Brown? Gray? Which is it?

Monteverde Moonstone is one of my favorite what-is-it colors, smooth and well-mannered, with a fascinating chroma. It's also been named as a possible dupe for Montblanc Swan Plume Illusion. Aquired a sample of the MB, and tested them both.

MV Moonstone Ink test



MV Chroma





Montblanc Swan Plume Illusion ink test





MB SPI chroma




The MB ink seems to flow well enough...but this is my only outing with it so far. It seems a bit less lubricated than MV Moonstone, which may resolve itself in a different pen. And since a certain other forum is stripping out ALL my images, I'm posting these here.