Ink Review #1857: Van Dieman's Eclipse

Van Dieman’s Eclipse is from the Midnight collection. This ink is available in 30ml bottles. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Eclipse is a medium grey.

*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 purple.

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:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there is a little bit of feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Eclipse is closest to Rohrer & Klingner Thea. Click here to see the grey inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M805 Stresemann with a medium nib on a Taroko Breeze notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this is a good basic grey ink, no shading or sheen.

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