New Diamine 150Th Anniversary Ink: Tudor Blue

[Chrissy]

This is a fairly quick review, so that I can get up some reviews of the 8 new Diamine inks for you to look at. I haven't tried them all on lot's of different papers yet, but that will come later.

 

Today I've been writing with them in my cheap Silvine Notepad. It's fairly absorbent paper, so dry times are quick. It's a white paper so I find it easier to get the ink colours accurate in Photoshop.

 

I noticed that all 8 of these new ink samples have wet flow, good lubrication, some shading, no sheen. They clean up very easily from skin and pens. I've had these inks in these various pens for at least 2 weeks now, and they all start up immediately with no problems.

 

Sorry, I haven't yet tested for water resistance, and I will do that soon.

 

These inks will be available from Diamine in the 150th Anniversary range bottles as well as packs of 20 cartridges. I don't yet have any bottles to show you.

 

 

 

[lgsoltek]

I like this one as well! Thank you Chrissy. You posted the three I'm quite interested in! Next one Golden Honey?

[Fairlight]

Oh boy. Just when I thought I had a handle on the blues.

Tudor looks halfway between Aster and Cornflower.

Thank you Chrissy for letting us see the "rushes".

[antichresis]

Thank you for the review!

[Chrissy]

I like this one as well! Thank you Chrissy. You posted the three I'm quite interested in! Next one Golden Honey?

 

You're welcome. I started with these 3 as they are in a similar colour range and it hasn't been easy to show the exact shade of Lilac Night with Photoshop. So I wanted to get it done while we had a nice bright day.

 

I'm not so happy about this paper as it's quite absorbent, so isn't showing up the shading very well. I'm going to change paper before I continue with the other 5.

 

I will do Golden Honey and Blood Orange next.

[Chrissy]

Oh boy. Just when I thought I had a handle on the blues.

Tudor looks halfway between Aster and Cornflower.

Thank you Chrissy for letting us see the "rushes".

You're welcome. That's a good call - yes Tudor Blue is like a 'toned-down' refined shade between Aster and Cornflower.

[Chrissy]

Thank you for the review!

You're welcome.

[ManofKent]

Not a colour that excites me, but very pleasant looking. Thank you.

[Chrissy]

Not a colour that excites me, but very pleasant looking. Thank you.

 

You're welcome.

[Diderot]

Nice ink, very nice review.

Thanks.

 

Any idea as to where this slots in compared to Asa Gao and Visconti Blue?

[amberleadavis]

Thanks Chrissy for the comparisons also.

[Chrissy]

Nice ink, very nice review.

Thanks.

 

Any idea as to where this slots in compared to Asa Gao and Visconti Blue?

 

You're welcome. I will try to do some comparisons. I don't have any Asa-gao, but I do have Visconti Blue.

[Chrissy]

Thanks Chrissy for the comparisons also.

You're welcome. I will get around to doing some comparisons with other similarly colored inks.

[Chrissy]

Here is my review form for Diamine Tudor Blue:

Diamine 150th Anniversary Tudor Blue

One of the 8 New 150th Anniversary colours available in special 40ml bottles
All 16 Anniversary Inks will be made available in standard short European cartridges packs of 20

• Flow Rate: Less wet than some of the others
• Lubrication: Pleasant on several different papers.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Fairly saturated
• Shading Potential: Good
• Sheen: Not seen
• Show-Through:
  • Tomoe River 52gsm.
  • Cheaper generic 80gsm printer papers & lined pads.
  • Field Notes
  • CiAK InTempo
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Seen on Field Notes.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 2 weeks in the pen
• Staining (pen): Not seen - easy clean-up
• Staining (hands): Not seen - easy clean-up
• Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
• Water resistance: Quite water resistant, but not sold as waterproof.
• Availability: Will be available from Diamine Inks web-site and other outlets.

[Chrissy]

I just popped into this review thread to say that these inks have now been issued and are readily available from Diamine and other retailers.

[ca49reber]

I just popped into this review thread to say that these inks have now been issued and are readily available from Diamine and other retailers.

Vanness has them now. I ordered my set because I don't have enough ink!

[taike]

I like this blue quite a bit!

 

thank you

[inkstainedruth]

This one looks like a keeper....

Thanks for the review. And, well, not....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Chrissy]

This one looks like a keeper....

Thanks for the review. And, well, not....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

You're welcome.

[lapis]

Thanks for this nice review. What a splendid blue. Exactly as you say, no red, no green in it. A pure middle-to-dark blue. Crass... it's almost as bad as blue-blacks... I'll never stop collecting them....