Van Dieman's Colours of Tasmania

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.

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