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Diamine ink?
Hi - Has anyone tried Diamine ink? It's a UK-made ink, sold by The Writing Desk. I wonder what the ink is like for opacity, flow and resistance to water. Regards Tony -- ******* email sent to this address is automatically discarded ******* ************************ Please reply to the group ****************** |
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:01:31 +0000 (UTC), Tony Stanford wrote:
Hi - Has anyone tried Diamine ink? It's a UK-made ink, sold by The Writing Desk. I wonder what the ink is like for opacity, flow and resistance to water. Regards Tony Yes, and I love the Royal Blue. It's a beautiful shade of blue, unlike any other maker's blue. It's highly saturated like PR, and flows easily. It is not waterproof. I think that Swisher has it on sale now. -- Cordially, Sonam Dasara 12/20/2004 10:49:47 AM dovekeeper+at+electric-ink+dot+com |
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I've tried Claret, Emerald, and Prussian Blue. All three are good inks from
what I can tell. Claret is very bright! Great editing ink. Might blind a snail recipient though. I would say that most of these inks are fairly dye-intense but not as much as most PR inks. The Emerald is like a light Avacado (sic) and Prussian blue is a soft sort of "antique-y" blue that I like a lot. Almost a slate blue. I've heard a couple of the colors might be slow drying but in the three I've tried, haven't had a problem. And the Writing Desk folks are great! KCat For Pen Talk, Images, Trading and Reviews: The Fountain Pen Network http://pagesperso.laposte.net/fpnet For Lupus Support and Info http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/ASLFAQ/ "Tony Stanford" wrote in message ... Hi - Has anyone tried Diamine ink? It's a UK-made ink, sold by The Writing Desk. I wonder what the ink is like for opacity, flow and resistance to water. Regards Tony -- ******* email sent to this address is automatically discarded ******* ************************ Please reply to the group ****************** |
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Tony Stanford wrote:
Has anyone tried Diamine ink? It's a UK-made ink, I wonder what the ink is like for opacity, flow and resistance to water. I did something I swore I wouldn't do, I bought their two limited edition inks. I was in FPH and I saw them, and I got them both - Tropical Blue and also the Presidential Blue. The Tropical Blue is a royal blue that really is special. The presidential blue is a little more slate blue and is also stunning. I hate when they make LE inks and don't continue them. PR was really smart to bring out American Blue which is very VERY close to their Supershow Blue. Let's hope Diamine is as smart. Nancy |
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004,16:48:47, KCat wrote
And the Writing Desk folks are great! Many thanks for the info. Any notes on waterfastness? You are right, the Writing Desk people are very pleasant and very helpful. And thanks to other folks for replying, too. Tony -- ******* email sent to this address is automatically discarded ******* ************************ Please reply to the group ****************** |
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:01:31 +0000 (UTC), Tony Stanford
wrote: Has anyone tried Diamine ink? Try Googling - there have been past comments on it. I've used a couple of colours. The Maroon is gorgeous - deep rich dark wine-red. The Claret was a bit gaudy for me, but the Maroon was just what I wanted. Their Dark Sepia was a bit of a disappointment to me. Too light and a bit yellowish for what I want -- I'm still blending my own up from Shaeffer's brown and a little black Quink. As ink goes, it's good stuff. Nice bottles too. Shame their tops are quite modern, because the glass itself is very retro looking. I repaired an old writing slope a while ago by taking the top flip-cap off its original broken inkwell and re-attaching it to an old Diamine bottle with the threads sawn off. |
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