Diamine Inkvent 2021, Part 4

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Let’s take a look at 5 more inks from the 2021 Diamine Inkvent calender (these inks are now known as the Red Edition). We’ve already covered days 1-15 so let’s take a look at days 16-20. These inks are available in full bottles now.

Swabs:

Left to right: Vintage Copper, Thunderbolt, Subzero, Festive Joy and Pink Ice.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: Thunderbolt and Subzero had low feathering.

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Thunderbolt and Subzero had low bleeding.

Other properties: All five inks had medium shading. Thunderbolt had medium copper sheen and Festive Joy had medium gold sheen. Vintage Copper had gold shimmer, Subzero had blue shimmer and Pink Ice had pink shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Vintage Copper is darker than Diamine Caramel Sparkle.

Thunderbolt is closest to Kobe #50.

Subzero is similar to Diamine Blue Lightning.

Festive Joy is close to Troublemaker Dona Victorina

Pink Ice is less orange than Diamine Pink Champagne.

All the inks had an average flow except Pink Ice, which was dry.

Overall, Subzero is my favorite out of the five, but Vintage Copper is really good too.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Diamine Inkvent 2021, Part 3

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Let’s take a look at 5 more inks from the 2021 Diamine Inkvent calender (these inks are now known as the Red Edition). We’ve already covered days 1-10 so let’s take a look at days 11-15. These inks are available in full bottles now.

Swabs:

Left to right: Party Time, Stargazer, Ruby Blues, Red Robin and Night Shade.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 30-50 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All but Stargazer have medium shading. Stargazer has monster red sheen and blue shimmer. Party Time has blue shimmer and Ruby Blues has high pink sheen.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Party Time is a bit brighter than Diamine Magenta Flash.

Stargazer is darker than Diamine Storm.

Ruby Blues is similar to Akkerman Shocking Blue.

Red Robin is close to Taccia Sharaku-akasakura.

Night Shade is darker than PenBBS Diamond.

All five inks had an average flow.

Overall, Stargazer and Night Shade are my favorite out of the five, but all are well-behaved.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Diamine Inkvent 2021, Part 2

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December seemed to come and go quickly for me, so I’m just now getting around to working on the 2021 Diamine Inkvent calender (these inks are now known as the Red Edition). We’ve already covered days 1-5 so let’s take a look at days 6-10. These inks are available in full bottles now.

Swabs:

Left to right: Winter Spice, Candle Light, Raspberry Rose, Storm, Peach Punch.

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: Winter Spice has low green sheen and blue shimmer. Candle Light, Raspberry Rose and Peach Punch have medium shading. Storm has low shading and silver shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Winter Spice is darker than the other brown shimmer inks I have.

Candle Light is similar to Robert Oster Honey Bee.

Raspberry Rose is brighter than Wearingeul Taxidermied Genius.

Storm is similar to Cross Blue Black but it has shimmer.

Peach Punch is a little darker than Diamine Peach Haze.

All five inks had an average flow.

Overall, Candle Light and Peach Punch are my favorite out of the five.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Diamine Inkvent 2021, Part 1

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SPOILER ALERT! If you don’t want your Diamine Inkvent 2021 spoiled, don’t keep scrolling!!!

We are going to look at the first five inks from the Diamine Inkvent 2021. I tried to wait a few days so most of you who have the calendar have already tried out your inks. These calendars are still available for sale-you can find it Vanness Pens and other retailers.

Swabs:

Left to right: Seize the NIght, Garland, Ash, Tempest aand Hamony.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

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: 20-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties:

  • Seize the Night had low shading and low gold sheen.

  • Garland had medium shading, medium pink sheen and blue shimmer.

  • Ash had medium shading.

  • Tempest had low shading, medium red sheen and gold shimmer.

  • Harmony had medium shading.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

I don’t have a super close match for Seize the Night, Kobe Suma Purple is probably closest.

Garland’s base color is closest to Robert Oster Crystal Marine.

Ash is similar to Aurora Grey.

Tempest is the only true blue black shimmer I have, so I don’t have a dupe for it.

Harmony is closest to Monteverde Rose Noir.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook. All of the inks had an average flow except Ash which was a bit dry.

Overall, I enjoyed all of these inks, but out of the five I think Harmony is my favorite. Tempest is probably the most unique just because I don’t know of many other blue black shimmer inks. So far I’ve been impressed with this Inkvent-it has a good range of colors and properties.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored.