The Good Captain
August 27th, 2015, 04:21 PM
Having had samples of some of these amazing inks since May, it has taken a lot self-control not to leak any images of them. So it was great to get the go-ahead from Diamine earlier this week, and we're allowed to put up some more detailed information on Friday 28th August, 2015.
That's TODAY!
Now, there have some changes over the last few months and some colours have been altered and decisions made about whether there should be gold or silver particles in any particular one but the people at Diamine did listen to those of us who passed comments and opinions and the resultant ten colours are the ones that will be on the shelves soon. I'm sure Chrissy and the others who've been looking at them, will do much better and in-depth reviews than I tend to do but there is a reason for my brevity.
That is that I believe all opinions about a particular ink (no pun intended) are subjective. There really isn't any way of communicating something link ink/paper/pen correlation on a computer screen. For all the best will in the world, monitor calibration; a person's eyesight and so on, have a vast impact on how someone might perceive an ink's qualities and characteristics.
So I don't tend to do that. My scanner and computer are pretty accurate in terms of colour reproduction but I just point out that the rest of you could quite possibly comment that the inks are different that the images I've uploaded. Well' that's just the way it is. We all know about the differences between nibs of the same make, width etc, not to mention paper batches, so all I want to show is a brief introduction to this new range of colours and let you all make up your own minds when you've tried them out.
The written examples were done with a Sailor Sapporo, Broad nib (that tends much more to a Western Medium) and on Rhodia 80gsm dot paper. There were no problems with the pen: nib; feed and converter all came out of the tests totally unscathed. I decided to use the Sailor and not my usual Safaris, to try to put those of you with doubts about using this type of ink in a 'good' pen, at ease. However I will say that as I don't soo my using this sort of 'effect' ink in the course of normal daily writing, I don't imagine using them in a piston-filling pen - purely for reason of volume and nothing to do with perceived value of that any writing instrument.
So take a look and ENJOY!
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440603827__diamine_shimmering_seas.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440603827__diamine_shimmering_seas.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604125__diamine_blue_lightning.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604125__diamine_blue_lightning.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604139__diamine_brandy_dazzle.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604139__diamine_brandy_dazzle.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604163__diamine_golden_sands.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604163__diamine_golden_sands.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604177__diamine_magical_forest.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604177__diamine_magical_forest.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604201__diamine_sparkling_shadows.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604201__diamine_sparkling_shadows.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692383__diamine_blue_pearl.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692383__diamine_blue_pearl.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692400__diamine_night_sky.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692400__diamine_night_sky.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692418__diamine_purple_pazzazz.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692418__diamine_purple_pazzazz.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692432__diamine_red_lustre.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692432__diamine_red_lustre.jpg)
Finally, these last two pics were sent from Diamine and are 'photos' rather than scans. They certainly give an idea how things might look with indirect lighting.
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604684__shimmering_ink_images_1_from_diami ne.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604684__shimmering_ink_images_1_from_diami ne.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604709__shimmering_ink_images_2_from_diami ne.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604709__shimmering_ink_images_2_from_diami ne.jpg)
To sum up, these are a great lot of inks that can only go on to expand Diamine's involvement in the market place and it's nice to see the awareness of the necessary diversity, to stay up there at the top! Well done!
That's TODAY!
Now, there have some changes over the last few months and some colours have been altered and decisions made about whether there should be gold or silver particles in any particular one but the people at Diamine did listen to those of us who passed comments and opinions and the resultant ten colours are the ones that will be on the shelves soon. I'm sure Chrissy and the others who've been looking at them, will do much better and in-depth reviews than I tend to do but there is a reason for my brevity.
That is that I believe all opinions about a particular ink (no pun intended) are subjective. There really isn't any way of communicating something link ink/paper/pen correlation on a computer screen. For all the best will in the world, monitor calibration; a person's eyesight and so on, have a vast impact on how someone might perceive an ink's qualities and characteristics.
So I don't tend to do that. My scanner and computer are pretty accurate in terms of colour reproduction but I just point out that the rest of you could quite possibly comment that the inks are different that the images I've uploaded. Well' that's just the way it is. We all know about the differences between nibs of the same make, width etc, not to mention paper batches, so all I want to show is a brief introduction to this new range of colours and let you all make up your own minds when you've tried them out.
The written examples were done with a Sailor Sapporo, Broad nib (that tends much more to a Western Medium) and on Rhodia 80gsm dot paper. There were no problems with the pen: nib; feed and converter all came out of the tests totally unscathed. I decided to use the Sailor and not my usual Safaris, to try to put those of you with doubts about using this type of ink in a 'good' pen, at ease. However I will say that as I don't soo my using this sort of 'effect' ink in the course of normal daily writing, I don't imagine using them in a piston-filling pen - purely for reason of volume and nothing to do with perceived value of that any writing instrument.
So take a look and ENJOY!
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440603827__diamine_shimmering_seas.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440603827__diamine_shimmering_seas.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604125__diamine_blue_lightning.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604125__diamine_blue_lightning.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604139__diamine_brandy_dazzle.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604139__diamine_brandy_dazzle.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604163__diamine_golden_sands.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604163__diamine_golden_sands.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604177__diamine_magical_forest.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604177__diamine_magical_forest.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604201__diamine_sparkling_shadows.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604201__diamine_sparkling_shadows.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692383__diamine_blue_pearl.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692383__diamine_blue_pearl.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692400__diamine_night_sky.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692400__diamine_night_sky.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692418__diamine_purple_pazzazz.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692418__diamine_purple_pazzazz.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692432__diamine_red_lustre.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440692432__diamine_red_lustre.jpg)
Finally, these last two pics were sent from Diamine and are 'photos' rather than scans. They certainly give an idea how things might look with indirect lighting.
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604684__shimmering_ink_images_1_from_diami ne.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604684__shimmering_ink_images_1_from_diami ne.jpg)
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604709__shimmering_ink_images_2_from_diami ne.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1440604709__shimmering_ink_images_2_from_diami ne.jpg)
To sum up, these are a great lot of inks that can only go on to expand Diamine's involvement in the market place and it's nice to see the awareness of the necessary diversity, to stay up there at the top! Well done!