Ink Review #231: Monteverde Mercury Noir

It's Monteverde week, so today we are looking at Monteverde Mercury Noir. I purchased my samples of ink from Goulet Pens. 

The color:

Mercury Noir is a dusky red, on some papers it almost looks dark pink.

There was a little bit of black sheen around the edges.

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low-there was some bleeding in the flex nib, mainly on Tomoe River paper.

Other properties: Medium shading, low black sheen, and no shimmer. The sheen was only visible in the flex nib on Tomoe River paper.

On 20 pound copy paper there was a little bit of feathering and just a little bit of bleeding in the flex nib.

Ink swabs for comparison, left to right (top to bottom for mobile RSS): Diamine Burgundy Royale, Monteverde Mercury Noir, and Kyo-no-oto #6 Adzukiiro. Click here to see the Monteverde inks together. 

Sailor Jentle Grenade, Papier Plume Red Beans and Rice, and Robert Oster 1789 Maroon. Click here to see the red inks together.

Longer writing: 

I used a broad Pelikan M805 Ocean Swirl on Tomoe River paper. The ink had a wet flow, but not as wet as the other Noir inks I've tried so far.

Overall, it's a well behaved ink, but I don't like it as much as the other Noir inks I've tried so far (Ocean Noir and Rose Noir). Give it a try, you might love it.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. There are no affiliate links on this page.