Ink Review: Diamine Eau de Nil
Today I’m reviewing Diamine Eau de Nil ink. The name means: 'Water of the Nile'
I’ve seen previous reviews for Eau de Nil, and decided to try it out. I’m pleased I did because I really like the colour. It’s like a blue with added grey that makes it into a blue teal that doesn’t lean very green.
It is not a very saturated ink, and it’s maybe a little drier than some other inks I’ve written with recently. However, it’s an excellent shader and I found no problems with the flow or lubrication. I would say it’s well behaved in the pens and on the paper that I used.
I saw no skips or hard starts, and it didn't dry out on the nib while I was doing swab tests.
This ink isn't sold as water resistant, but there was some water resistance when I did the water test.
I like the way it shades on most papers.
On the review sheet the M nib was used as standard and on the additional papers the original paper and ink titles were all done with the M nib. On the Clairefontaine Matris paper this meant that I left out the M nib for the different nib tests.
- It exhibited good flow and I found it smooth to write with. I saw no skips or hard starts while I did swabs and dry time tests.
- Bearing in mind the review form paper I use is thick with a quite shiny surface at 120gsm, and I used several different nibs, this ink took less than 10 seconds to dry.
- No smear after dry.
- This isn't sold as a waterproof ink, but it has some water resistance.
- It is currently available in 80ml glass bottles or 30ml plastic bottles.
- Diamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.
- It's a reasonable price.
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Originally Posted by writingrav
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