De Atramentis Silver Grey

[owenj]

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I love this grey! I thought I was set on Diamine Grey, then on Iroshizuku Kiri-same, but DA's Silver Grey won in the end. It's darker than Kiri-same, but more "silver" than Diamine Grey. Not as blue as Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun or Omas New Grey. Not as yellow-green as Noodler's Lexington Grey (nor is there a strong chemical scent).

 

Great flow/lubrication from the DA line. Nicely saturated & moderate shading. I wrote the review using a Japanese medium nib, & my scanner doesn't show shading variation very well. Not super pronounced, but it's there. Dry time is moderate somewhere around 12-15 seconds on the review paper.

 

No feathering/bleeding. Show through wouldn't inhibit using both sides of the paper. Beautiful grey that's a true grey & not just watered down black.

[swanjun]

Thanks for the review! De Atramentis has a lot of interesting greys, and I look forward to trying them all.

[jandrese]

Thanks for this, looks like a great alternative to Diamine Grey.

[owenj]

Thanks for the review! De Atramentis has a lot of interesting greys, and I look forward to trying them all.

 

Oooh! Ink reviews if you do! :roflmho: Agreed, DA has a lot of beautiful greys spanning practically the entire "grey spectrum." Brown-grey, blue-grey, green-grey...

 

Thanks for this, looks like a great alternative to Diamine Grey.

 

It was a toss up because Diamine Grey is a bit more wallet friendly. I like a pretty free flowing ink so I chose this one instead.

[IWantThat]

Thank you! I've always been intrigued by gray inks but found them too light in the past to be read comfortably. This one looks like a nice one

[Uncle Red]

Nice review, thanks

[owenj]

Thank you! I've always been intrigued by gray inks but found them too light in the past to be read comfortably. This one looks like a nice one

 

Both this & Diamine Grey are dark enough to be easily legible without looking like a washed out black

 

Nice review, thanks

 

Thanks!

[lovemy51]

sounds like a perfect grey!! thx for the review!

[Toolattack]

I like this ink a lot.

Thanks for the review, I think you are right this ink is slightly more silver 'in the flesh'.

[raging.dragon]

I've been looking for a nice grey ink, and my local pen shop carries some De Atramentis inks so I'll have to see if they have this one in stock.

[Scriptorium Pens]

Your review prompted me to pull this one back out. Thanks! I'd forgotten how much I love it. It's one of my top fav grey inks, along with Diamine Grey, Iro Kiri-same, & Sailor Mikage Grey.