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Diamine Rustic Brown


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While looking for a brown ink in my collection, I came across a bottle of Diamine Rustic Brown that I forgot I had purchased. Here's an ink review for those of you who may be in the market for a reddish brown. I've included a swab sample of Diamine Oxblood for a comparison.

 

After uploading the scan, my monitor doesn't exhibit the deeper red of the Oxblood demonstrated on the original.

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Regards,

 

Mike

 

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How does it compare to some of the other browns like Havana Brown/Walnut/Kiowa Pecan?

 

Great review btw.

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. - Seneca

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Very fine review! I've had similar good experiences with this ink, even though I'm not usually a fan of the color brown.

 

The earthy, red undertone and the wonderful flow properties have won me over, and it does look different with different nibs of course, another

reason I enjoy it so much.

 

And, I'm also admiring that lovely cursive italic nib.

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Love this ink, thanks for the review, it is a quiet winner. In answer to tne above, it is not mostly brown as are Havana Brown, Kiowa Pecan, or Walnut, the latter of which are dark browns. A better Noodler's comparison would be Alamo's Twilight. The discontinued Sailor Red Brown is also in the ballpark.What else, what else? Brain not working now.

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I own both this ink and Diamine's Monaco Red, which is a lovely blood red. When I compared them side by side I noticed they're basically the same colour, only Rustic Brown is darker. Even though I only use Monaco Red nowadays I'm still really fond of Rustic Brown. It goes especially well with slightly yellowish paper, as in my Rhodia Webnotebook.

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