Ink Review #2668: Diamine Forest Gateau

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The color:

Forest Gateau is a deep red-violet. This ink is scented.

*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 looks a little more violet than red.

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:

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Forest Gateau is closest to Montblanc Antoine de Saint-Euxpery. Click here to see the red inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pilot Ishime Magenta, with a fine nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, I love the base color of this ink, but it’s scented which naturally means that there’s some feathering and bleeding. I’m not a fan of scented inks just because they normally don’t perform well, so this is not an ink for me.

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