Cult Pens Diamine Deep Dark Blue

[colrehogan]

After reading a thread about the Diamine Deep Dark Blue, I decided that I had to give it a try. It is a lovely ink. Anyway, see below for the reviews. I did one on copy paper and one on Circa Rhodia. The last item below is an attempt to show the copper sheen that I saw. It looks like the edges of the darker letters have a slight outline. It looks like a scanner artifact, but isn't. It is clearly visible when light hits the page at an angle. I will try and take a better picture of it later. You may need to blow it up to 200%.

 

 

 

 

I really like this ink.

[The Good Captain]

And so do I! Great review.

[saskia_madding]

I love this too, but has anyone every used it in a vintage Sheaffer snorkel? I'm wondering how it behaved.

[WOBentley]

I bought this ink based on a previous review...and I love it...a really wonderful ink with good flow and lubrication properties and just a lovely color!

I know this is a Cult Pens ink but if they stop carrying it I hope that it will become a regular line ink!

[Leftytoo]

The color seems fairly close to Diamine Indigo - sort of a middle of the road blue-black. Neither greenish like Quink, nor black-blue like Sailor. I agree Diamine inks have good flow and the colors are highly saturated. Decent price. The colors are especially beautiful with a dry nib.

 

Diamine Asa Blue is a turquoise ink. Somewhat like Iroshizuki Ku-jaku. Except the Diamine is much more brilliant and less complex in tone (no hints). However this ink's super flow properties do not work in all situations: 1) older pens will burp; 2) much bleed through on thin paper; 3) the stain on your hands will last for days; a stained shirt is a throw-away.

Bob

[smiorgan]

The color seems fairly close to Diamine Indigo - sort of a middle of the road blue-black.

 

It's very close to Diamine Midnight.

 

http://www.departmentv.net/2013/08/spot-difference.html

 

Really great stuff. I have it in a Parker 51 right now.

[tmenyc]

I have a bottle coming to me this weekend with a recent traveler to England ... Looking forward to it!

[renderboy]

Great review.

 

I've wondered about this, and their brown, inks for a while - the way they're displayed on their website is hopeless and gives no idea of what the inks are like.

 

After seeing the sample, I'm not grabbed by it, it's more like a Diamine ink that wasn't quite good enough to make their own product range.

[axolotl66]

The color seems fairly close to Diamine Indigo - sort of a middle of the road blue-black. Neither greenish like Quink, nor black-blue like Sailor. I agree Diamine inks have good flow and the colors are highly saturated. Decent price. The colors are especially beautiful with a dry nib.Diamine Asa Blue is a turquoise ink. Somewhat like Iroshizuki Ku-jaku. Except the Diamine is much more brilliant and less complex in tone (no hints). However this ink's super flow properties do not work in all situations: 1) older pens will burp; 2) much bleed through on thin paper; 3) the stain on your hands will last for days; a stained shirt is a throw-away.Bob

Not just old pens burp... I loaded this into an out-of-the-box TWSBI 580 1.1mm stub (a wet writer) and the first thing it did was blob. I emptied the pen straight away to tes it with other inks and had no issues. An EF Pilot Penmanship leaked into its cap too (NOT an especially wet pen), although it's likely this was stored upside-down in a pen case in a rucksack. Nevertheless, it's a bit disconcerting and is making me wary of the ink (especially as the Pilot leak stained my nice new orange Nock Brass town case!).

Otherwise, this ink is a great colour and does show shading in drier, broader, nibs in my experience.

Graham

Edited January 5, 2014 by axolotl66

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful ink.

[lapis]

Thanks for this nice review. It has become one of my favourite blues. Actually all 5 Deep Darks are IMO great inks!

 

Mike