New And Upcoming Diamine Inks

[Strang]

I am disagreeing with the colour of the Denim in the scan. Both Sandy's review and my writing are significantly darker than shown above. Is that scan properly calibrated as it appears too bright.

 

 

Except for the exceptions listed in the original post, these colours appear here as on the page they were written.

[Fabienne]

I think they should just drop 'em all and let us fight it out like a pack of lions going after a lame antelope.

^^^That's the 'tude! ^^^

 

Seriously, they are gorgeous colors. Grape is fairly astonishing with it darkness shading to, well, grape! Well done.

[Laura N]

I'm loving the Eclipse that I recently purchased, though I'm still trying to decide exactly what color it is. Goulet Pens called it dark purple, but I was thinking blue-black. Anyone else tried the new colors for fall, and what do you think?

 

I think of the Eclipse as a black purple, or a purple black. To me, it looks nearly black with a fine nib. With a 1.1 italic, it looks like a very, very dark purple. It's an interesting shade, and I'm glad I tried it, but it's not one I loved personally

 

I tried the new Denim, which I really did like, but not enough to dethrone Diamine Midnight, to which it's very similar. I also tried the Macassar and reached a similar verdict: I liked it a lot, but not enough to replace either Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-guri or Diamine Chocolate Brown.

[adyonka]

I'll just go ahead and add myself as an early fan of the Ancient Copper. Can't wait to get a bottle of that at my local pen and ink pusher.

 

I mean distributor.

[reprieve]

I need Ancient Copper and Soft Mint! Eclipse looks intriguing, and I will order samples of it, along with samples of Sargasso Sea and Bilberry and maybe Strawberry. But Ancient Copper and Soft Mint... those are the ones I need.

[Amandaa]

ancient copper, bilberry, meadow and soft mint need to come with me!

[sadiemagic]

When is the Ancient Copper slated for release? And the Sargasso Sea? I thought the latter isn't until mid-2012, but I can't remember what was posted about Ancient Copper. thanks for posting the scan!

 

Ancient Copper due for release in December, Sargasso Sea due in June of 2012.

 

Thanks for the info!

[fuchsiaprincess]

Strang, your scans are so much better at showing the subtle differences between the inks

 

Thanks for sharing!

[Strang]

Strang, your scans are so much better at showing the subtle differences between the inks Thanks for sharing!

 

 

Thanks Soki. I should correct my list, it should say "Diamine Wild Strawberry" not "Diamine Strawberry".

[RGH]

I have a feeling there's going to be a major run on Ancient Copper based on all the comments here and previously, yours truly included. I hope Phil is mixing up an extra large vat, or whatever they use. Maybe two vats.

 

+1

[Surnia]

Copper, Eclipse, Ochre, and Eau de Nil are interesting... If any are semi-waterproof like oxblood, I might be sorely tempted to pick one up...

[Silent Speaker]

*sigh

 

My eyes are so hopeless: I spent a long moment trying to figure out why Diamine made a red ink called "Meadow"

 

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I wonder which of Bilberry and Sargasso shades better, if at all?

Edited November 12, 2011 by Silent Speaker

[fuchsiaprincess]

*sigh

 

My eyes are so hopeless: I spent a long moment trying to figure out why Diamine made a red ink called "Meadow"

 

:roflmho:

 

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I wonder which of Bilberry and Sargasso shades better, if at all?

 

Difficult to say as both are extremely saturated and very dark inks. I would have to say that Sargasso Sea night shade slightly more than Bilberry.

Edited November 12, 2011 by fuchsiaprincess

[Mauricio]

Strang,

 

Thanks for posting the scan. Lots of beautiful new ink colors by Diamine. Have been using the Meadow in a Parker 51 pen for the last two weeks and have been very pleased with this ink.

Can't wait for the release of the other colors.

[PAKMAN]

Oh yea! Ancient Copper is definitely going on my want list!!

[raging.dragon]

I'll be getting samples of several of them: Merlot, Matador, Saragasso, Eclipse, Ancient Copper, Bilberry and Meadow. The ones I'm most likely to end up getting full bottles of are Ancient Copper and Sargasso, and perhaps Merlot and/or Matador as well.

[JLT]

Gee, thanks Strang . . .

 

The LAST thing I thought I needed was another blue ink. Until this. Bilberry is a must. And Sargasso Sea. Then there's Denim . . . :gaah:

[WOBentley]

Bilberry and Sargasso Sea are musts for me...Ancient Copper...what's above a must? :embarrassed_smile: The shading on Ancient Copper looks amazing!

Edited November 12, 2011 by WOBentley