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    Default Diamine Shimmer Inks 2017 Citrus Ice

    I’m reviewing samples of the new set of Diamine Shimmer inks.
    This one is Diamine Citrus Ice

    This is a reasonably strong yellow ink with silver shimmer. It is along similar lines to Sheaffer King’s Gold and Sailor Jentle Kin mokusei for being a reasonably easy to read yellow ink.

    I found it a wet and well flowing ink.
    It had good lubrication with the pens I tried it with.
    It’s not a saturated ink.
    With broader nibs it looks more saturated than it does with finer nibs, although it’s wet enough to show the silver shimmer with all nibs.
    It showed through on some of the papers I used.

    The pens I used were Pilot Custom 74 M nib, Lamy Nexx M Stub 1.1mm nib, Lamy Nexx M F nib.
    The comparison inks were swabbed with a cotton bud and their ink names were written with a glass dip pen.

    I consider Citrus Ice a well-behaved ink. I didn’t experience any ignition or clogging problems with it. Clean-up was easy. No problem at all removing it from hands or pens using soap for hands and plain water for pens.

    It is not water resistant, and disappeared after a few minutes under water.

    The Mebin UK Notebook I used was supplied by someone on FPN who sold TR 68gsm Notebooks. The paper in the Mebin UK Notebook is quite thick at 95gsm, it’s acid free, and has a really smooth surface with no drag or tooth at all. Inks generally take longer to dry on this paper, so wetter inks tend to pool and I knew that they would show their shimmer well enough for me to photograph the sheen.

    The Moleskine Notebook is a UK clone, and I found there was very little spread on it.

    • Flow Rate: Very good.
    • Lubrication: Very good
    • Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
    • Start-up: Immediate.
    • Saturation: Not a saturated ink.
    • Shading Potential: Very good.
    • Sheen: Silver shimmer
    • Show-Through:

      • Tomoe River 52gsm.
      • Cheaper generic 80gsm printer papers & lined pads.
      • Field Notes

    • Spread / Feathering: Not seen
    • Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over a week in the pen
    • Staining (pen): Not seen - easy clean-up
    • Staining (hands): Not seen - easy clean-up
    • Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
    • Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof, and has little water resistance.
    • Availability: Will be available from Diamine Inks web-site and other outlets.


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    Last edited by Chrissy; March 24th, 2022 at 01:10 AM.

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    Default Re: Diamine Shimmer Inks 2017 Citrus Ice

    I took some photos of my card swabs in the sunshine, in the hope of trying to show the shimmer. Some worked better than others, so it's a work in progress.

    Here is one for Citrus Ice:
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    Default Re: Diamine Shimmer Inks 2017 Citrus Ice

    Nice review. Do you find the ink a bit too light to use as a letter writing ink?


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    Default Re: Diamine Shimmer Inks 2017 Citrus Ice

    Quote Originally Posted by southpaw52 View Post
    Nice review. Do you find the ink a bit too light to use as a letter writing ink?
    You're welcome. I didn't find it too light to use as a letter writing ink. I tend to change pens several times in letters, and would happily use this ink for a paragraph or two. Especially if I'm writing with a wet writing pen on a smooth white paper like Mnemosyne or Tomoe River.

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