Ink Review #1356: PenBBS 182 April Diamond

PenBBS 182 April Diamond is from PenBBS season 13. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

April Diamond is a pale blurple-right in-between blue and purple.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks more blue and has some shading.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

April Diamond is lighter than Sailor Ink Studio 343. Click here to see the PenBBS inks together, and click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pilot Vanishing Point Twilight with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, I think the color is really interesting but the flow is a bit dry for me. I add a little White Lightning (ink additive) to make the flow a bit wetter and then I enjoy it a lot more.

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