Diamine Oxblood

February 18, 2012

My bottle has just arrived and I'm very happy with it. I love how it just in between red and brown, which makes it easy on the eye, yet still more interesting than ordinairy brown.

I'm going to try the Red Dragon somewhere in the near future, but for now the Oxblood seems like the perfect red(ish) ink.

March 4, 2012

Hi all,

Has anyone ever tried Oxblood in an Ancora F nib? I loaded up my pen this morning (a Demonstrator...it looks like I'm writing with a transfusion needle) and it feathered and bled through like crazy on cheap memo paper, but it dries in 3 or 4 seconds. On Rhodia, though, there's no feathering or bleedthrough, but it takes about 15-20 seconds to dry. That being said, the color is incredibly rich and I too love it. I'm just concerned about the long dry time.

March 5, 2012

The only red ink I have at the moment is Visconti Burgundy red, which apart from being red, to me doesn't resemble burgindy at all. Nonetheless i'll never be without a bottle - it's rapidly become one of my favourites.

That being said, this post has tempted me to think that only one red may be too few. And besides, there it a lot of old schoolbooks on display in the Pen Room museum in Birmingham dating from the inter war priod. In most cases the iron gall inks used in schools in this period age to this kind of colour and I've been looking for an ink like this for some time.

So the wallet may be about to become just a little bit lighter.

But then again, if anyone ever asks me to sign in blood ...

Chris B.

Like Chris I also use Visconti Bourdeaux, personally I see no problem with it for business. Maybe it depends on the business you're in, blood red on a medical form or legal document may be a little more intimidating than the I.T. documents I usually write on. This is a great review, I love red inks and always have one pen with me that contains a burgandy colour so I definitely want to try this ink out. I'm kicking myself though, I just made an order to GouletPens last night and if I had read this review I would have tossed it in.

Oh well, maybe next time.

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

I know you probably meant this as a joke but to give you a serious answer, there's a painter named Vincent Castigilla who paints exclusively in human blood. His artwork is monochromatic and can be a bit morbid, but if you wanted to seriously try that I'm sure he has useful information on his web site or at least has contact info. Otherwise warfarin or heparin will probably do the job but I don't know where you would get it. You may want to use a dip pen or a glass pen for such things, any normal filling mechanism in a fountain pen is probably going to dry out if you put blood in it.

Hopefully that doesn't label me as "the morbid guy who knows about blood painting"

~ Daniel

Edited March 5, 2012 by rakka

March 16, 2012

My Oxblood is noticably redder in my Sailor 1911 F nib, compared to my Waterman Perspective F nib... Is this just because the Sailor writes finer or drier? If so, I'll have to search for a different ink for the Sailor 'cause this it makes Oxblood a bit too red for everyday writing...

Edited March 16, 2012 by Arasazi

July 13, 2012

This was one of the first inks bought when I came back to fountain pens again after a while... Simply wonderful. It allows for pretending you're doing something you're not (writing with some kind of blood) and it is borderline professional use friendly. I have removed it from my regular rotation for a while though - I've been asked whether I use 0 negative in my demonstrator pen (by a hematologist, mind you. A lot of laughs. Real blood looks different on paper. I've tried. Less dramatic). So... Borderline. Will be introducing it again some time soon I think.

July 13, 2012

My Oxblood is noticably redder in my Sailor 1911 F nib, compared to my Waterman Perspective F nib... Is this just because the Sailor writes finer or drier? If so, I'll have to search for a different ink for the Sailor 'cause this it makes Oxblood a bit too red for everyday writing...

You might want to try Noodler's Red-Black for an F nibbed pen. DeAtramentis Oriental Red is rather brick colored and probably won't help you go darker.

Private Reserve Fiesta Red is bright red, but a more pure red. Probably too bright for you.

July 14, 2012

i love oxblood. it now resides in my M1000 and my sailor pro gear:

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September 28, 2014

This has become my favorite ink. I write long notes in a philosophy class and then write my first drafts for essays in it. Wonderful free flowing ink, looks great.