Van Dieman's Colours of Tasmania

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Let’s take a look at 5 inks from Van Dieman’s Colours of Tasmania collection. You can find these inks for sale at Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Tasmanian Devil, Queenstown Gold Mine, Autumn Morning, Snowy Mountain Sunset and Icy Great Lake.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-50 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Tasmanian Devil had low shading. Queenstown Gold had low shading and gold shimmer. Autumn Morning had medium shading and gold shimmer. Snowy Mountain had low shading and pink shimmer. Icy Great lake had low shading and blue shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Tasmanian Devil is closest to Robert Oster Black is Black

Queenstown Gold isn’t super close to any of these brown inks.

Autumn Morning is darker than Esterbrook Tangerine Shimmer.

Snowy Mountain is darker than Vinta Julia.

Icy Great Lake is a bit lighter than Diamine Subzero.

All of the inks had an average flow.

Overall, Autumn Morning had gorgeous color and shading so it’s my favorite out of the five. Icy Great Lake had too much shimmer, which clogged and choked the flow, so it’s my least favorite.

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

Ink Review #1998: Van Dieman's Bonfire Night

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Van Dieman’s Bonfire Night is from the Midnight Collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens. (This is the original formula, not the reformulation.)

The color:

Bonfire Night is a deep red-orange with gold 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 lots of shimmer.

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 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Medium

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Medium

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and gold shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Bonfire Night is closest to Diamine Rockin Rio. Click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer writing:

I used an Esterbrook Estie Maraschino with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, there’s too much feathering and bleeding, but it is a nice color.

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

Ink Review #1997: Van Dieman's West Coast Sunset Tangerine

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Van Dieman’s West Coast Sunset Tangerine is from the Colours of Tasmania Collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens. (This is the original formula, not the reformulation.)

The color:

West Coast Sunset is a medium tangerine orange.

*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 looks almost red.

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: Medium

Feathering: Medium

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

West Coast is closest to PenBBS 154 Zhu Ziqing. Click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M600 Vibrant Orange with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, there’s too much feathering for me, but other than that it’s well behaved. There’s other oranges out there that are better than this one.

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

Ink Review #1991: Van Dieman's Pinot Noir Wine Red

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Van Dieman’s Tasmanian Pinot Noir Wine Red is from the Colours of Tasmania Collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens. (This is the original formula, not the reformulation.)

The color:

Pinot Noir is a deep brown-red.

*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 looks almost pink.

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: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Medium

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Pinot Noir is closest to KWZ Maple Red. Click here to see the red inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Sailor Pro Gear Slim Supernova Red with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, there’s too much bleeding and feathering for me. If you love the color then give the reformulation a try!

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