Hello all,

I encountered an interesting problem yesterday. I was in the mont blanc boutique closest to me that normally is well stocked with inks (standard, interesting colours and limited editions). However they had nothing available except the standard mystery black, royal blue and irish green.

The apology and explanation was they cannot get the 'rarer' inks due to the current situation. They would not elaborate further.

Does anyone know if the non standard colours actually come from Asia (COVID lockdowns) or Russia/Ukraine (War preventing raw material/finished goods purchase and delivery).

the boutique was hesitant to give a straight answer except maybe in a month or so they would be able to get more, if someone has any information it would satisfy my curiosity. I assumed all the inks were made in Austria so its strange.