Diamine Handel (Diamine Music Collection)—A Handwritten Review

[mhphoto]

Here's my first review of the Diamine Music Collection inks, all of which are awesome in my book.

 

Diamine Handel is a soft, red-leaning purple ink with an attractive green sheen on heavier deposits.

 

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[visvamitra]

It's interesting ink, thank you for taking time to make review and share it with us.

[migo984]

I love your writing; it certainly shows up this ink's character. Agree about the Music Set. I'm onto refills of most colours already. My favourite is Schubert.

 

ps if you like Handel, you'll love Sailor-made Joyful-2 Purple Heart :-)

[Davros]

Great review. I really like Handel in wet pens like you're using here, and it's been a good performer for me.

 

And thanks for trying multiple solvents.

[Azure Flash]

Wow!! This ink is beautiful. Totally slipped under my radar until now. Going to have to try it someday...

[Frank C]

Thanks for the review. Another interesting ink from Diamine. So many inks, so little time . . . .

[ENewton]

Do you know how this ink compares to Grape, in color and behavior? Grape also has the green sheen, but this ink looks less saturated. Have you noticed any tendency to dry in the nib in normal use?

[Pensei]

Just for the sake of conversation, and with apologies for necroposting, I would like to vote for this ink as being the most different irl from the color on the bottle, the color at the manufacturer's website, and, interestingly enough, the pictures kindly posted by various intrepid reviewers at FPN. It's downright weird. I find this to be essentially a brown ink, with maybe the slightest bit of pink hiding in the corners. I almost feel that someone at Diamine put the wrong ink in my bottle.