Ink Review: Diamine Writer's Blood

Today I'm reviewing Diamine Writer’s Blood ink. This is a Diamine ink colour chosen by r/fountainpens community on Reddit.

It’s a saturated, very dark, purplish/red ink. You may notice a slight green sheen edge with some pens on less absorbent papers but it's not a sheening ink.

It’s darker than the current purple/burgundy inks that I have. It’s a good alternative to Levenger Pomegranate if you liked that ink before it was discontinued. It’s also quite similar to Diamine Velvet Rose that is a Philippines exclusive ink.

It didn’t suffer from any hard starts or non-starts when I put the uncapped pen down to do swab tests, dry times and water resistance.

It flowed and wrote wet in my pens and I really enjoyed writing with it. I really like this type of dark red.

Because it has wet flow, show-through and bleed-through can sometimes be a problem on cheaper papers. There was a little show-through on some of the papers I wrote on, although I could still have written on the reverse of them with no problem. Cheap Rhodia Bloc paper was the worst for show-through.

• Flow Rate: Excellent. Wet.
• Lubrication: Very smooth.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Saturated ink.
• Shading Potential: Some shading seen with finer nibs or drier writing pens.
• Show-through/Bleed-through: Some show through and insignificant bleed through.
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: A little seen occasionally.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen.
• Staining (pen): Not seen after cleaning - easy clean-up with water.
• Staining (hands): Cleaned off after one wash.
• Clogging: Not seen in my pens. Probably pen dependent.
• Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof but has some water resistance.
• Availability: Available in 30ml plastic or 80ml glass bottles from Diamine Inks and many retailers worldwide.

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Thank you so much Chrissy - I was hoping to see this one reviewed as I've been rather on the fence about it. I was worried it might be a bit brown from the descriptions I'd seen, but you've cleared that up perfectly!

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Thank you so much Chrissy - I was hoping to see this one reviewed as I've been rather on the fence about it. I was worried it might be a bit brown from the descriptions I'd seen, but you've cleared that up perfectly!

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I also thought it looked a bit brown when I first saw it, but no, definitely purplish. Cult Pens Deep Dark Red is more brown.

Thanks!

I wondered how close it would be to Levenger Pomegranate. Which right from the beginning was one of my favorite inks. I am down to less than 10 ml left. I picked up a 80 ml bottle of this at Vanness over the weekend and it should arrive later this week.

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You're welcome. :) It's the best replacement for Levenger Pomegranate that I've found. I've also always liked Louis Vuitton Rouge Libertin, another ink that's no longer available, and it's a good replacement. although a bit darker, than that ink.

Here are some dark reds/burgundies to compare:

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Arrived a couple days ago. Here is a writi g sample comparison of Levenger Pomegranate, Diamine Writers Blood, Diamine Merlot along with Silver Fox and Majestic Blue (cart for Majestic Blue)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0773949c67.jpg

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Today I'm reviewing Diamine Writer’s Blood ink. This is a Diamine ink colour chosen by r/fountainpens community on Reddit.

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Thank you for highlighting this, Chrissy.

The "energy" that the r/fountainpens community have in abundance, has so far moved *three* inks into production for all to enjoy in the hobby. An neither of those inks are boring.

This one included.

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