Diamine x Niche Pens Alexandrite

[yazeh]

Diamine x Niche Pens Alexandrite

  

Many thanks @JungleJim for the sample. This was a part of blind test on the FPGeeks. 

 

Ink is made by Diamine for Niche pens aka Purepens Uk. Ink comes in both shimmering (30 ml bottles) and non-shimmering (30 ml /80 ml bottles). This sample was the non-shimmering version. 

 

It’s a gorgeous, saturated teal /turquoise, with beautiful shading and a red sheen on most papers. The writing experience is so exquisite that makes you forget about the world. Dry times are about 25s on Rhodia, so ink is not suitable for lefty over writers. I left the ink for a long time in the pen. Surprisingly cleaning while needed quite a bit of flushing was easy. 

 

While there's some water resistance, you don't want this ink anywhere close to sweaty palms/ pools etc. The amount of dye that washes out is impressive  

 

Ink is best used with Japanese paper, where the shading/ sheening is most prominent. Copy paper is not for this ink and with Rhodia the sheen is present mostly with the wettest pen (Nib creaper)

 

The wetter the pen, the more prominent the sheen, the dryer the “sheen” becomes shading. 

The sheen is very subtle with EF-F nibs on Midori, Tomoe River 68gr, obvious with M, B nibs, disappeared with the stub, and with Semi-flex nib creaper it became prominent. 

 

On Iroful paper, the shading appears as sheen, with the flex nib, the sheening was massive. 

 

Chroma:

 

 

 

Writing Samples:

Photo:

Papers are Midori /Tomoe River 68 gr /Iroful
Nibs are B/Stub/ Semi-flex

 

Comparison:

Water test:

Left side 10 seconds under running water. Sample was written with glass nib. So, amount of ink is more than a normal nib. Sample was left 1 hour under fan. 

While there's some resistance to water, you really don't want this ink any place near water  

 

Art Work:

Sailor Kiwa-guro, Diamine X Niche Pens Alexandrite and Noodler's Polar Brown. 

 

 

·      Pens used: Lamy (Reverse Ef, EF/F/M/B, 1.1) , Noodler’s Nib creaper

·      What I liked: Writing experience, artwork and cleaning. I also liked how you could have both shading/ sheen. 

·      What I did not like: Long dry times, and close to water it can be messy (nit picking) 

·       What some might not like: Long dry times,  copy paper. 

·      Shading: Gorgeous. 

·      Ghosting: Yes, on cheap paper. 

·      Bleed through: Yes, on cheap paper.

·      Flow Rate: Wet

·      Lubrication: Excellent. 

·      Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. 

·      Start-up:  Great

·      Saturation:  Saturated

·      Shading Potential: Yes baby! 

·      Sheen: Yes 

·      Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: A tiny bit on copy paper. . 

·      Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.

·      Staining (pen): Not at all. 

·      Clogging: Did not notice.

·      Cleaning: Quite easy.

·      Water resistance: Non-existent. 

·      Availability: 30 ml (shimmering), 30 ml/ 80 ml bottles (non-shimmering)

 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier  

 

 

 

[LizEF]

Great review, @yazeh!  On my screen, the scans lean strongly green (but still look teal), but the photo looks very blue (not much teal there).  The images on Pure Pens do the same thing (first leans strongly blue, the other is greenish teal).  I'm guessing reality is in the middle, with paper, lighting, and amount of ink making a noticeable difference.  Whatever the case, it looks quite appealing.

 

Funny quotes.  Gentleman mousey again.   And what a distinguished birdie!

 

Thanks for another review and introduction of an ink I hadn't heard of before!

[InesF]

Oh yes, I feel mainstream, I'm attracted by this turquoise ink. I like especially the subtle grey undertone!

 

Thank you, @yazeh, for this ink review, for finding this nice quote, for keeping cat almost dry, for the wonderful dove traveller (or postal dove?)  and for sending me out to a mission: find and get this ink!

 

Always a pleasure!  👍

Again, Hammermill paper does it well, but I like also the ink appearance on TomoeRiver and Rhodia. There are so many similar turquoise inks out, this one is a tiny bit different, enough to make it interesting.

 

Have a good week, see you next review day!   (if I'm back from my mission)

 

[yazeh]

10 hours ago, LizEF said:

Great review, @yazeh! 

Yep, on mine two. But this is definitely teal, blue leaning  

10 hours ago, LizEF said:

On my screen, the scans lean strongly green (but still look teal), but the photo looks very blue (not much teal there). 

The Mnemosyne paper is this most correct image  This is a dark teal. You should probably soon receive a sample writing of this  

10 hours ago, LizEF said:

The images on Pure Pens do the same thing (first leans strongly blue, the other is greenish teal).  I'm guessing reality is in the middle, with paper, lighting, and amount of ink making a noticeable difference.  Whatever the case, it looks quite appealing.

Yes it is quite appealing. It's the type of cushion-y ink that unleashes creativity. When I start writing with this one, I cannot stop  

10 hours ago, LizEF said:

Funny quotes.  Gentleman mousey again.   And what a distinguished birdie!

Yep. The colour reminds me the shimmery teal behind some pigeons necks. This was part of an inktober challenge prompt, loft. Apparently it also means,  a pigeon house.

