Diamine Inkvent 2023 Days 21-25

It’s that time of year! It’s time for the 2023 Diamine Inkvent Calendar. Let’s take a look at days 21-25. You can find the calendar for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Tranquility, Tinsel, Fireside Snug, Sugar Snap and Raise a Glass.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 40-70 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All five have low shading. Tranquility has green shimmer. Tinsel has red shimmer. Sugar Snap has silver shimmer and Raise a Glass has low gold sheen and blue shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Tranquility is brighter than Van Dieman’s Mad Half Hour.

Tinsel isn’t quite as bright as Van Dieman’s Red Lightning.

Fireside Snug is a little brighter than Kobe Arima Amber.

Sugar Snap is similar to Ancient Song Song of the Yan.

Raise a Glass is similar to Dominant Industry Tanzanite.

Longer Writing:

All five inks had average flows. I used a Taroko Enigma notebook.

Overall, I really like all five of these. They are well behaved and nice colors.

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