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This review along with all my others can be found at The Dizzy Pen.

 

There's no sense in beating around the bush here, I do not like this ink. Black is just not my ink color especially not one that shades. As a matter of fact, I no longer have the bottle. Last year I traded it to a fellow FPNer. I've had this review written up for quite some time, but I couldn't bring myself to post it. That is, until I saw a thread on FPN about a member looking for an ink that writes similarly to his favorite rollerball refill.

 

At first I scoffed at this: " FP ink like rollerball ink? Blasphemy!" I thought to myself. But, when I ran across this review card the other day I realized that this just might be a good candidate. The poster wanted a black ink (√), that wasn't too saturated (√) and that shaded just enough so that he could see the paper behind his writing (√). In my opinion Diamine Jet Black fits that description. Now if I could just find that thread so I can recommend it to the OP...

 

The Details:

  • No feathering or bleed through
  • Decent flow and lub, but there is a dry feeling about it.
  • Slow drying time at 12ish seconds
  • It shades quite a bit for a black ink (especially one called JET black)
  • It is water resistant, but not waterproof

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Hmm... interesting ink color. You said that 10 seconds was slow dry time? I thought that was pretty fast, or maybe all my inks are that badglare.gif.

 

Oh well, thanks for the review anyway!

 

Regards,

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I like to use it in Manuscript calligraphy pens, it gives the writing an almost brush-written quality. I don't use it for everyday purposes, but for artistic purposes it produces interesting effects.

Doing my part by not reproducing.

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