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This is a quick review of one of my favourite inks: Diamine Delamere Green. I have been using it for several months and I am very happy with it. Delamere Green has a rich, mid to dark green colour, is well saturated and has a good flow. Drying times are not that great (especially if you like using broader nibs), but in practice it is not a major problem. It does not feather much at all (tested on Rhodia and Paperchase). Some bleed-through is visible even on Rhodia (which is generally very FP friendly), but that’s probably because I was using a stub nib and my Parker Duofold is quite wet. Overall, I like this ink a lot — it is well-behaved and looks great.

  • Paper: Rhodia A4 notebook (90g)
  • Pen: Vintage Parker Duofold 1.1mm stub nib
  • Writing sample: J. K. Jerome: Three men in a boat
  • Water test: drops left on the paper for 30 secs
  • High res photos are available on my blog: verticalpaper.net

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Do you know how Delamere Green behaves with a finer/dryer nib? I was wondering because when a pen lays down less ink sometime the color seems, brighter.

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Yes, it looks a bit brighter indeed. See below (Pilot Namiki Vanishing point on Rhodia notepad). In daylight it look brighter than this though...

 

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Thanks for the review. That green looks really good and I'm impressed by how it stands up to water (relatively speaking). The drying time is making me hesitate a little as I'm a left hander, but I might give this colour a try as I'm looking for alternatives to Noodlers Green Marine.

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With regards to drying time, if you are planning to use a fine or a medium nib, you should be ok. Broad or stub would probably be a problem if you are left handed. For me (right handed) even the Duofold wet stub is perfectly OK for daily use...

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A nice review of a green from Diamine that I'd not considered very much. Obviously work a second look.

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That is a most interesting review thanks. Would it be fair to say it is greener than green- black but not as green as Emerald? I.e. hopefully a nice midpoint between the 2?

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Spot on! :-) It is definitely greener/brighter than Green/Black, but darker than Emerald. As you say - a nice mid-point. This colour is really nice to look at (i.e. not too bright) and it is does not feel too dark i.e. you can still clearly see it is green.

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Tis is a favorite of mine also. I am impressed wit how much bleed through you got, I use it on Rhodia a lot, both notebooks and dot and graph pads with stub nibs and don't get that much bleed through. Certainly the wetness of the pen has a hand in this. I use broad and stub nibs, perhaps not as wet a you rpen. The ink does have a longer drying tilme I will agree to that. I am a lefty ovewriter so dragging my hand through the written line is not so much of a problem, but you still have to pay attention to where your hands are.

 

I too would say with a dryer writing pen the ink is a little brighter, but not lighter in color. Perhaps, I am splitting hairs, I hope it is understandable.

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I tried it again using TWSBI 580 1.1 italic and got almost no bleedthrough at all. It must be down to my Duofold being very wet...

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Oo, very pretty.

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looks very close to MB Irish Green, thanks for the review :thumbup:

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