Van Dieman's Night

Let’s take a look at five Van Dieman’s inks today from the Van Dieman’s Night collection. You can find these inks for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Tiger Quoll, Red Lightning, Midnight, Moon Flower, and Moonlit 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: 40-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Tiger Quoll had low shading, high green sheen and gold shimmer. Red Lightning had low shading and gold shimmer. Midnight had low shading. Moon Flower had medium shading. Moonlit Lake had medium shading, high pink sheen and teal shimmer.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Tiger Quoll is brighter than Diamine Cocoa Shimmer.

Red Lightning is close to Robert Oster Sparkling Cranberry.

Midnight is close to Diamine Silent Night.

Moon Flower is a little more purple than Diamine Thunderbolt.

Moonlit Lake is close to Diamine Garland.

Longer Writing:

All had average flows.

Overall, these are lovely inks, well-behaved and nice colors. Moonlit Lake is my favorite out of the five.

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