Ink Review #1188: Diamine Presidential Blue

Diamine Presidential blue has been sitting in my ink drawer for white a while, so it’s time to test it out! I purchased my bottle of ink from Cult Pens a few years ago.

The color:

Presidential Blue is a medium dusky blue.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper you can see some of the brown 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: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in most nib sizes as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Presidential Blue has a little bit more green in it than Diamine Washable Blue. Click here to see the Diamine inks together, and click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Franklin-Christoph 45L Salmon Glow with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow, but didn’t perform as well in this pen than it did in some others, the ink just didn’t flow quite as well.

Overall, it’s pretty well behaved, but did perform better in my Pilot Vanishing Points than it did in the Franklin-Christoph.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored in any way.