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An inky friend sent this sample a while back and now I've gotten to a review.

 

This is from the Diamine Flowers set, which seems to be difficult to find now in the US. Anderson seems to have this ink in small bottles. Several UK sites seem to sell 30 ml refills, so if this is an ink you like, it is possible to get more.

 

The ink didn't do well in my Edison Premiere, while not feeling dry, the flow wasn't good enough to get decent color. I'd have to slow down my writing to do so. In a Pelikan with a broad nib, that few of my inks can tame, this one fit the bill. I got a rich orange line. So the old saw of matching pen and ink applies here. Still a bit of a light color, but sometimes delicacy is called for.

 

Not water resistant at all.

 

Pens: Edison Premiere (M-steel), Pelikan M205 (B-steel)

Papers: MvL=Mohawk via Linen, TR=Tomoe River, Hij=Hammermill 28 lb inkjet, Rhodia=Rhodia 90g ivory.

Camera: iPhone 7

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I have the Flowers set (and they did come as small bottles -- but eventually some places started selling replacements for individual colors). I never got around to trying all of them, though. And I keep forgetting I have them, because the box they're in is not with the other Diamine inks.

Thanks for the review. I suspect I won't like this color, but I really should try it (I loved Aster, Carnation, Cornflower, and Bougainvillea; was ambivalent about Burgundy Rose; and disliked Tulip as being way too orange a red).
I still need to try this one, plus Iris, Pansy, and Gerbera.

Thanks 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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Ruth, I keep forgetting I have this set, too. I don't know why, I only have about 500 inks. :blush:

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

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Ruth, I keep forgetting I have this set, too. I don't know why, I only have about 500 inks. :blush:

 

Yikes! You're worse than me! Mind you, a lot of them are samples, but still....

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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Yikes! You're worse than me! Mind you, a lot of them are samples, but still....

 

Well, I haven't really counted them, but I don't think I'm too far off. If this continues, I'm going to have to hire security.

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

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Ruth, I keep forgetting I have this set, too. I don't know why, I only have about 500 inks. :blush:

A mere amateur ;-)

Verba volant, scripta manent

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I doodled with it, but it wasn't my favorite. Thank you for the review.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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