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Here is my review for one of the 8 new Diamine 150th Anniversary inks, Diamine Espresso: Diamine 150th Anniversary Espresso One of the 8 New 150th Anniversary colours available in special 40ml bottles All 16 Anniversary Inks will be made available in standard short European cartridges packs of 20 Flow Rate: Quite wetLubrication: Good on several different papers.Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.Start-up: Immediate.Saturation: SaturatedShading Potential: Not as much as someSheen: A little sheen seenShow-Through: Tomoe River 52gsm.Cheaper generic 80gsm printer papers & lined pads.Field NotesCiAK InTempoSpread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Seen on Field Notes.Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 2 weeks in the penStaining (pen): Not seen - easy clean-upStaining (hands): Not seen - easy clean-upClogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.Water resistance: Water resistant, but not sold as waterproof.Availability: Will be available from Diamine Inks web-site and other outlets.

There are some excellent inks in latest Diamine 150th anniversary range. As Blues are my favourite colours Regency Blue is my first review. This is a really dark and saturated blue. It's not a blue-black, and exhibits no black or green cast as blue-blacks might do. It has a slight hint of purple that gives it the name Regency Blue. I found it to be a really smooth writing ink and had no problems at all with flow or lubrication, no skips or hard starts despite leaving the caps off my pens while I was doing swab tests and comparing it with other blue inks. Despite it being really saturated, I had no problem at all with clean up either from my fingers or from my pens. This isn't sold as a waterproof ink but it's water resistant.Bearing in mind the paper I use is very smooth, this ink dries between 16-18 seconds using my quite wet Parker 45 stubbed nib It flows very well and lubricates the nib very well. It felt really smooth to write with. I love writing with it. It is currently only available in new unusually 'cake slice' shaped 40ml glass bottles that are very stable and very user friendly. They don't have internal plastic inkwells. It's widely available, and Diamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site