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10 March 2024 – Monteverde Confidence Blue

Just the bright-yet-powder-blue shade I think of when I think “power tie” (and for some reason I associate them with Barack Obama). But it’s also the logo for the ink itself, so, here it is:
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9 March 2024 – Monteverde Canyon Rust

It’s not brown and it’s not orange, so this bold ink slots right in between. Nice stuff continues from Monteverde.
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8 March 2024 – Monteverde Azure Noir

From the Noir Ink Collection (I also have Copper Noir, but not coal, jade, mercury, mulberry, ocean, raven, rose, or smoke), this is another terrific blue black.
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7 March 2024 – Monteverde Turtle

Zebra, Giraffe, Gorilla, Toucan, Lion, and Hippo are the six Jungle Ink Collection inks I don’t have, but these have been delightful.
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6 March 2024 – Monteverde Elephant

An intriguing purple (from the Jungle Ink Collection), and I’m not sure this is the first color I think of when I think of elephants. Third super saturated ink out of three.
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5 March 2024 – Monteverde Crocodile

This is a really dark green. Another super saturated, super wet ink from Monteverde, and I’m wondering how many of their inks will be dark and wet.
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4 March 2024 – Monteverde Chameleon
From their Jungle Ink Collection, I have four of ten inks, and today’s is lovely. Deeply saturated, vibrant, and it goes down really wet (maybe the wettest ink of the year so far). Not the green I think of when I think “chameleon”, but hey, maybe that’s the point!
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4 March 2024 – Monteverde Inks

I have a Monteverde Regatta with an omniflex nib that I have adored as one of my higher end pens since the very beginning. So I’m looking forward to exploring these inks, which come from different lines (I don’t have any complete line).
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3 March 2024 – LAMY Dark Lilac!

Not on,y did the release of this ink stun the fountain pen community, it created enough of a stir to catch the attention of the NYTimes. A good reminder that we live in an age where digital often feels like a kind of death, and returning to the simple slowness and elegance of analog brings…
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2 March 2024 – LAMY Cliff

The second 2024 special edition ink is another lovely blue denim, with nice saturation while retaining subtle lighter tones.