Diamine Golden Brown

[DanielCoffey]

INK : DIAMINE GOLDEN BROWN

 

PAPER : RHODIA #16 A5 white lined

 

PEN : Onoto Magna 261 Medium nib tweaked for wet flow by John Sorowka (Oxonian).

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGoldenBrown.jpg

 

 

Here is a close-up of the swab...

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGoldenBrownSwab.jpg

 

 

And a close-up of the shading!

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGoldenBrownShade.jpg

[777]

Nice review! Wow, with a wet pen you've got some lovely shading from that ink. Pretty decent color too.

 

It'd be nice if the color was constantly like the 2nd swab pass, and shaded to the 3rd swab pass. The lightest shade is to "unsaturated" looking for me...

[Biber]

I find that it looses all its yellow and greenish tones as it ages, turning an almost blackish-brown.

[DanielCoffey]

Fortunately the things I have written on Rhodia in the past week or two have kept their tones so far. The scan came out a little yellower than I am seeing on paper.

 

777 - there is no prohibition against mixing with Diamine colours, so a dot of black might firm up this colour for you. It is a light colour when on the paper and with a drier pen would show more of the thin colour and less shading.

[lovemy51]

i want to like this ink cos' of the beautiful shading, but it reminds me of baby doo-doo... sorry!!

 

thx for the review, nevertheless!!

[DanielCoffey]

Heh, the "other" Golden Brown had some comments along these lines too. Fortunately it is an ink which comes out of a bottle, not a baby.

[vistafan]

Thanks for this review; it's a lovely colour.

[DanielCoffey]

UPDATED SCANS : 08 SEPTEMBER 2011

 

Scanner : IT8-calibrated Epson V600 flatbed

Colour Space : Adobe RGB

Matte : 50% grey and 100% white

Post-process : Unsharp Mask

 

I think we will all agree that these are much better scans than the originals I had posted. I now have better equipment to redo all the Diamine Ink Reviews that I have posted.

[mhphoto]

Great review! This looks like a nice alternative to the more expensive J. Herbin Ambre de Birmanie.

[Mauricio]

Dan,

 

Thanks for your great review. Diamine Golden Brown ink is one of my favorite inks with flexible nibs. Here are a couple of writing samples using that ink and vintage flexible nibs ...

 

 

[dannyboy]

Very nice review and a great color!

[Bhavna]

Thank you for a great review.

 

@ Mauricio, I am blown away by your flex nibs!

[faustulus]

From the scans in the first post it looks a lot like my Noodler's Eternal Brown. It does look very nice with good shading.

[mhphoto]

Dan,

 

Thanks for your great review. Diamine Golden Brown ink is one of my favorite inks with flexible nibs. Here are a couple of writing samples using that ink and vintage flexible nibs ...

 

 

 

I could look at your samples for hours. :puddle:

[georges zaslavsky]

very lovely color thanks for sharing

[lapis]

Thanks for this great review. Pelikan's Edelstein Amber referred it to me. Yes, the Diamine Golden Brown's shading is awesome!

Mike