New Ink: Diamine 150th Anniversary Golden Honey

[Chrissy]

Diamine 150th Anniversary ink: Golden Honey

One of the 8 New 150th Anniversary colours available in special 40ml bottles
All 16 Anniversary Inks will be made available in standard short European cartridges packs of 20

• Flow Rate: Quite wet
• Lubrication: Really pleasant on several different papers.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Reasonable saturation for a yellow-orange ink
• Shading Potential: Very good
• Sheen: Reddish 'halo effect' seen on several smooth papers
• Show-Through:
  
  • Tomoe River 52gsm.
  • Cheaper generic 80gsm printer papers & lined pads.
  • Field Notes
  • CiAK InTempo
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Seen on Field Notes.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 2 weeks in the pen
• Staining (pen): Not seen - easy clean-up
• Staining (hands): Not seen - easy clean-up
• Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
• Water resistance: Quite water resistant, but not sold as waterproof.
• Availability: Will be available from Diamine Inks web-site and other outlets.

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[Chrissy]

I just popped into this review thread to say that these inks have now been issued and are readily available from Diamine and other retailers.