Ink Review #869: Diamine Jalur Gemilang

Yesterday I reviewed Diamine A Night in Jodhpur, so today we are looking at another similar ink, Diamine Jalur Gemilang. This ink was created exclusively for Pen Gallery in Malaysia, to celebrate the Malaysian flag. A sample of this ink was provided by a pen friend for this review.

The color:

Jalur Gemilang is a bright medium blue. It’s almost a smurf blue.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has plenty of dark pink sheen.

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 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low-there was some feathering in the flex nib.

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low-there was some bleeding in the flex nib.

Other properties: medium shading, high sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was feathering in every nib size, and some bleeding in the flex and broad nibs.

Comparison Swabs:

Jalur Gemilang is just a tiny bit lighter than Diamine A Night in Jodhpur. It’s hard to see the difference between the swabs. Click here to see the Diamine inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a medium Lamy Safari Petrol on Tomoe River 68gsm. The ink had a slightly wet but sticky flow.

Overall, it’s just a tiny bit lighter than Diamine A Night in Jodhpur. It can be smeared a little bit on Tomoe River paper if you aren’t careful. This ink is very hard to clean out of pens completely. I cleaned the pens as usual then had to run them through the ultrasonic cleaner five times before I felt like the pens were actually clean and didn’t see any more blue. As inks go it’s a bit high maintenance for me-hard to clean out, can smear, very hard to get in the United States, but it is a pretty color.

Disclaimer: A sample of this ink was provided by a pen friend for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored in any way.