Ink Review #1450: Van Dieman's Blonde Bombshell

Van Dieman’s Blonde Bombshell is from Van Dieman’s Hollywood collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Blonde Bombshell is a medium honey gold with gold shimmer.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has plenty of gold shimmer.

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: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Blonde Bombshell is cooler-toned than Diamine Golden Sands and lighter than Robert Oster Heart of Gold. Click here to see the Van Dieman’s inks together, and click here to see the yellow inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M400 White Tortoise with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this ink is lovely! It’s a great color, well-behaved and has plenty of shimmer. I don’t have another shimmer ink that’s too close to this one, so it’s somewhat unique.

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