Diamine Inkvent 2023 Days 16-20

It’s that time of year! It’s time for the 2023 Diamine Inkvent Calendar. Let’s take a look at days 16-20. You can find the calendar for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Merry & Bright, Lavender Frost, Blizzard, Cinnabun and Astral.

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

Feathering: None except for Cinnabun.

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None except for Cinnabun.

Other properties: Merry & Bright has low shading and champagne shimmer. Lavender Frost and Blizzard both have low shading and silver shimmer. Cinnabun has low shading. Astral has low black sheen and green shimmer.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Merry & Bright is darker than Diamine Golden Oasis.

Lavender Frost is darker than these other purple inks.

Blizzard is close to Nemosine Blue Snowball Nebula Twinkle.

Cinnabun is a little warmer than Robert Oster Caffe Crema.

Astral is similar to Diamine Solstice.

Longer Writing:

The first three inks had average flows and the last two were slightly wet. I used a Taroko Enigma notebook.

Overall, I think Merry and Bright is my favorite out of the five, it’s perfect for the Christmas season. Cinnabun had too much bleeding and feathering for me, but that’s not surprising since it’s a scented ink.

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