the variety in black inks requires a much more discerning eye that can detect the nuances of each ink. Granted, it's not one of the glittery shimmery inks (although there are blackish inks available with glittery flecks), nor is it a flashy color. It's rock solid classic black. It stands tall on the page. It makes a statement. Raven Noir is my first Monteverde ink, and my twenty-third black ink. Yep, 23rd. I have been writing with fountain pens for quite a while. I have extensive samples of them all, on various paper, and using pens with various nib widths. For comparison and consistency, I use a 6mm poster nib on a dip pen, so I can readily examine the qualities of each ink, on HP Premium 32 lb. paper, and usually samples also on the exceptional Rhodia, Calirefontaine and Tomoe River papers. Now, ravens are my favorite bird, and I love watching them. Noir is my favorite film genre, and I love watching them. How could I pass up an in called Raven Noir? Yep, I bought it based on its name. I stayed for its beauty and performance. It has become one of my favorite inks. I use mostly broad, stub and italic nibs. Most of my writing with this ink has been on a broad #6 nib. It's a wet one, and shows off whatever ink is running down it. The ink itself is medium to dry. Monteverde inks contain lubricants, and it flowed flawlessly for me. There is no shading. There is only the slightest sheen, and only on the Tomoe River paper. It won't be noticeable in most cases. The drying time was impressive for such a wet broad nib: 7 seconds on HP Premium 32 lb, 20 seconds on Rhodia 21.3 lb, and 60 seconds on Tomoe River. I have not experienced smearing or smudging. Raven Noir feathers on copier paper, moderate feathering on HP Premium 32 lb, but no feathering on Rhodia or Tomoe River. Monteverde claims that the lubricants make for extended cap-off time, and it's true. I don't have to worry about taking a little time before I start writing again. The writing performance was very satisfactory; the kind of ink that makes you want to just keep writing and writing. How does it stack up against my other 22 black inks? In terms of blackness, it's in the top seven or so. It's not as black black as the infamous black blacks, such as Noodler's Heart of Darkness, Noodler's Black, or DeAtramentis Document Black. In terms of how opaque it is, it's somewhere in the middle of the pack. There is a very slight purplish tint, and chromatography showed a fascinating and complex layering of colors: green, blue, blue-gray, brown and even a pink. I love this ink, and that says a lot, as I'm quite picky about my inks. It will stay in my black ink rotation. I'll also be checking out more Monteverde inks.

I love this shade of pink, it's just so delicate. It's a true pale pink, which is what I wanted. It's a lovely cool pink. As with all Monteverde inks it doesn't like cheaper paper (I think it's the additive they use) but I have it in a 1.1mm stub nib, so a thinner nib, like midium or fine, could yield better results. I'll definitely buy it again.

Bought this as i wanted something office friendly but found standard black and blue inks boring. This is a really nice blue/black ink. Flows well and doesn’t skip in any of my pens. Works great on my rhodia notepad and still good on standard office copier paper when signing documents.