Diamine Shimmer Inks 2017 Electric Pink

[Chrissy]

I’m reviewing samples of the new set of Diamine Shimmer inks.
This one is Diamine Electric Pink

This is a saturated pink ink with silver shimmer. It is along similar lines to Caran d’Ache Divine Pink for being a pink ink that’s easy to read.

I found it a wet and well flowing ink.
It had good lubrication with the pens I tried it with.
It’s a saturated ink, especially for a pink ink.
With broader nibs it looks more saturated than it does with finer nibs, although it’s wet enough to show the silver shimmer with all nibs.
It showed through on some of the papers I used.

The pens I used were Stipula Agata F/M nib, Lamy Nexx M Stub 1.1mm nib, Lamy Nexx M F nib.
The comparison inks were swabbed with a cotton bud and their ink names were written with a glass dip pen.

I consider Electric Pink a well-behaved ink. I didn’t experience any ignition or clogging problems with it. Clean-up was easy. No problem at all removing it from hands or pens using soap for hands and plain water for pens.

It is not sold as a water resistant ink but it is reasonably water resistant.

The Mebin UK Notebook I used was supplied by someone on FPN who sold TR 68gsm Notebooks. The paper in the Mebin UK Notebook is quite thick at 95gsm, it’s acid free, and has a really smooth surface with no drag or tooth at all. Inks generally take longer to dry on this paper, so wetter inks tend to pool and I knew that they would show their shimmer well enough for me to photograph the sheen.

The Moleskine Notebook is a UK clone, and I found there was very little spread on it.


Flow Rate: Very good.
Lubrication: Very good
Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
Start-up: Immediate.
Saturation: A fairly saturated ink.
Shading Potential: Very good.
Sheen: Silver shimmer
Show-Through:

Tomoe River 52gsm.
Cheaper generic 80gsm printer papers & lined pads.
Field Notes


Spread / Feathering: Not seen
Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over a week in the pen
Staining (pen): Not seen - easy clean-up
Staining (hands): Not seen - easy clean-up
Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof, but has some water resistance..
Availability: Will be available from Diamine Inks web-site (http://www.diamineinks.co.uk) and other outlets.


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[Chrissy]

I took some photos of my card swabs in the sunshine, in the hope of trying to show the shimmer. Some worked better than others, so it's a work in progress. :)

Here is one for Electric Pink:
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[VertOlive]

I have a sample of this ink. It may be difficult to photograph and scan to good advantage (I certainly can't capture it as well as Chrissy's swab above). It's actually much more lovely than my monitor shows it here. Worth a look if you like pinks!

[Chrissy]

I have a sample of this ink. It may be difficult to photograph and scan to good advantage (I certainly can't capture it as well as Chrissy's swab above). It's actually much more lovely than my monitor shows it here. Worth a look if you like pinks!
It's a very nice shade of pink. :)

Some reds and pinks don't scan well because they colour shift. I usually have to play around with a Curves layer on Photoshop to get a reasonably accurate rendition.

I try to get them as close to what I can see on the paper. :)