Today I'm reviewing Diamine Macassar
A dark brown ink from the standard range. The word ‘macassar’ means a kind of oil that men formerly used on their hair to make it shine and lie flat. Makassar is a spelling variant. Makassar is also a former name of Ujung Pandang, a seaport on SW Sulawesi in central Indonesia.
- Flow Rate: Very good. Quite wet in the pen & paper combinations I used.
- Lubrication: Good with the M nib on several different papers, a bit more would have been nice with the Safari F nib.
- Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
- Start-up: Immediate.
- Saturation: Good.
- Shading Potential: Some seen with the Safari.
- Sheen: None seen.
- Show-Through:
- Tomoe River 68gsm.
- Cheaper generic 80 & 90gsm printer papers & lined pads.
- Field Notes
- Tom Bihn Lined
- Whitelines
- Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Only a little seen on Field Notes.
- Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 1 week in the pen
- Staining (pen): Not seen after several days - easy clean-up
- Staining (hands): Easy clean-up with bar soap. Two washes required with liquid soap.
- Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
- Water resistance: Quite water resistant, but not sold as waterproof.
- Availability: Available from Diamine Inks web-site and many other outlets.
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