Blue Pearl - Diamine Shimmertastic Ink

[visvamitra]

Some time ago Diamine felt the urge to follow example of J. Herbin - they've decided to hit the market of glittering inks. The line of Shimmertastic inks premiered in 2015. Personally I dislike shimmering inks / inks with particles. I didn't expect to like this line. A friend of mine bought full line and sent me the whole bottles to review. I've tried them all. I don't like them but I'll review them. Maybe you'll like them more than me?

After strong punch from Diamine that offered ten colors I wonder with what 1670 ink J. Herbin will come this year?

Anyway there's ten inks in the line:

1. Blue Lightning
   
2. Blue Pearl
   
3. Brandy Dazzle
   
4. Golden Sands
   
5. Magical Forest
   
6. Night Sky
   
7. Purple Pazzazz
   
8. Red Luster
   
9. Shimmering Seas
   
10. Sparkling Shadows
    

Six with golden particles

And four with silver particles

BLUE PEARL

Blue Pearl has nice and deep color. I would like it it it didn't contain particles.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Tomoe River, Kaweco Sport Classic, B

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Sport Classic, B

[grainweevil]

Blue Pearl was my choice to assuage curiosity about glittery inks - it was coming up to Christmas, I was weakened by the deluge of glitter falling out of every envelope... Like you, I believe I'd actively enjoy a glitter-free version. As it is, well, it does what it says, it's legible, and the pen didn't die, so - okay?

 

ETA: And of course, thank you for doing the review. Tsk; atrocious manners on my part. Sorry.

Edited February 24, 2016 by grainweevil

[The Good Captain]

Great review and this one, along with Shimmering Seas are my favourites.

[linearM]

Am I just paranoid or what? I have J. Herbin chivor emerald but decided only to use it in pens that make use of converters rather than vintage pens with ink sacs. I figure I will know if they are properly cleaned, whereas an ink sac may be hiding something. Do you need to flush your pen after using a complete filling, any problem with clogging? With the Chivor emerald the gold flecks all settle to the bottom, what about the Blue Pearl, is there settling?

 

Beautiful blue.

[JulieParadise]

For the #50shadesofbluechallenge (link to the hashtag on Instagram), a challenge over at the German PenExchange forum for July & August 2020, I inked up all my pens with all the 50+ blue inks I have. The snapshots might also be of interest to some here.

Diamine Shimmering Blue Pearl is a vivid mid-blue with silver shimmer particles.

I assume that my sample contained less than average shimmer, but still produced some fantastic glitter fun in a DIY modified Pilot Parallel Pen with a "blade" nib and also worked reliably in a Pilot Custom Heritage 912 with a juicy FA nib (original plastic feed not modded).