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Jon Szanto
I agree. When I did my "dark red with gravitas" personal shoot-out, with about 15 reds, Oxblood was both depressing and morbidly ugly. I chalked it up to too much brown in it, which made it seem like dirt mixed with blood. Ick. Red Dragon gives me seriosity and depth without gore.
"Dirt mixed with blood" sounds like the shade of Oxblood I have seen so far in a swab test. I haven't reviewed it yet, but I used it as a comparison ink for Red Dragon, and found it much darker. I have it to review, but I just know I won't like it as much as Red Dragon or Burgundy Rose.
Has anyone compared Oxblood with Montblanc Leonardo Red Chalk? They look sort of similar
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I like the Red Dragon sample I tried. When I finally finish my bottles of Diamine Crimson (lighter), Private Reserve Fiesta Red (similar), and/or Rohner & Klingner Morinda (lighter), I will probably buy a bottle.
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Chrissy, great review, encouraged me to fill a pen with it last night! I agree - nice ink
Thank you for the review!
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Thank you for the nice ink reviews! So many of them, too. I like this Red Dragon; it's very close to my Diamine Matador, only I think the Matador is a bit more alive, his blood is wetter. More pink, maybe. Both are quite nice, though.
Diamine seems to have many similar ink colors, but I guess with ~120 colors they would have to have similar ones.
Keep up the good review work. I might have to try doing one as a justification for having so many colors.
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Xina
Thank you for the nice ink reviews! So many of them, too. I like this Red Dragon; it's very close to my Diamine Matador, only I think the Matador is a bit more alive, his blood is wetter. More pink, maybe. Both are quite nice, though.
Diamine seems to have many similar ink colors, but I guess with ~120 colors they would have to have similar ones.
Keep up the good review work. I might have to try doing one as a justification for having so many colors.
I think that Matador is somewhat lighter. I might be able to do a comparison though, because I think I might have almost one ml of Matador kicking around somewhere.
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Now I have tried it, Red Dragon is going to be a firm favourite of mine.
There are some Diamine inks I would buy in 80ml bottles rather than 30ml bottles. This is one of them.
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Here's a quick comparison between Red Dragon and Matador.
Matador is lighter and less saturated.
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Red Dragon has been in my pens for the last 2 days. A cheery colour for when I make profound comments (delusion can be a comfort).
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Neo
Thank you Chrissy for all your work with the ink reviews, they are very comprehensive.
Seconded
Cob
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Such a nice review. I should get a ink review book and start doing the same. Thank you!
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Thank you Chrissy.
Having read this review I have just ordered a 80ml bottle of this ink. I was looking for a nice deep red ink for my red Caran d'Ache Geneve fountain pen and I did not want anything close to pink.
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RuiFromUK
Thank you Chrissy.
Having read this review I have just ordered a 80ml bottle of this ink. I was looking for a nice deep red ink for my red Caran d'Ache Geneve fountain pen and I did not want anything close to pink.
You're welcome and I hope you enjoy writing with it. :)
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Is it more red than Oxblood? Oxblood turned out a bit to brownish, and I need a dark red.
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Is it more red than Oxblood? Oxblood turned out a bit to brownish, and I need a dark red.
Yes Red Dragon is more red than Oxblood. I've reviewed Oxblood and it's quite a lot browner. Like blood that has dried after several days.
Syrah and Burgundy Royale are darker.
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Thanks a lot Chrissy. I just bought Burgundy Rose a few days ago, but I like the large 80 ml bottles that last a while. I just have to try Red Dragon. On my computer screen your oxblood test turns out less brown than on my paper.
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Chrissy
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Is it more red than Oxblood? Oxblood turned out a bit to brownish, and I need a dark red.
Yes Red Dragon is more red than Oxblood.
I've reviewed Oxblood and it's quite a lot browner. Like blood that has dried after several days.
Agreed. I grade school papers with Red Dragon. Great ink, great red.
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Just loaded up an EF pen with it and the ink flows well and is beautiful on all papers - even plain copy paper with the EF nib. It's now my new favorite red.
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It is kind of funny when old threads keep popping up, but it certainly is warranted with Red Dragon. This is one of the very first inks I ever did a 'shoot-out' with, picking up a number of samples of reds and trying to decide. That was almost 10 years ago and RD remains my favorite red ink. I've never had issues with it and it looks great, very red but not perky and cheerful! Always a go-to.
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I have been using Red Dragon for a bit now, it behaves well in pens, but for dip nibs I need to be careful. I like the red color, it comes of as a nice dark red. I may need to add yet another red.