Ink Review: Diamine Graphite ink

[Chrissy]

Today I'm reviewing Diamine Graphite ink.

Graphite is a grey ink from the standard range. For me it wrote darker than a regular HB pencil. I would call it a dark grey ink. I used a Lamy Safari pen with M nib with a filled converter.

It flowed very well and lubrication at the nib tip exhibited a little feedback. I enjoyed writing with it despite not being a great fan of grey inks.

It seems to lean slightly green and that makes it completely different to the more blueish/purplish shade of Diamine Earl Grey and the lighter shade of Diamine Silver Fox.

• Flow Rate: Very good.
• Lubrication: OK - some feedback noticed.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Not saturated.
• Shading Potential: Not much shading seen.
• Show-Through:
  
  • Clairefontaine Matris lined pad
  • Oxford,80gsm lined pad
  • Rhodia Dot Pad
  • Tomoe River 52gsm paper
  • Maruman Mnemosyne pad
  
  
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen.
• Staining (pen): Easy to clean out.
• Staining (hands): Clean after one wash.
• Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
• Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof and shows no water resistance.
• Availability: Available from Diamine Inks web-site and many other outlets.

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[sgphoto]

Very thorough review as always. You are my go-to person for inks as you cover all the bases.

What's interesting is I read your reviews for inks I'd never use.

Cheers and thanks.
Sg

[Chrissy]

You're very welcome Sg.

[SchaumburgSwan]

Hi,

great review of a very nice green-black ink.
Do you / or one of the other ink lovers have Pilot Hoteison at hands to compare?

Best
Jens

[Chrissy]

You're welcome Jens.
Sadly I don't have Pilot Iroshizuku Hoteison to compare. To be honest I don't have many grey inks.

[Voiren]

Hi,

great review of a very nice green-black ink.
Do you / or one of the other ink lovers have Pilot Hoteison at hands to compare?

Best
Jens

I've used (someone else's) Hoteison - to me it is a very dark green, not a grey. Darker and less yellow than the above.