Ink Review #2062: Van Dieman's Summer Wineglass Bay

Let’s take a look at Van Dieman’s Summer Wineglass Bay from the Tassie/Seasons Collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Wineglass Bay is a bright turquoise.

*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 has some shading.

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: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Wineglass Bay is close to TWSBI Sky Blue. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Lamy Al-star Pacific Blue with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, I love the color but the flow is a bit dry for me, and there’s a little more feathering than I like to see. I think there’s some better blues out there this same color.

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