Amazing Amethyst - Diamine

[visvamitra]

Manufacturers since 1864, Diamine Inks relocated to this purpose built 'state of the art' factory in Liverpool in 1925, where they successfully carried on using the traditional methods and formulas for ink production. Over the years the company has changed hands and are now located close to the world famous Aintree Race Course

http://www.diamineinks.co.uk/images/DimaineFactory.gif

Amazing Amethyst is somewhere between violet and purple. It is muted, but quite rich in the right nib. It shades in nicely– from medium pale to very dark violet-purple. This ink isn't very wet but the flow in most pens is enjoyable. Shading is rich. Behavior is proper.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Color range

No name notebook - Mopntblanc 342, flexy nib

Leuchtturm 1917 - Kaweco AL Sport, broad nib

 

[lgsoltek]

It doesn't look very amazing to me...

[Astronymus]

Nice color but it lacks brilliance the of the real thing. ... At least on the photos.

[MKeith]

Thanks for another great review. This ink is one that I have had loaded continually for the last year. The "amazing" thing to me is to watch it go on almost black and then dry to a rich dusky purple. Shading and even the amount of purple exhibited is different in the width of nib as well as wetness. It is a very well behaved and cleans up easily.

[inkstainedruth]

Hmmm. I'd have to see a side by side with Skrip Purple, which I already have.

Thanks for the review though.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[crescent2]

Amazing Amethyst is probably my favorite purple ink, with the caveat that it's in the right pen. Of all the inks I own, this one's color varies more from pen to pen than any other I have. From a nice wet pen, it is truly an amazing amethyst. But from a very dry pen (Safari, I'm talking to you, bah--every ink looks washed out from it) it is a washed-out grayish something. If you have this ink, try it in your wettest pens. From my TWSBI Diamond 580 with 1.1 mm stub nib, it is absolutely beautiful!

[amberleadavis]

Proper Behavior. giggle

 

Thanks for the review Vis. This is not one of my favorite purples, but it is certainly not a bad ink.

[domzals1]

Definitely no Dark Lilac, but not a bad purple. Thanks for the review!

[Mercian]

I like this ink. Especially in ‘wet’ pens, which allow its potential for shading to really come through.

 

I recently found this review of Robert Oster Signature ‘Sydney Lavender’.
The colour range of that ink seems to me to be similar to that of ‘Amazing Amethyst’.

 

So, if anyone lives in a place in which Diamine inks are hard to find, or expensive, it may be worth their while to look for Robert Oster Signature ‘Sydney Lavender’ instead.

[Cursive Child]

On 3/25/2023 at 11:34 AM, Mercian said:

I like this ink. Especially in ‘wet’ pens, which allow its potential for shading to really come through.

 

I recently found this review of Robert Oster Signature ‘Sydney Lavender’.
The colour range of that ink seems to me to be similar to that of ‘Amazing Amethyst’.

 

So, if anyone lives in a place in which Diamine inks are hard to find, or expensive, it may be worth their while to look for Robert Oster Signature ‘Sydney Lavender’ instead.

Second that. I've used it with wet, fine nibs, and it's very nice!

 

I have Diamine Vivaldi, a darker and duller purple, and the Sydney Lavender reminds me of that, rather than Amazing Amethyst. My experience is similar to @visvamitra's review above.