Diamine Inkvent 2022 Days 11-15

It’s time to take a look at the Diamine Inkvent 2022 Calendar, days 11-15. You can find the Inkvent Calendar for sale at a few different places, including Goldspot Pens. (It seems Arctic Blast and Pick Me Up got switched in my advent. By the time I realized it, the reviews were already done so I’m just gonna run with it.)

Swabs:

Left to right: Appletini, Memory Lane, Upon a Star, Three Kings and Arctic Blast.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Appletini had low shading. Memory Lane had medium shading and silver shimmer. Upon a Star had medium shading, medium red sheen and multicolored shimmer. Three Kings had medium shading. Arctic Blast had medium shading, medium pink sheen and blue shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Appletini is a little lighter than Robert Oster Citrus.

Memory Lane is darker than Robert Oster Violet Dreams.

Arctic Blast is darker than Diamine Cobalt Jazz. Upon a Star is darker than the rest of these blues.

Three Kings is a little darker than Kyo-no-oto Yamabuki-iro and lighter than Vinta La Paz.

All the inks had an average flow except Appletini, which had a dry flow.

Overall, I think Three Kings is my favorite out of the five. It has some nice shading and is a great yellow for fall.

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