I really enjoy the shading but really dislike the smearing.

Neither dark nor light - a nice medium brown that is well behaved on fountain pen friendly paper. Tends to bleed through on average paper - like the kind in cheap journals and planners - even with medium dry pens using a fine nib.

I enjoy this brown ink. I'm surprised to like brown inks, but paid attention to Brian's review of browns, and chose this one along with a Diamine brown. I recommend the Scotch brown--good depth of color and flows easily, drying quickly.

Love it. You can see some shading with thicker nibs.

Beautiful rich brown but might be too wet depending on what nib you use.

I've just loaded my Olive wood Conklin All American with Monteverde Scotch Brown ink and it's already proven itself a great with this pen in the first page of notes. I had some trouble with a couple of Diamine Ancient Copper cartridges running dry in this pen causing very hard starts. I would have to stand the pen nib down to get the feed loaded and even then starting the pen required up to a couple of minutes of doodling to get it flowing. The Monteverde Scotch brown was quick to fill the feed and has written a page of doodles and a page of notes without any issue. I've set the pen on its side for a couple of hours and it started immediately when picked up again. The Scotch Brown color is very easy to read with a pleasant almost chocolate like look on the page. I've used the ink on a page of 20lb printer paper, Tamoe River paper in a Goulet notebook, and a Clairfontaine dot grid notepad. The Conklin writes wet with this ink, but the dry time is quick enough not to smear on the page of any of these papers. The shading is medium for me because it is writing wet in this pen. Flow is excellent so far and saved this pen from being put into occasional-use-only mode.

This ink is smooth, versatile and is true to the sample pictures - more warm brown than a dark brown, but depends on how much ink you've put on paper - with my broader calligraphy nibs, it gives some cool archival effects. This is my new go-to to write my morning pages, and I'm happy seeing it on paper everyday.

Delightful shade of brown. Looks especially great on ivory colored paper and journals. The ink performs well in every pen I tested. This ink will become a daily writer, for sure.

Great colour, even love the name of it! Smooth to write with, has some shading but couldn't see a lot of sheen.

It has been very favorable. The ink shades on certain paper and is a deep dark brown that I like for journaling. I use it in my BENU BRIOLETTE and have enjoyed the combination.

If you want an antique look for your cards and letters this is the ink for you. Has a great throwback look that is very appealing to the eye.

I am a Monteverde fan, and not just because of the promotional deals often coupled with selected pens. This is a very rich, dark brown that flows nicely from my medium nib Aero Diplomat. I think this is my sixth Monteverde ink and I have been impressed with all of them. Since I rotate through my pens, there is a potential for the nibs to dry out. I have not yet encountered that problem with Monteverde. I look forward to adding more rich colors to my collection!

love the shade of brown in this ink. some brown are almost too dark. This shade is a good balance between too dark and not too golden

It flows nicely and I just love the color!

I bought this to pair with the Conklin Duragraph in Amber and the brown ink works well on cheap steno pads as well as the nicer Tomoe River paper. It's distinctive and professional.

The ink flows very well, making for a pleasurable writing experience. The color is great. I only gave it 4 stars because the ink dries a bit slower than others (Noodlers) that also happen to write well & flow well. Also, my Muji notebook has some bleed-though with this ink (using a Diplomat fine nib). The Midori notebook doesn't show bleed-through as much, in comparison.

I love the color, flow and feel of this ink. It is a real standout!

It's a lovely brown with beautiful shading and it dries relatively quickly