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Three Colours Red

While I’m comparing inks, how about some red:   Diamine Red Dragon Diamine Oxblood Visconti Red (cartridge)   (scanned with wrong settings)       Here’s an example of two scans, and neither doing the...

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Two Blues

Last comparison. This is the same ink, from the same bottle (Diamine China Blue):   The one on the left is dry, but recently written. The one on the left has been sitting for 24 hours. Granted, the...

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Spot the difference

Some more ink comparisons. First, a couple more diamine inks: Diamine Midnight Cult Pens Deep Dark Blue   I did this because when I tried a freebie cartridge of Midnight my first impression was it’s...

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Ink Review: Diamine Evergreen

I’ve mentioned Diamine Evergreen before, but it was generally in comparison to other inks — not a “review” as such. Let me explain why I’m revisiting my ink collection. I recently had an epiphany that...

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Ink Review: Diamine Oxblood

Subjective Why I like Oxblood: The sheer depth of bloody colour when laid on thick A dark red that works for markup but also notes and is fairly easy on the eye (if you can stand the sight of blood)...

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Diamine Salamander and Cult Pens Deep Dark Brown

I waited months for Diamine to release Salamander, and then Cult Pens Deep Dark Brown comes along at the same time. I’d been worried that Salamander would look like my go-to Evergreen (it doesn’t)....

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Autumnal Cheer

It was International Fountain Pen Day on the 1st of November, and I missed it. Never mind. I met my mum for lunch and belated birthday presents, including a Minoan salt cellar, a new pen, and ink! The...

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Noodler’s Zhivago

Zhivago is my first Noodler’s ink. Noodler’s has a cult status and niche production, so while everyone talks about Noodler’s, the product is difficult to get over here — at this time the only UK...

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Ink Review: Diamine China Blue

Diamine China Blue: a really nice, light but characterful blue. I’m not a big user of blue, and this one won’t make for a day to day ink owing to the light colour and poor contrast. Should be good for...

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We Lived In Arizona

New year, new gear. While I’m winding up to writing about the crazy number of games I’ve garnered recently (damn you, Bundle of Holding) here’s some very pretty ink from my favourite stationers Cult...

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20 Diamine Ink Chromatograms

Here are 20 chromatograms of the Diamine inks I own (yes, too many). The process starts with a white coffee paper cut into an approximate rectangle, spotted with the ink of choice, and placed in a shot...

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National Stationery Week Day 2: Flex It!

I really recommend a Noodler’s Ahab. They’re not the easiest to get hold of in the UK (but not impossible) but they’re cheap, you can completely disassemble them for cleaning, and you can flex them:...

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Lamy Safari Dark Lilac Edition

The FP community has been asking Lamy to make a purple Safari for ages. The Safari knock-off Hero 359 came in purple, but the Safari special editions have all been unpleasant neon colours. But in 2016...

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Inky Flush

This is a bit of fun using the straw technique as used by Ian Hedley on his ink reviews e.g. Diamine Red Dragon. I was cleaning out four pens: Lamy Safari with Cult Pens’ Deep Dark Purple Parker 51...

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