10 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

Thanks for another review and introduction of an ink I hadn't heard of before!

A pleasure!

[yazeh]

5 hours ago, InesF said:

Oh yes, I feel mainstream, I'm attracted by this turquoise ink. I like especially the subtle grey undertone!

5 hours ago, InesF said:

 

Thank you, @yazeh, for this ink review, for finding this nice quote, for keeping cat almost dry, for the wonderful dove traveller (or postal dove?)  and for sending me out to a mission: find and get this ink!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did  You can only get it at Purepens. I've put a link above. Also note there's a shimmering version. 

5 hours ago, InesF said:

 

Always a pleasure!  👍

Again, Hammermill paper does it well, but I like also the ink appearance on TomoeRiver and Rhodia. There are so many similar turquoise inks out, this one is a tiny bit different, enough to make it interesting.

Yes, this one it is. I this the right among the sheen/shading and alternate between them depending the wetness of the one

5 hours ago, InesF said:

Have a good week, see you next review day!   (if I'm back from my mission)

I'll be staying at Houston and I hope there's no problem  

[yazeh]

@LizEF see if this photo helps. I kept the R&K Blue-eyed Mary, so you have a point of reference:

[LizEF]

2 hours ago, yazeh said:

You should probably soon receive a sample writing of this  

Ha!  Already did (on Saturday).   Was more interested in the content and didn't pay attention to ink color. [goes to look]

 

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

@LizEF see if this photo helps. I kept the R&K Blue-eyed Mary, so you have a point of reference:

Thank you!  For my screen, the Tomoe River and swatch card are closest to what my eyes see.

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

Ooo, a gray component.  Nice.

 

I've had samples of Yama Dori and BBH, but can't remember anything about BBH.  Yama Dori is sheeny, too.  Seems maybe a similar base color?  

 

Mousie being gallant again.  Though I can still see a watery image, I would not attempt to call this ink Waterproof.

 

@yazeh, thanks once again for making life colorful with your detailed, entertaining InkSplorations!  Keep 'em coming!

 

Henny Youngman quotes for the win!

[yazeh]

38 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Ha!  Already did (on Saturday).   Was more interested in the content and didn't pay attention to ink color. [goes to look]

Glad to hear that. Imagine when a reader is more interested in the font rather than the text 😂

38 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Thank you!  For my screen, the Tomoe River and swatch card are closest to what my eyes see.

 

You got it 👍

[yazeh]

2 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Ooo, a gray component.  Nice.

2 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

I've had samples of Yama Dori and BBH, but can't remember anything about BBH.  Yama Dori is sheeny, too.  Seems maybe a similar base color?  

Probably. This ink reminds me of the base color of some of Organic Studios sheen inks. it's much better behaved and a joy to use 😊

2 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

Mousie being gallant again.  Though I can still see a watery image, I would not attempt to call this ink Waterproof.

No, it'd not. I shudder of the idea of this ink besides a pool or on hot summer day with a cool drink. It'll be ink / stain galore 😊

2 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

@yazeh, thanks once again for making life colorful with your detailed, entertaining InkSplorations!  Keep 'em coming!

 A pleasure. I have enough ready until the inktober madness is fdone 😂

2 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Henny Youngman quotes for the win!

Wasn't he a treasure? 😊

[Bo Bo Olson]

I will be wanting that ink.

...........

I'm glad you got Pure Pen section started...please inform me of how to put a Pure Pen ink reviews in the section.

I've contacted two moderators but as of yet no answer....one asked two days ago...the other just 10-12 hours ago....One has quit, so Lapis alone.

I have 3 Pure ink reviews done (on two papers; copy paper and CT)...Beddgelert, Pendine Sands and Glens of Antrim.

 

To do, in I do have to wait for clean pens (having 35 inked)...will be Celtic Sea, Porthcurno Cove and Saltire Blue.

I am sure I can find 9 clean pens of F,M&B.....but don't have anymore cup space on my desk....having four cups on my desk.

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

I will be wanting that ink.

 

3 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

...........

I'm glad you got Pure Pen section started...please inform me of how to put a Pure Pen ink reviews in the section.

I've contacted two moderators but as of yet no answer....one asked two days ago...the other just 10-12 hours ago.

I have 3 Pure ink reviews done (on two papers; copy paper and CT)...Beddgelert, Pendine Sands and Glens of Antrim.

You do the review. They would arrange it themselves, I believe every month or so

3 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

To do, in I do have to wait for clean pens (having 35 inked)...will be Celtic Sea, Porthcurno Cove and Saltire Blue.

I am sure I can find 9 clean pens of F,M&B.....but don't have anymore cup space on my desk....having four cups on my desk.

That's a lot of inked pens. I'm already lost with 10 inked pens
 

[Bo Bo Olson]

For years I lived with 17 inked pens, then got down to 7 to use more ink.

Then did some orange inks, then some grey inks, and some new inks came in...up to 35 down to 19 and back up to 33+.

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

For years I lived with 17 inked pens, then got down to 7 to use more ink.

Then did some orange inks, then some grey inks, and some new inks came in...up to 35 down to 19 and back up to 33+.