Chrissy
June 21st, 2015, 11:01 AM
I have decided to review some of my inks. These aren't necessarily in any particular order.
This one is Diamine Carnation from the Flowers Gift Set. I think it's well named as the ink is certainly a close copy of what I would call carnation pink. Some might call this baby pink.
It's an unusual pale pink colour, and I found I didn't have anything similar to compare it with which was a shame. J Herbin Rouge Bourgogne was much too dark.
Despite the fact that I had this ink in these 2 pens for several days before doing this review, some users might wonder if it looks like a watered down red ink. In fact it really doesn't write like a watered down ink.
As usual for a Diamine ink, it's a well behaved ink with reasonable saturation. It shows some shading. I found it flowed smoothly across the page, and had no problems with lubrication in the 2 Lamy Nexx M pens I used.
This ink exhibits no showthrough and no bleedthrough on my Xerox ColorPrint paper. That's not surprising as it's quite a pale colour. If you're looking for a pale pink ink, it might be worth trying out a sample.
It flows through the pen well and lubricates the nib well. I saw no skips or hard starts while I did swabs and dry time tests and changed over uncapped pens.
Bearing in mind the paper I use is thick with a shiny surface, and the nibs used were a M and a stub, this ink took 16-18 secs to dry. That's quite normal on this paper.
The water test on the review form shows this isn't a waterproof ink.
It is currently available in the gift set of 10 x 30ml 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
19697
This one is Diamine Carnation from the Flowers Gift Set. I think it's well named as the ink is certainly a close copy of what I would call carnation pink. Some might call this baby pink.
It's an unusual pale pink colour, and I found I didn't have anything similar to compare it with which was a shame. J Herbin Rouge Bourgogne was much too dark.
Despite the fact that I had this ink in these 2 pens for several days before doing this review, some users might wonder if it looks like a watered down red ink. In fact it really doesn't write like a watered down ink.
As usual for a Diamine ink, it's a well behaved ink with reasonable saturation. It shows some shading. I found it flowed smoothly across the page, and had no problems with lubrication in the 2 Lamy Nexx M pens I used.
This ink exhibits no showthrough and no bleedthrough on my Xerox ColorPrint paper. That's not surprising as it's quite a pale colour. If you're looking for a pale pink ink, it might be worth trying out a sample.
It flows through the pen well and lubricates the nib well. I saw no skips or hard starts while I did swabs and dry time tests and changed over uncapped pens.
Bearing in mind the paper I use is thick with a shiny surface, and the nibs used were a M and a stub, this ink took 16-18 secs to dry. That's quite normal on this paper.
The water test on the review form shows this isn't a waterproof ink.
It is currently available in the gift set of 10 x 30ml 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
19697