​I have recently been reading about Abraham Lincoln which led me down the rabbit hole of learning about the American Civil War.  The name of this ink, Antietam, for a non-American means little.  I then did some reading and went and bought a sample of the ink.

​Noodler's as a brand often use their inks to make political statements. Noodler's House Divided debuted at the 2017 DC Pen Show.  The name I suspect refers to the partisanship in US politics more noticeable since November 2016.  However, when most hear the phrase they think of Lincolns 1858 speech.

​This is an ink I have wanted to try for awhile and I so wanted to love it but like many others have found it a difficult ink.

The introduction is a repeat from previous Sweet Life reviews.
In 2016 Monteverde started to re-imagine / configure their inks and as a part of that they have released a number of collections e.g. noir, emotions, gemstones and this, the Sweet Life collection released early 2019.   The collections are not easy to obtain in my part of the world but Pen and Ink (Queensland) have the sets for AUD$99 plus postage.  
I contacted Monteverde in the USA about some of their other inks, the US people directed me to the Australasian distributor who in turn directed me to Pen and Ink. It would appear Pen and Ink are the only retailers in this part of the world, (and have been fantastic) in the US many retailers stock Monteverde inks.  In the US the sets retail on line from US$90 - $100.
As said there are 10 inks in the collection, I will divide the reviews but make some general comments here and after the last review summarise what I have found / think.  The same pen was used for each ink i.e. a Birmingham Pen Co 6th Avenue pen.

The introduction is repeated from the previous reviews.
In 2016 Monteverde started to re-imagine / configure their inks and as a part of that they have released a number of collections e.g. noir, emotions, gemstones and this, the Sweet Life collection released early 2019.   The collections are not easy to obtain in my part of the world but Pen and Ink (Queensland)  have the sets for AUD$99 plus postage.  
I contacted Monteverde in the USA about some of their other inks, the US people directed me to the Australasian distributor who in turn directed me to Pen and Ink. It would appear Pen and Ink are the only retailers in this part of the world, (and have been fantastic) in the US many retailers stock Monteverde inks.  There the sets retail on line from US$90 - $100.
 As said there are 10 inks in the collection, I will divide the reviews but make some general comments here and after the last review summarise what I have found / think.  The same pen was used for each ink i.e. a Birmingham Pen Co 6th Avenue pen.

 This is review two and the introduction is a repeat from the previous review.
In 2016 Monteverde started to re-imagine / configure their inks and as a part of that they have released a number of collections e.g. noir, emotions, gemstones and this, the Sweet Life collection released early 2019.   The collections are not easy to obtain in my part of the world but Pen and Ink (Queensland, Australia)   have the sets for AUD$99 plus postage. 
I contacted Monteverde in the USA about some of their other inks and after being directed to the Australasian distributor they then directed me to Pen and Ink .  It would appear Pen and Ink are the only Monteverde ink retailers in this part of the world, (and have been fantastic) in the US many retailers stock Monteverde inks where the sets retail on line from US$90 - $100.
There are 10 inks in the collection, I will divide the reviews but make some general comments here and after the last review summarise what I have found / think.  The same pen was used for each ink i.e. a Birmingham Pen Co 6th Avenue pen.

In 2016 Monteverde started to re-imagine / configure their inks and as a part of that they have released a number of collections e.g. noir, emotions, gemstones and this, the Sweet Life collection released early 2019.   The collections are not easy to obtain in my part of the world but Pen and Ink (Queensland, Australia)  have the sets for AUD$99 plus postage. 
I contacted Monteverde in the USA about some of their other inks they directed me to the Australasian distributor, who then directed me to Pen and Ink.  It would appear Pen and Ink are the only Monteverde ink retailers in this part of the world, (and they have been fantastic) in the US many retailers stock Monteverde inks where the sets retail on line from US$90 - $100.
There are 10 inks in the collection, I will divide the reviews but make some general comments here and after the last review summarise what I have found / think.  The same pen was used for each ink i.e. a Birmingham Pen Co 6th Avenue pen.

BUNGU BOX is a fountain pen store located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka (half way between Tokyo and Osaka).  As well as pens Bungubox has established a name for its inks better known as Bungbox inks.  The inks are made by Sailor so some are very similar to Sailor inks and some are very very different.  They are not the easiest inks to find but a number of US retailers stock a limited range of colours.  Unfortunately Bungbox have reduced the size of the ink bottles, 50 to 30ml and put up the price from about US$40 for 50ml to US$50 for 30ml.

This ink is a collaboration between Mont Blanc and James Purdey & Sons the very very expensive British bespoke sporting guns and rifles.  I was not sure how guns would link to a a  cigar.  However, the last collaboration was ‘single malt’ and I do get the link between a single malt and a cigar.  I bought this ink from Appelboom  in the Netherlands – they were $20 cheaper a bottle than buying directly from Mont Blanc.