Lots of people talk about Diamine Bilberry. I don’t know why I’ve not had it in a pen yet (so many inks, so little time!). I plan to rectify that situation as soon as possible. Stay tuned!
Is this purple? Is it blue? Does it matter? Here’s a link in case you’re curious about what a bilberry is. Have you ever tasted one?
Diamine is one of my favorite brands of fountain pen ink and my guess is that if you love this color, you will love the ink. Unfortunately, the color isn’t to my taste – it’s really not very dark, is it?
I looooove the way Diamine Amber swabs. The color is pretty amazing and it looks like it has some potential for shading.
As part of a mega-review, I looked at it in detail here and didn’t love it. Reviews on Goulet Pens say that the ink is great, but not for very fine nibs – that may have been my issue and I should give it another go sometime.
What is your experience with Diamine Amber?
Diamine Amazing Amethyst: rich, deep color without being dull or muddy. I’ve not tried this one in a pen you. Have you? I hope you love it so I can love it, too.
xo
Diamine Blaze Orange
Last year, I compared Blaze Orange to my favorite orange ink, Diamine Pumpkin. Blaze is just a bit too red for me, but it definitely writes well.
Diamine Eau de Nil
Diamine Terracotta
Terracotta was released late last year as one of eight inks Diamine created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the brand.
Over the past couple of years, Diamine released a couple of limited edition sets of inks, but they had to be purchased as a complete set. It’s nice to see that each of the eight inks in this Anniversary Collection may be purchased separately.
Here’s a picture of the arranged bottles (and swabs – always swabs!) I posted on Instagram awhile back. I love that they remind me of Trivial Pursuit wedges – collect them all!
I Love This Ink
The color is a unique and pleasing brownish-reddish-orange that doesn’t remind me too much of terra-cotta pots and their traditional chalky band-aid color.
Terracotta is well-saturated and it shades beautifully – just enough to give it some character. Flow is good from the pen and I’d say it’s on the wet side of average, but definitely not wet. There was no significant ghosting and no bleeding. All very good things.
There are two “features” of this ink that may be a deal breaker for some people . . .
I can live with both of the downsides of this ink quite easily and am finding myself using it every day for various notes.
Here’s the entire handwritten review of Diamine Terracotta.
If you’ve tried Terracotta, I’d love to know your thoughts. Or maybe you’ve tried another one of the Anniversary inks?
Oh, you guys, It’s been so busy behind the scenes over here.
While everything hasn’t been moved over yet and some of the links are empty, I’m really happy to present the brand new Pentulant website. As part of the new look, I’ve moved everything over to WordPress and I’m feeling confident that this is the correct platform for growth in 2015.
In other words: FUN TIMES AHEAD!
And while we’re on the topic of new things – Happy New Year! Did you stay up too late last night and are now faced with sleep lines criss-crossing your smiling face? Are you sporting the best case of bed head ever? Wait. Wait. That’s me! Happy New Year!
Finally, we have a winner! Remember way back before sleep lines and bed head? The contest was to guess the number of cotton swabs in the above pictured gallon-sized bag.
The winner gets samples of each of the eight Diamine 150th Anniversary inks!
How many swabs in the bag? A whopping 729.
And our winner? Jackie! Jackie guessed 725. I’ve already contacted Jackie about collecting the prize.
Have you tried any of the new inks? I’ve used Tropical Green (not my favorite color, but it writes really well) and Terracotta (a truly unique orange/brown with some great shading).
Diamine recently released a set of eight inks to celebrate their brand’s 150th (!!) anniversary.
I ended up buying all of the bottles for myself – and got a set of samples for you!
The set includes 2 ml samples of the following inks . . .
Well, except Tropical Green. I spilled about one ml of the ink. Arrgh.
I’ll be back after the beginning of the new year to announce the winner.
Until then…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
This isn’t a sponsored post. The samples (and my bottles) came from Goulet Pens, but they don’t know what I’m up to over here today.
I recently reviewed Diamine Poppy Red (spoiler: I loved it) and I’ve been practicing my spatter techniques with it.
Here’s a link to the full-sized image – it’s huge.