Diamine Inkvent 2021, Part 3

Let’s take a look at 5 more inks from the 2021 Diamine Inkvent calender (these inks are now known as the Red Edition). We’ve already covered days 1-10 so let’s take a look at days 11-15. These inks are available in full bottles now.

Swabs:

Left to right: Party Time, Stargazer, Ruby Blues, Red Robin and Night Shade.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 30-50 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All but Stargazer have medium shading. Stargazer has monster red sheen and blue shimmer. Party Time has blue shimmer and Ruby Blues has high pink sheen.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Party Time is a bit brighter than Diamine Magenta Flash.

Stargazer is darker than Diamine Storm.

Ruby Blues is similar to Akkerman Shocking Blue.

Red Robin is close to Taccia Sharaku-akasakura.

Night Shade is darker than PenBBS Diamond.

All five inks had an average flow.

Overall, Stargazer and Night Shade are my favorite out of the five, but all are well-behaved.

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