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There was quite a lot of hype about this ink. I had to check it myself. To be honest I'm not really Diamine ink fan. They offer nice range of shades yet many of nice looking inks (Ancient Copper, Kelly Green, Orange, Pumpkin to name just few) can cause unpleasant and unexpected troubles (massive nib creep, clogging). Anyway I still use them but in cheaper pens. As I'm huge fan of everything that has some orange to it, I had to check Autumn Oak.

I must say I'm impressed. The ink is really nice and it behaves very well on various papers and doesn't cause any harm to the pens filled with it. Autumn Oak is awesome. That's it ladies & gentleman. Totally awesome.

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DRY TIME

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WATERPROOFNESS

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CALENDAR

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Rhodia

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LYRECO

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Apache Sunset (upper triangle, horizontal lines)) vs Autumn Oak (bottom triangle, vertical lines)
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Very nice ink and review!

 

I've seen bunch of your ink reviews and I'm curious: how large is the splatter test in real life?

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@Minty - these pictures will give you an idea :)

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img560/2622/ogfj.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img833/8135/uprn.jpg

That's what happened to my cheap Huahong fountain pen when I filled it with Diamine Ancient Copper. I left the pen in the drawer for about three weaks and after I uncapped it, taht's what I saw :) Ancient Copper has amazing color yet it caused nib creep in every pen I used (cheap and expensive ones).

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Never heard of this color until today. Am definitely going to check it out! (Any experience with bleedthrough or feathering on cheaper papers?)

Sheen junkie, flex nib enthusiast, and all-around lover of fountain pens...

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Never heard of this color until today. Am definitely going to check it out! (Any experience with bleedthrough or feathering on cheaper papers?)

When I asked GouletPens about it last week, they had not heard of it either. :huh:

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@visvamitra thanks for sharing! I totally dig Kelly green and your choice of oranges ;)

Shocking pic of Ancient Copper nib creep-no way I'd put that in my pen after seeing your photo! :yikes:

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Dear visvamitra,

 

Thanks a million for your quick response. Have never seen such a thing in my 60 years of fountain pen experience. That Diamine ink is nasty. I will stay with Mont Blanc and Pelikan inks. Never a problem in any pen.

 

Best wishes,

Minty

 

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@Minty - well, Diamine has a lot of inks, they have great inks like AUTUMN OAK that I presented in this review (it;'s great by any means: color, shading, saturation, behaviour), they have good inks , decent inks (great colors but some starting problems) and inks that should be prohibited (wonderful colors BUT terrible properties). Terrible ones are: Kelly Green, Ancient Copper (one of my favourite colors but I don't use it due to its properties), Meadow, Orange. Most of them are safe though :) I use Diamine inks, not all of them, and I find them working well. You just need to check reviews before buying one to be sure it won't cause any harm to your pen.

 

A friend of mine had interesting "accident". Her Diamine Syrah ink "ate" the section of her Sheaffer Prelude. I was surprised because I've never had any problems with this ink and I used ir extensively. Maybe there was some ingredient in the Prelude's section plastic that reacted with Syrah? I don't know.

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WOW... again... just WOW..... I have it on the shopping cart at WritingDesk... I just need to pull the trigger on it.... Thanks for making it easier to decide....

 

 

And I am not even crazy about oranges.... :P

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@Minty - these pictures will give you an idea :)

 

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img560/2622/ogfj.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img833/8135/uprn.jpg

That's what happened to my cheap Huahong fountain pen when I filled it with Diamine Ancient Copper. I left the pen in the drawer for about three weaks and after I uncapped it, taht's what I saw :) Ancient Copper has amazing color yet it caused nib creep in every pen I used (cheap and expensive ones).

That's not nib creep, that's serious nib crud. Nib creep is when the nib becomes covered in a thin film of ink that creeps from the nib slit.

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@Minty - these pictures will give you an idea :)

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img560/2622/ogfj.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img833/8135/uprn.jpg

That's what happened to my cheap Huahong fountain pen when I filled it with Diamine Ancient Copper. I left the pen in the drawer for about three weaks and after I uncapped it, taht's what I saw :) Ancient Copper has amazing color yet it caused nib creep in every pen I used (cheap and expensive ones).

 

 

Nope, that's not nib creep, that's nib crud.

 

Creep is a few drops of ink that just looks unsightly. That is nib crud and though allegedly it isn't damaging, it's so ugly that it must be. Thank you for the picture.

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Icky pen! +1 on the garden-digging question lol!

 

But Autumn Oak is a beautiful color; thanks for sharing!

 

I was very surprised by the Diamine unlove expressed though. Diamine represents probably 80% of my ink stock and beyond easily remedied and light clogging from Ancient Copper, I've never had a problem. My various pen brands all seem to love it...great flow without being too wet, even in my juicier Visconti's.

 

Just wanted to mention another perspective, since swearing off the brand without trying it for yourself may prevent some nice experiences and a great range of colors. :)

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@inkheart - well, I like Diamine inks, I've tried most of them. However I don't think they offer stunning quality. Their new inks Autumn Oak and Tyrian Purple are great though. So basically we can agree that I don't love them but I like them :)

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