Chrissy
March 3rd, 2018, 02:30 PM
Today I'm reviewing Diamine Violet ink.
Diamine Violet is a typical violet purple that leans slightly more blue than red, but is a really attractive colour. It’s an ink from the standard Diamine ink range.
Compared with some other lavender/lilac/violet inks it’s a more saturated ink than it first looked, and it can show plenty of shading with fine or medium nibs. I found it flowed well with all of the pens I tried it in, felt slightly wet, and it’s lubrication was really nice and smooth across the page.
My review was written on coated printer paper, that isn’t very absorbent, and I saw no spread or show-through. The lines were crisp and it dried quite quickly for this paper.
On Field Notes paper it didn’t spread or feather, but I saw some slight show through and bleed through. However, writing on the reverse side of all of the papers I used would be perfectly acceptable as show-through doesn't look as bad on paper than when it is scanned and shown on screen.
Violet is not sold as a waterproof ink but showed some water resistance.
Flow Rate: Good - quite wet
Lubrication: Good - felt smooth across the page
Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
Start-up: Immediate.
Saturation: Saturated
Shading Potential: Shading seen with F & M nibs
Sheen: None noticed.
Show-Through:
Oxford paper
Silvine Notebook (not much)
Rhodia Graph (not much)
CiaK by InTempo
Field Notes
Hobonichi Techo paper
Tomoe River 52gsm paper
Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen on any paper I used, even Field Notes
Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after several days in the pen
Staining (pen): Not seen after several days - very easy clean-up
Staining (hands): Easy clean-up off of skin with bar soap.
Clogging: Not seen.[/*]
Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof, but shows some water resistance.
Availability: Available in 80ml and 30ml bottles plus cartridges from Diamine Inks (http://www.diamineinks.co.uk/listings.aspx?catid=14#) web-site and many other outlets.
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Diamine Violet is a typical violet purple that leans slightly more blue than red, but is a really attractive colour. It’s an ink from the standard Diamine ink range.
Compared with some other lavender/lilac/violet inks it’s a more saturated ink than it first looked, and it can show plenty of shading with fine or medium nibs. I found it flowed well with all of the pens I tried it in, felt slightly wet, and it’s lubrication was really nice and smooth across the page.
My review was written on coated printer paper, that isn’t very absorbent, and I saw no spread or show-through. The lines were crisp and it dried quite quickly for this paper.
On Field Notes paper it didn’t spread or feather, but I saw some slight show through and bleed through. However, writing on the reverse side of all of the papers I used would be perfectly acceptable as show-through doesn't look as bad on paper than when it is scanned and shown on screen.
Violet is not sold as a waterproof ink but showed some water resistance.
Flow Rate: Good - quite wet
Lubrication: Good - felt smooth across the page
Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
Start-up: Immediate.
Saturation: Saturated
Shading Potential: Shading seen with F & M nibs
Sheen: None noticed.
Show-Through:
Oxford paper
Silvine Notebook (not much)
Rhodia Graph (not much)
CiaK by InTempo
Field Notes
Hobonichi Techo paper
Tomoe River 52gsm paper
Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen on any paper I used, even Field Notes
Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after several days in the pen
Staining (pen): Not seen after several days - very easy clean-up
Staining (hands): Easy clean-up off of skin with bar soap.
Clogging: Not seen.[/*]
Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof, but shows some water resistance.
Availability: Available in 80ml and 30ml bottles plus cartridges from Diamine Inks (http://www.diamineinks.co.uk/listings.aspx?catid=14#) web-site and many other outlets.
38458
38459