Ink Review #1449: Van Dieman's Diamonds are a Girl's BFF

Van Dieman’s Diamonds are a Girl’s BFF is from Van Dieman’s Hollywood collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Diamonds is a medium magenta purple with silver shimmer.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has plenty of silver 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: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Medium

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Diamonds is closest to De Atramentis Magenta Red Silver. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Sailor Pro Gear Sparkling Pink with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, the color is beautiful, but there is more feathering and bleeding than I prefer, so I would probably stick to medium/broad nibs with this one.

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