Ink Review: Diamine Meadow

[Chrissy]

Today I'm reviewing Diamine Meadow ink.

Diamine Meadow is an unsaturated, yellowish green, dye based ink. It’s from Diamine Inks standard range.

This is a darker and greener shade than J.Herbin Vert Pré/Apple scented and P.I. Chiku rin, and a lighter and less gold/brown shade than R&K Alt. Goldgrün and Sailor Waka uguisu. In fact I don’t have an ink really similar as a comparison.

I found it quite an unusual ink to write with. Sometimes it shaded a lot and felt wet and lubricated, particularly with my M and B nibs, yet when I first used it in my Lamy 2000 with F nib, it felt drier and less lubricated. It seems to behave quite differently depending on the pen, it’s nib, and the paper.

• Flow Rate: Good. Felt wet with my M & B nibs.
• Lubrication: OK - better with M & B nibs.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Unsaturated ink.
• Shading Potential: An unusual shading ink, quite variable.
• Sheen: None seen.
• Show-Through:
  
  • Tomoe River 52gsm.
  • Tom Bihn lined.
  • Generic 80gsm lined pads.
  
  
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 1 week in the pen.
• Staining (pen): Not seen after several days in the pen - easy clean-up with water.
• Staining (hands): Easy clean-up with bar soap.
• Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
• Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof but has surprisingly good water resistance.
• Availability: Available from Diamine Inks web-site and many other outlets.

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