Chrissy
April 29th, 2015, 10:16 AM
I have decided to review some of my inks. Today I selected two red wine associated inks. This one is Syrah
Here is Syrah in a glass, and on a color scale:
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The ink colors though seem to be the other way around. So Syrah ink is lighter, and more 'red' than Merlot.
I like them both. Wines and inks that is. :D
I compared this ink with Diamine Amaranth, and with Diamine Flowers Gift set Burgundy Rose. They are both slightly more red whereas Syrah leans towards the pinky purple side of the red spectrum. If I could only have one out of Merlot or Syrah, I would choose Syrah. It's a really nice pinky purple shade. Less dark than it's name suggests.
The water test on the review form shows this isn't a waterproof ink.
Bearing in mind the paper I use is very smooth, and the nib was a Lamy medium, this ink dried quite quickly: 6-9 secs to dry
It flows neither wet, nor chalky and lubricates the nib well. I noticed no problems with flow start-up or drying out, or lubrication.
It is currently available in 80ml glass bottles or 30ml plastic refill bottles.
Diamine (http://www.diamineinks.co.uk/) sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.
It's a reasonable price
18484
Here is Syrah in a glass, and on a color scale:
18483 18482
The ink colors though seem to be the other way around. So Syrah ink is lighter, and more 'red' than Merlot.
I like them both. Wines and inks that is. :D
I compared this ink with Diamine Amaranth, and with Diamine Flowers Gift set Burgundy Rose. They are both slightly more red whereas Syrah leans towards the pinky purple side of the red spectrum. If I could only have one out of Merlot or Syrah, I would choose Syrah. It's a really nice pinky purple shade. Less dark than it's name suggests.
The water test on the review form shows this isn't a waterproof ink.
Bearing in mind the paper I use is very smooth, and the nib was a Lamy medium, this ink dried quite quickly: 6-9 secs to dry
It flows neither wet, nor chalky and lubricates the nib well. I noticed no problems with flow start-up or drying out, or lubrication.
It is currently available in 80ml glass bottles or 30ml plastic refill bottles.
Diamine (http://www.diamineinks.co.uk/) sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.
It's a reasonable price
18484