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Diamine Coral was one of this month's Ink Drop samples. I expected it to be a pretty bright red with some pink to the light areas, so figured I'd try it in a stub nib.

 

... but I guess I didn't research the ink first, it has a gold shimmer, though kind of hard to scan, so also got a picture of it.

 

http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/inks/diaminecoral_scan_1280.jpg

 

http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/inks/diaminecoral_1280.jpg

 

Neat... but it likes to bleed on even 105g paper (it didn't bleed the rhodia above, but it did bleed on Georgia-Pacific Super Premium 105g/28lb paper, feathered too which diamine grey on the same nib didn't do).

 

I wonder what paper makes the best use of that shimmering. So far it shows on Rhodia, but only when it's pretty wetly applied (ie: the pointed part above was 3 strokes of it).

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Sheen is most visible on smooth not very absorbent paper, e.g. Clairefontaine.

Noticing that, Rhodia is however the smoothest paper I have at the moment. I wonder what the thin vellum would be like.

 

But good to know I just need paper that keeps most of the ink at the surface.

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Good thing I didn't sample the R&K Helianthus that was also in this month's ink drop then...

 

http://cdn3.volusion.com/zecn7.jeyr6/v/vspfiles/photos/RK40210050-2.jpg?1396348462

 

This one seems pleasant enough :)

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Ermagerd! You have the same setup I do! The Singularity with a 1.5 stub is sooooooo wonderful. I'll have to ink mine up with the remainder of my sample of coral soon... :-)

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Yea, that sounds like a sweet ride!


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Ermagerd! You have the same setup I do! The Singularity with a 1.5 stub is sooooooo wonderful. I'll have to ink mine up with the remainder of my sample of coral soon... :-)

 

I *had* the 1.5 in a Jinhao X750... but the Singularity Demonstrator just suits it. I actually got it with a Nemosine 0.7 stub, but I installed that on a X750 and sold it to a classmate (the nemosine stub ran too dry for me, didn't care for it, the goulet was much smoother).

 

 

 

This one seems pleasant enough :)

 

Shoreline Gold wasn't bad on the stub (just can't find the write sample I did), I didn't try the R&K cuz it seemed too much like highlighter ink.

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I've heard that onion skin and vellum paper are a sheening ink's best friends. That Coral really is a beautiful color, with or without the sheen.

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