Ink Review #1999: Van Dieman's Sailor's Delight

Van Dieman’s Sailor’s Delight is from the Midnight Collection. My ink sample came from Vanness Pens. (This is the original formula, not the reformulation.)

The color:

Sailor’s Delight is a deep red-orange. It’s a little bit more red than it is orange.

*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 is less orange than it is on the Col-o-ring.

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: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Medium

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and some bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Sailor’s Delight is similar to Van Deman’s Bay of Fires. Click here to see the red inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco Blossom Red with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a slightly dry flow.

Overall, the color’s too orange for me and there’s too much feathering and bleeding. I don’t like anything about this ink.

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