Diamine Cult Pens Exclusive Inks

Cult Pens have done quite a few store exclusive inks with Diamine. Their newest collab is: Louise, Matthew, Herbert and Michael. Thanks to Cult Pens for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Louise, Matthew, Herbert and Michael

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry Time: 20-30 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Only Michael had a little bit of bleeding.

Other properties: no-medium shading (Louise had the best shading), no to high sheen (Herbert had high pink sheen and Michael had medium copper sheen) and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as a little bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Louise is closest to Colorverse Adobe.

Matthew is similar to Birmingham Smoked Iron.

Michael is close to Diamine Regency Blue. Herbert is darker than Michael.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook, three of the inks had a dry flow and Matthew had an average flow.

Overall, Louise is my favorite-I love how it looks in the Schon Design Ultem pen, and it flows pretty well in a broad nib.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Cult Pens for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored.