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Manufacturers since 1864, Diamine Inks relocated to this purpose built 'state of the art' factory in Liverpool in 1925, where they successfully carried on using the traditional methods and formulas for ink production. Over the years the company has changed hands and are now located close to the world famous Aintree Race Course



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Diamine Salamander is a bizarre (=unique looking) ink. If you like the color of gutter water and can look at the way it swirls for hours, chances are you'll enjoy this color. The hue you see on paper is strongly dependent on the nib and paper you use. In places it can be almost black but even in wetter pens yellow undertones are visible. This ink doesn't belong to one color family - it has dark green, brown, yellow, black in it.


The flow is smooth, it appears to dry quickly and evenly. In finer nibs drying times are fast and the ink won't smudge if you happen to pass a hand through the paper. It doesn't really offer water resistance.


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Drops of ink on kitchen towel




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Color range



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Tomoe River - Kaweco Classic Sport, broad nib





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Leuchtturm 1917 - Kaweco AL Sport, broad nib




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Clairefontaine, Lamy Al-Star, broad nib



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Water resistance



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mehandiratta Donor Pen

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This is my favorite ink from Diamine...

Absolutely love this ink...

yeah you are right it looks black most of the times in pen which leave lot of ink...

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I was happy to discover this ink & always glad to fill a pen with it. It can seem like a dilute version of another of my favorite inks, Stipula's Calamo Verde Muschiato, but it is MORE than that as well. It is just not like anything else, mysterious is the best word to describe it. I am just grateful I made it's acquaintance here; FPN has introduced me to MANY friends, this is a good one & I thank our member "THE GOOD CAPTAIN" for it.

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Thanks for the review. It's my current favourite among green inks. I'm particularly impressed by how it behaves with a broad, flexible nib (more on that plus a comparison to a KWZ ink will follow shortly).

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This is my favorite ink from Diamine...

Absolutely love this ink...

yeah you are right it looks black most of the times in pen which leave lot of ink...

 

Mine too :wub:

I love this ink. Thank you migo984 !

 

Great review as always. Clearly showing it's Chameleon qualities.

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I'm a fan of dusky, weird, greenish inks and Salamander fits the bill. I especially like using it in wet fine or medium nibs--you get a near-black line with nice glimpses of grey-green here and there. Now one of my favorite Diamine inks.

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I tried a sample of this a couple of years ago when it first came out. Not a green for me.

But thanks as always for the review.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Mine too :wub:

I love this ink. Thank you migo984 !

 

Great review as always. Clearly showing it's Chameleon qualities.

And thank you, Tas, for taking this one off my hands. It reminds me of something distinctly unmentionable. If an ink can look like a smelly pond, this is it. Maybe it's a st-ink, not an ink ;-)

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And thank you, Tas, for taking this one off my hands. It reminds me of something distinctly unmentionable. If an ink can look like a smelly pond, this is it. Maybe it's a st-ink, not an ink ;-)

 

:) I had good laugh at this. Yes, I can see this happening. This ink may be discribes as unique but also as gutter watter, burnt oil or even cesspit contents alike.

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It is so nice that now there are so many different colors of fountain pen ink & so many different people that like them. I can spend the rest of my life not owning or using this ink, but it is available for people that do appreciate it.

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I love this ink and glad that it seems well-liked on the whole.

The Good Captain

"Meddler's 'Salamander' - almost as good as the real thing!"

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Always a pleasure to read your reviews Visvamitra.

Concise and well documented with great Photos.

 

Should I describe this ink with one Word, it would be "ambivalence"

I absolutely loved this ink from the very first review, but I have yet to pair it with a pen and paper that gives me the same satisfaction as when I see what everyone else can do with this lovely ink.

If nothing else - this review has sparked a second crusade. I´ll roll up my sleeves, find a pen that hasn´t been acquainted with salamander yet, and give it a go.

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Love this ink, esp. in broad nibs, but it's passable at work for an almost-black (at least won't raise eyebrows in a meeting setting) in a euro fine / japanese medium. I think of Ed Jelley's calling it "garbage water" every time I write with it.

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Great review! I love your description of "gutter water". But truthfully, this is not a color I would enjoy. As you do not care for blue-greens, I do not care for murky green browns such as this.

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