Ink Review #1193: Monteverde Raven Noir

Today’s ink is Monteverde Raven Noir from the Noir collection. These inks came out quite a while ago and this is the last one I need to review. I purchased my sample of ink from Goulet Pens quite a while ago.

The color:

Raven Noir is a dark grey/light black.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has just a little bit of gold sheen.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, tiny gold sheen, and no shimmer. The sheen is only visible in large swabs.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in most nib sizes and a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Raven Noir is pretty close to Monteverde Coal Noir. Click here to see the Monteverde inks together, and click here to see the black inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pilot Vanishing Point Crossed Lines with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a slightly wetter than average flow.

Overall, it’s a good black ink but not my favorite one. Monteverde makes some other black inks I like better.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored in any way.