Ink Review #2687: Diamine Pine Needle

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It’s Day 23 of the Diamine Inkvent 2024 Calendar! You can still find the Inkvent Calendar for sale at Levenger, along with a few others. Thanks to Diamine for sending the Inkvent Calendar over for review!

The color:

Pine Needle is a fern green with green and blue shimmer.

*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 has both blue and green shimmer, and is labeled as a Chameleon ink.

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: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen, and green and blue shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Pine Needle is yellower than Ferris Wheel Press Moonlit Jade, but not quite as yellow as Diamine Sugar Snap. Click here to see the green inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pelikan M605 Green White, with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, I love the color of this ink! I do wish it didn’t have shimmer in it, but that’s okay. I don’t know that I quite need a full bottle, but I will definitely use up the small bottle that came in the calendar.

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Disclaimer: This product was provided by Diamine 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.