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My latest ink review is Diamine Golden Brown When I chose to try a sample of Diamine Ancient Copper, I also chose Amber and Golden Brown to see what they were like, as these aren't the type of shades I commonly use. I've swabbed Golden Brown a couple of times, and thought I might not like it. But nevertheless I decided to ink up a couple of pens and write with it. I prefer how it looks when it's written with. It's sort of a golden colour, maybe mustard yellow. Lighter than Ochre, but still easily legible on paper. It's Golden Brown name is a good description of it's colour, and it's different to the other inks I have. I thought it was going to be more similar to J. Herbin Ambre de Birmanie than it actually is. It wrote straight away in both pens without any hard starts or skipping. It lubricated the nib well enough, but the flow seems a little dryer than some other inks I've recently tested, as I couldn't see any moist ink along the page as I was writing. However, despite this, it didn't cause me any problems while I was writing with it. It's not a water resistant ink. I could just about see the grid after 60 seconds. So I wouldn't use it to address envelopes. This isn't a waterproof ink, and it doesn't have particularly good water resistance.Bearing in mind the paper I use is thick with a shiny surface, and I used Lamy F and 1.1mm nibs, this ink took just 10-12 secs to dry. That's much faster than some other inks I've reviewed recently.It felt a bit drier than some other inks I've reviewed, but still seemed to flow reasonably well. I saw no skips or hard starts while I did swabs and dry time tests. It noticeably darkened when I left the pen uncapped, then started writing with it after a few moments. I bet it would darken if left in a piston filler pen.It is currently available in 80ml glass bottles or 30ml plastic bottlesDiamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.It's a reasonable price.

King Konrad's Old Gold Dear FPN Friends.... I recently received a whole bunch of ink samples from Konrad Polish Ink King* Ink King is not a wrongly spelledverb about a man from Polandfilling up his Fountain Pen It directs to the utterly friendly Polish (soon to be Dr in Chemistry) Konrad of KWZI inks... As I understand from that other great Polish Man you allmight Know... Visamitra (check out his very cool reviews https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/user/92134-visvamitra/ ) making ink for Konrad is only a hobby now. Some of you might know that I m a great fan of De Atramentis.... I even give D-A reviews an own Tag...Lovely Liquids.... Well I have written with some of the excellent KWZI inks.... They disserve an own label too.... KWZI Polish Treasures..... (will tag my future KWZI reviews with this label) Why Is that???? Checkmy first KWZI review down here KWZI OLD GOLD http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/KWZI%20Old%20Gold/old%20gold%20chromato0001_zpsnjmsognh.jpg On ink Vomit on Kitchen towel Colour Old Gold.... Greenish with a golden Hue. It reminds me a bit of J. Herbin's Olive Green... JUst that the colouris much deeper much richer and more er.... goldish http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/KWZI%20Old%20Gold/KWZI%20old%20Gold%20fpn%20%20splash_zpsaqqr6kvb.jpg Being spastic fantastic with a drop of ink on paper.... Down here are some of the technical specs (as suggested by Ann Finley 2007) (not copied in but for this ink) points 1-5 1 = 5= Fountain Pens: Kaweco Calligrapy 1,1 and 1,4 Paper: Leonardo Ringbuch,average quality school note book made in Austria Drying time: Faster enough under 10 seconds in 1.1 nib points 4 Flow: very smooth even in both the cheap and potentally scratchy Italic points: 5 Lubrication: medium wet points: 4 Feathering : None points 5 Bleeding: nada points 5 Shading: AWESOME points: 3 Waterproof: Survives a good drop points: 3 Package: Can't judge (test sample) Availabilty: This can be a bit of a problem I belive it is only available at King Konrad's Castle... Here is his profile...write him an E-mail... https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/user/73443-kwzi/ For the Sake of Humanity I hop e that these inks will be available all over the world and it's surroundings Maybe I write the Always friendly Rik and Dennis of http://la.couronneducomte.nl an E-mail..... They are always willing to help us FPN-ers Rik told me no problem what you need we can almost always order it http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/KWZI%20Old%20Gold/KWZI%20old%20Gold0001%20fpn_zpssjgtfx7j.jpg COOL or WHAT???? http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/Morbus_Curiositas/KWZI%20Old%20Gold/kwzi%20verdict%20FPN_zpsw8huf5uu.jpg AWESOME SHADING Too Conclude This ink is very well behavig. Look at that shading and the lovely colours... I have already tested KWZI Hunter Green.... It is just as awesome...the review will be here soon... If You love Hip Hop.... You love Dr Dre? If you love inks.... You love Dr. J.... (Dr Jansen De Atramentis).... AND the Polish Ink King whose name starts with a K (Konrad with a K like in KWZI) Regards, Peter