on saleMonteverde Brown Sugar - Ink Sample

This brown was nice, though it turned out a little too dark to see any shading. If you're looking for a simple dark brown.

I received this as part of a Goulet staff-picked sampler. I had chosen the sampler based on a couple of other colors I wanted, but the Brown Sugar has turned out to be my favorite of the lot. It writes like a dream, and with my Pilot medium nib dries instantly.

This is an absolutely gorgeous ink that has wicked shading and a shine on Tomoe River. You rarely hear about these Monteverde inks reviewed but don't let that put you off; it's a high class ink and you get 90ml!

This is an outstanding ink in the perfect shade of brown that writes like a dream! The next generation of Monteverde ink is much improved over the 1st edition that I tried before.

The bottle label calls this ink Brown Sugar in English, but in French and Spanish the name is Red Chianti, which is more accurate. This ink makes a rich dark brown line, with a red base. I would call it Blood Stain. It's handsome and vivid. The ink flows smoothly from my Plumix, but despite how nicely the ink writes and looks, I would not recommend it generally because it is so unsafe around water. Its writing dissolves into a little red puddle at the touch of water, leaving no trace of the original line.By the way, even though a little water makes the ink let go of paper, it's less effective in getting the ink out of a table cloth. I eventually got most of the stain out with laundry spot treatment and detergent.