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Diamine’s Hell Bells (German Exclusive) This is an another German exclusive, named after the 1980s, AC/DC song. I bought my sample from fountainfeder. The only thing I liked about this ink was re-discovering the music of AC/DC. You can read more about these inks, and Diamine Guitar series on the Nick Stewart website, and why it has a "metal sheen". https://nickstewart.ink/2022/07/08/hells-bells-its-master-of-puppets-stephan-lucht/ Ink is a dark teal with a red sheen. It’s a finger stainer; my fingers were not happy with all the scrubbing. However, it’s easy to clean out from pens and Surprisingly, short dry times and very well-behaved on copy paper. For some reason the BB nib and the ink didn’t like each other. Sheen is visible mostly on Japanese Paper and not at all on copy paper. The scan shows you the colour and not the sheen. Also, whatever sheen I could see disappeared from Rhodia. If you're into the sheen, use a wet pen, Japanese paper combo. Sheen is most visible under artificial life. The ink has not water resistance, and it will make a mess out of your notebook. I could see an impish person sliding a bottle of this ink in an holier than thou person's Christmas stocking, either in its original or a fake bottle Let's start with the chroma: Writing Samples: Sheen is not captured by the scanner: Photo: Rhodia direct artificial (led) lighting. Photo was taken two weeks after review was done. While the camera captures sheen, my eyes cannot see it. Midori natural light (grey day) Tomoe River 68 gsm (Led artificial light) Iroful artificial (led) light. Gorgeous sheen. Comparison: Water test: Left side 10 seconds under running water. The sink looked pretty blue/teal Art Work: I did some different art inspired by heavy metal imagery. The paper is Talens Notebook. The first 3 are pocket size, while the last one is more of A5 size. Lady sings the blues: Heavy Metal blues If Brian Johnson (Lead singer of AC/DC, since 1980) was a Cat? Grey ink is Kala Nostalgia Gemstone Sillimanite and finally Hells Bells Sheen is obvious when applied generously... Noodler's Lexingtion Graty and Apache Sunset, and J Herbin Terre de Feu · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef / Kaweco (EF/F/M/B/ BB), Osimiorid fountain pen Copperplate nib · What I liked: Re-discovering the song Hell’s Bell and thinking about the myth of faust. · What I did not like: Staining my fingers like hell colour · What some might not like: Name, staining? · Shading: Depending paper, angle and sheen. · Ghosting: No on cheap paper. · Bleed through: No, on cheap paper. · Flow Rate: Wettish · Lubrication: Good with Japanese Ef nib, ok with the Kaweco · Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. · Start-up: Great · Saturation: Very · Shading Potential: It’s a sheener · Sheen: Yes on all paper but copy. On Rhodia the sheen faded after a few weeks, maybe because the paper was out. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice. · Staining (pen): No. · Clogging: Did not notice. · Cleaning: A bit of flushing, but surprisingly easy. · Water resistance: Non-existent. · Availability: 30ml / 80 ml bottles, Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier