Ink Review #911 Redux: Diamine Winter Miracle

Diamine Winter Miracle was first released as part of the 2019 Inkvent Calendar, but is now available on its own as part of the Blue Collection. You can find this ink for sale at Pen Chalet (aff. link) or Vanness Pens.

The color:

Winter Miracle is a dark blue violet with lots of extras.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has gold sheen and blue shimmer.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

Other properties: low shading, high gold sheen, and blue shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Winter Miracle is darker than both J Herbin Amethyste de L’oural (silver shimmer) and Diamine Purple Pazzazz (gold shimmer). Click here to see the Diamine inks together, and click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Franklin Christoph 45 in Purpurarium with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow. In this nib the ink looks almost black rather than purple.

Overall, this is a fun ink, lots of sheen and shimmer, but not much shading. This ink also looks more black than purple in some nibs.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does contain affiliate links but this post is not sponsored in any way.