Ink Review #1989: Van Dieman's Cherry Blossom Dream

Van Dieman’s Cherry Blossom Dream is from the Night Collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Cherry Blossom Dream is a pale baby pink.

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

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has just a little bit of shading.

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 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and no bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Cherry Blossom is a little bit lighter than Birmingham Cranberry Nobel. Click here to see the pink inks together.

Longer writing:

I used an Esterbrook Estie Coral with a broad nib on an Odyssey notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, I’m not in love with it. It’s generally well behaved, but it’s too dry for me.

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