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This is my first review, it's a sample of Diamine Oxblood kindly sent to me by Carlc. Please feel free to let me know if I can improve on anything.

 

Forgive me for translating some of the salient points here, but I don't feel my writing is the most legible:

 

General Description:

The appearance of the ink in the vial actually scared me slightly, it really does look like blood! Dries to a very nice red / brown, and is muted enough to use at work.

 

Flow / Lubrication:

Smooth wet line much like Diamine Imperial Purple. (I actually think this writes a bit wetter, supported by the longer drying time. - This was added as an afterthought after I'd taken the photo, sorry.)

 

Appearance, Odour, Comparison with Other Brands / Shades:

As noted above, looked like a vial full of blood! No odour. I don't think a fine stiff nib like a Rotring would show shading off well.

 

Summary / Conclusions:

5ml turns out to be quite a generous amount and will probably last about a month. Nevertheless this will most likely be the next ink I buy.

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OxBlood is a wonderful ink. I love it...

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If I were to limit my inks to only 5, Diamine Oxblood would be near the top of that elite group, very near to Diamine Syrah. If the US ever decides to convert to communism, I hope that the government-approved inks are Diamine. I guess it would mean that we have to conquer that country, or at least repatriate them.

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One of my favorite inks. I use it in some medium stubs I have and you can get some shading. Very well behaved ink even on copy/printer paper from work. Great review Thanks.

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If I were to limit my inks to only 5, Diamine Oxblood would be near the top of that elite group, very near to Diamine Syrah. If the US ever decides to convert to communism, I hope that the government-approved inks are Diamine. I guess it would mean that we have to conquer that country, or at least repatriate them.

 

You have great taste. If you don't mind, could you share your top-5 inks list?

He did not use a fountain pen which fact, as any psychoanalyst will tell you, meant that the patient was a repressed undinist. -from Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

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Diamine Oxblood

Diamine Syrah

Diamine Pumpkin

Diamine Chocolate Brown

Iroshizuku Yama Budo

 

I do have one pen inked with Diamine Green Black, but cannot get excited about green ink.

 

I guess you could say that I ended up with this short list through a process of natural selection. After 4 months, there was nothing left standing in my inked pens except those 6. Diamine Pumpkin is probably the one that most folks here would say "Bleah" to, but it is a very cheerful orange, and I have not found nib crud to be a problem. Like my nose in winter, I tend to wipe the nib of my fountain pen with tissue frequently, so nothing ever builds up on any of my nibs.

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