DrPenfection
January 8th, 2022, 09:06 PM
INK REVIEW IN BRIEF: DIAMINE 2021 INKVENT RED EDITION:
RASPBERRY ROSE
In 2019, Diamine made strategic marketing move by offering the first of its kind Inkvent Calendar for the holiday season. It was extremely popular and sold out quickly. But later, they introduced each 2019 Inkvent inks as the Blue Edition in a new and beautifully shaped glass bottle to be marketed on a regular basis. Again, the response was overwhelming. Very likely because of the Covid pandemic, the Inkvent Calendar was not introduced for the 2020 holiday season. But in late September of 2021, Diamine announced the 2021 Inkvent Calendar Red Edition. This Inkvent Calendar included slightly larger bottles for the first 24 days and a regular sized 30 ml bottle for the Day 25 ink. In addition, Diamine produced more 2021 Calendars, which are still obtainable at some pen stores.
There have been numerous introductions of the 2021 inks shown across the internet - myself included here on fpgeeks - including many YouTube videos. The intent with this Review in Brief is to perhaps give the reader a bit more information about one of the inks that I particularly liked from the Calendar.
66441
Diamine’s Raspberry Rose is classified as a Standard ink. It was presented as the Day 8 ink and it likely is very near in color to other Diamine inks. It does remind me of a true raspberry color – a warm red with undertones of pink to it. There is no shimmer or sheen to the ink. It is nicely behaved, with no hard starts. The ink itself is not lubricated, and is moderately wet. But it flows quite nicely.
The pen used for the brief review is a limited edition Lamy Studio Wild Rubine with a 14k medium nib. I also wrote with this ink in an extra fine Pilot Prera, which is not shown in this review. The ink performed the same in both pens. And the paper that I chose for this review is Rhodia 80 gsm paper. If you wish to see how the ink looks on Tomoe River or Fabriano Ecoqua paper, please refer to my Musings thread (https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/35955-Musings-on-the-2021-Diamine-Inkvent-Calendar).
Also, all images were taken under LED light with a Nikon Z50 mirrorless camera with a Nikon DX 16-50 3.5-6.3 lens, then cropped and Ai processed using Luminar.
66443
66444
In conclusion, this is a lovely ink. I used it for editing and illustration, and it performed perfectly in both situations.
RASPBERRY ROSE
In 2019, Diamine made strategic marketing move by offering the first of its kind Inkvent Calendar for the holiday season. It was extremely popular and sold out quickly. But later, they introduced each 2019 Inkvent inks as the Blue Edition in a new and beautifully shaped glass bottle to be marketed on a regular basis. Again, the response was overwhelming. Very likely because of the Covid pandemic, the Inkvent Calendar was not introduced for the 2020 holiday season. But in late September of 2021, Diamine announced the 2021 Inkvent Calendar Red Edition. This Inkvent Calendar included slightly larger bottles for the first 24 days and a regular sized 30 ml bottle for the Day 25 ink. In addition, Diamine produced more 2021 Calendars, which are still obtainable at some pen stores.
There have been numerous introductions of the 2021 inks shown across the internet - myself included here on fpgeeks - including many YouTube videos. The intent with this Review in Brief is to perhaps give the reader a bit more information about one of the inks that I particularly liked from the Calendar.
66441
Diamine’s Raspberry Rose is classified as a Standard ink. It was presented as the Day 8 ink and it likely is very near in color to other Diamine inks. It does remind me of a true raspberry color – a warm red with undertones of pink to it. There is no shimmer or sheen to the ink. It is nicely behaved, with no hard starts. The ink itself is not lubricated, and is moderately wet. But it flows quite nicely.
The pen used for the brief review is a limited edition Lamy Studio Wild Rubine with a 14k medium nib. I also wrote with this ink in an extra fine Pilot Prera, which is not shown in this review. The ink performed the same in both pens. And the paper that I chose for this review is Rhodia 80 gsm paper. If you wish to see how the ink looks on Tomoe River or Fabriano Ecoqua paper, please refer to my Musings thread (https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/35955-Musings-on-the-2021-Diamine-Inkvent-Calendar).
Also, all images were taken under LED light with a Nikon Z50 mirrorless camera with a Nikon DX 16-50 3.5-6.3 lens, then cropped and Ai processed using Luminar.
66443
66444
In conclusion, this is a lovely ink. I used it for editing and illustration, and it performed perfectly in both situations.