Ink Review: Diamine Lavender

[Chrissy]

Here is my review for Diamine Lavender ink

• Flow Rate: Very good, wet in broader nibs
• Lubrication: Good on several different papers, very good with broad nibs.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Quite saturated
• Shading Potential: A little shading seen
• Sheen: Not seen
• Show-Through:

• Tomoe River 52gsm and 68gsm
• Cheaper generic 80gsm printer papers & lined pads.
• Field Notes
• Oxford
• Apica Notebook
• Xerox ColorPrint Laser paper

• Spread / Feathering / Wooly Line: Wooly line seen occasionally with Sheaffer stub nib.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over several 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: Water resistant, but not sold as waterproof.
• Availability: Available from Diamine Inks web-site and other outlets. 30ml plastic or 80ml glass bottles.

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[VertOlive]

This reminds me of the old ditto machine copies they gave us at school...

[Chrissy]

The main reason I started using these small paper samplers is because I bought a sample pack of notebooks from Goulet Pens, and they are all small notebooks. I had to use them for something, so I thought that sampling ink in them was a plan. Then I added in other papers like Tomoe River, Oxford and Midori.

Whenever I receive any letters and there is a bit of paper that hasn't been written on, I usually use it if I know what it is. I'm reluctant to throw away good stuff that I can use.