Ink Review: Diamine Communication Breakdown (Germany Exclusive)

Today I'm reviewing Diamine Communication Breakdown ink

This is a mid red ink with green sheen specially made for the German market and is available in 80ml glass or 30ml plastic bottles from either Fountainfeder or Papier & Stift

It wrote nicely wet with excellent flow on my coated papers and lubrication at the nib tip felt very smooth. I tried it in a Montblanc 147 with EF nib that I have always felt a bit too fine for my taste, but it wrote really nicely with Communication Breakdown ink.

Communication Breakdown is a reasonably saturated ink and might show through on some cheaper papers. It didn't show through enough to prevent me from writing on the reverse of any of the papers I used.

The green sheen is more noticeable when writing on smooth papers with pens that have broader, wetter nibs.

• Flow Rate: Excellent - nicely wet.
• Lubrication: Very good - smooth.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Reasonably saturated.
• Shading Potential: Shading shows up better on absorbent papers.
• Sheen: Green sheen noticeable with some pen/paper combinations.
• Show-Through:
  
  • Hobonichi Techo
  • Maruman Mnemosyne pad
  • Rhodia DotPad
  • Tomoe River 52gsm paper
  • Tomoe River 68gsm paper
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 1 week in the pen.
• Staining (pen): Easy to clean with warm water.
• Staining (hands): It took one hand wash to get my fingers clean.
• Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
• Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof and shows no water resistance.

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