Diamine Oxblood

[Truppi327]

Got one on the way as well, along with another half-doz of Diamine's 30cc vials. Now I need half a doz demonstrators...

Try FPN member Smeden for very inexpensive demonstrator pens, Dollar 717i I believe is the correct model. They are surprisingly good quality for very little money. Smeden also ships fast and is reliable, I'm one of many happy customers here on FPN. Sorry to go a little off topic but love those little pens :embarrassed_smile:.

[mori45]

Ooooh! That's a fantastic colour and I shall use it to conduct my business affairs because I do exchange souls for limitless power

 

Yuki

 

 

Not that this is the place for investment tips, but how is the secondary market in souls looking Yuki?

[GreenVelvet]

It looks beautiful. However, I'm reminded of Noodlers Red-Black, sans the water resistance.

 

The color is somewhat similar. However, I find oxblood is brighter (it "pops" more), with better flow, and dries much faster than Noodler's Red-Black. (Full disclosure: I gave away my Noodler's Red-black in total frustration, because I couldn't stand how slowly it dried.)

[carroll]

Yes, and thank-you, 'cause now I have Red-black AND Oxblood to compare them! The Oxblood is brighter, less brown.

[GreenVelvet]

Yes, and thank-you, 'cause now I have Red-black AND Oxblood to compare them! The Oxblood is brighter, less brown.

 

I am totally excited by the Oxblood find, and am falling in love with this ink - it's everything I wanted Red-Black to be, but wasn't! (Oh, except for the water resistant part. Oh well.)

 

And, even though I'm mostly a vegetarian these days... the name is just sorta cool. Sorta creepy, but sorta cool.

[Northwoods]

I am totally excited by the Oxblood find, and am falling in love with this ink - it's everything I wanted Red-Black to be, but wasn't! (Oh, except for the water resistant part. Oh well.)

Precisely why I don't bother with the waterproof inks. They too often sacrifice pop for cool chemistry (the obvious exception being BSB). I'll take an ink with presence any day. If my hands are wet, I have towels. If I'm prone to spilling drinks, I'll get a sippy cup. Waterproof is for when waterproof is absolutely necessary. For all other writings, ink should make a statement (whatever that statement may be, from person to person).

 

 

 

[GreenVelvet]

I am totally excited by the Oxblood find, and am falling in love with this ink - it's everything I wanted Red-Black to be, but wasn't! (Oh, except for the water resistant part. Oh well.)

Precisely why I don't bother with the waterproof inks. They too often sacrifice pop for cool chemistry (the obvious exception being BSB). I'll take an ink with presence any day. If my hands are wet, I have towels. If I'm prone to spilling drinks, I'll get a sippy cup. Waterproof is for when waterproof is absolutely necessary. For all other writings, ink should make a statement (whatever that statement may be, from person to person).

 

I am, unfortunately, prone to spilling drinks, as well as to dripping condensation from them inadvertently on letters... but in most cases, I agree with you. I like to have a few waterproof inks going on for the addressing of envelopes and postcards, but otherwise I'm a lot more concerned about the color and behavior.

[lapis]

The only other such colour which can compare (for me, IMO) is 1670. (No, they're not the same and they're also by no means trying to surpass each other).

 

Mike

[OldPott]

Just to thank you for the review - on the strength of which I ordered a bottle, as I have been thinking about a darker toned red for a while. Without your review I would probably have gone for PR Black Cherry, although I have had problems with pens which run away with me using PR ink...

 

This is my first modern Diamine ink and I have been very impressed - thanks again.

[tawanda]

I've just got this ink, as well as Syrah, and I've found there's very little difference between them. Syrah is slightly pinker toned and Oxblood slighly browner, but unless you do a side-by-side comparison, you'd be hard pushed to tell them apart. My personal preference is Oxblood, simply because I'm not a pinkly kind of gal.

[Northwoods]

I've just got this ink, as well as Syrah, and I've found there's very little difference between them. Syrah is slightly pinker toned and Oxblood slighly browner, but unless you do a side-by-side comparison, you'd be hard pushed to tell them apart. My personal preference is Oxblood, simply because I'm not a pinkly kind of gal.

 

They are similar, as well as Rustic Brown. Each has it's own qualities, though. The browns are warmer, with the Rustic Brown being (to my eye) a brown leaning heavily towards the red, and oxblood being a red leaning heavily toward the brown. They're two points along a spectrum. Rustic brown gives me the feeling of looking at rich leather, while oxblood lives up to its namesake.

 

Syrah has the same dark saturated red, but it leans toward the blue, no brown tones in it, and that makes for a cooler color.

 

Subtle differences on some fronts, but each has a very different feel to it.

[mstone]

For what it's worth, I do use it for work. Just sayin'

 

Mergers & Acquisitions?

[omicron]

... I'm very tempted to take a vial of my own blood and trying writing with it... What anti-coagulant do you suggest?

[Fuddlestack]

I liked the Oxblood colour, so I flushed my 444 XG and refilled with it. Not bad.

 

But last night in a meeting I was using a Moleskine (yes, I know, awful paper but it's got to be used up) and my beautiful buttery nib was downright scratchy. The pen had been full of Skrip Brown before, so for now I'm putting it down to the ink. I've just tried it on Rhodia and it's none too smooth there, either.

 

The room got a bit hot later in the evening, and while my hands didn't get sweaty they were no longer as dry as usual. While talking I must have rested one of them on what I had written maybe an hour before, and it smudged. OK, the stuff isn't waterproof, but that is a little extreme.

 

Then I found that I wasn't that keen on the colour, at least not for notes. I think I'll relegate it to incidental use.

 

So: back to Skrip Brown, and I'll see what happens with the nib.

[RayOski1]

... I'm very tempted to take a vial of my own blood and trying writing with it... What anti-coagulant do you suggest?

 

 

CALCIUM CITRATE OR UNFRACTIONATED HEPARIN

[asdf]

Has anyone else had had issues with smearing Diamine Oxblood that has already dried on the paper (from contact with perspiration on hands)?

 

I recently purchased a small sample vial of Diamine Oxblood and found that I really like the color. I should like to buy a full bottle of the ink but am hesitant because of the smearing I experienced. I did not have this problem with the Noodler's Tiananmen, Diamine Red Dragon, or J. Herbin 1670 I sampled at the same time, so I don't think my hands were particularly moist.

[cubic archon]

Yes, I have had that a lot. (I also get it with 1670, personally, and a few other Diamine inks such as Majestic Blue.)

 

It does, I think, depend on the paper a lot.

Edited February 9, 2011 by cubic archon

[asdf]

It does, I think, depend on the paper a lot.

 

In your experience, which types of paper have worked particularly well?

 

I found that Oxblood smeared slightly on Crane & Co. kid finish letter sheets (100% cotton).

[ahab78]

Thank you for this review. I ordered Oxblood last week and I'm eagerly awaiting its arrival!

[cenktarhan]

This is a wonderful brownish-red and i am using it on all my daily work, note-taking, also on writing diary etc.

simply my favorite.