Van Dieman's Underwater Collection Part 2

Van Dieman’s recently released a new Underwater Collection. Last week we started out with four inks from the collection so today let’s take a look at the next four. I purchased my samples from Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Neptune’s Necklace, Sea Turtle, Sea Dragon, and Parrot Fish.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 20-80 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading and high shading (Sea Dragon), only Sea Turtle has high sheen and Parrot Fish has purple shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Neptune’s Necklace is closest to 3 Oysters Mustard.

Sea Dragon is similar to Diamine Jade Green.

Parrot Fish is close to Diamine Blue Peppermint’s base color, but it’s the only teal ink I know of with purple shimmer.

Sea Turtle is close to Montblanc White Forest.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook. Three of the inks have wet flows, and Parrot Fish has an average flow.

Overall, out of the four inks I think Parrot Fish is the most unique with it’s purple shimmer, but it clogs so easily! I love Sea Dragon’s high shading but it’s too light for me in the smaller nib sizes. Sea Dragon takes a long time to dry at 80 seconds. I think Neptune’s Necklace is my favorite overall simply because it’s the best behaved.

Disclaimer: I purchased these inks myself and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored.