Ink Review: Montblanc Red Chalk (Leonardo da Vinci Limited Edition)
My full review (including additional photos) can be found here.
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Okay, so, I'm starting to form a real gripe with the powers that be in Montblanc's ink division. They keep putting out all of these amazing inks as limited editions. And sure, I'll buy a bottle or two, but come on. I would make some of these inks my daily writers if I knew they were going to be around for a while.
Anyway, red chalk is a beautiful ink with some of the best shading I've ever seen in any ink, ever. Aside from Apache Sunset, I think this is the mostly highly shaded ink in my collection. It does tend to run a little on the dry side, but that does seem to help with the dry times, which are pretty low on Rhodia paper, and spectacular on cheap paper. (In fact, overall performance of this ink is spectacular on cheap paper.) This ink also has the worst water resistance I have ever seen in my life, but since I don't care about water resistance for anything other than signing checks or addressing envelopes, it's not a deal breaker for me.
But man, the color and the shading on this ink are spectacular. They really do remind me a lot of da Vinci's old drawings.
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I think the closest I have seen to this ink would probably be Diamine Ancient Copper, but Red Chalk has a very different feel. I probably would have given it a 9 (or even a 10) were it not for the dryness, the lack of lubrication, and the water resistance issues. I'm going to be pretty upset when I run out of the two bottles of this I purchased.
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