Diamine Pumpkin

[Fabienne]

I am trying out my new review form for this one. I also found out one really big truth: different inks will scan totally differently than what you see. For instance, the Pumpkin only needed small tweaks to make it look real but the Montblanc Ink of Joy looked far too red and had to be toned down, in reality it is almost identical to Pumpkin. Almost.

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[lapis]

Hey, thanks for this review. I especially like your "Application Form".

 

I have had this ink -- and used it a lot too -- for months now. It has all the "best Diamine" qualities/properties of Poppy, but just less poppy and more pumpkin. A real winner!

 

Mike

[PaperDarts]

Thanks for your review - this colour looks really interesting. Do you use it for letters or notes? I wonder what the effect is of reading several written pages of this or similar colours. Just curious.

[Fabienne]

I think that if I wrote an essay in this color you would be lucky if you only got a facial tic by page 2. It is very bright. I would see it as a good ink for things like invitations, jolly thank you notes, thinking of you notes, and signing cards. I also think it's lovely as an embellishment to Bay State Blue. The two of them just sing together.

 

And put it with something like DC Show Violet and you would have the perfect FedEx color combo.

Edited March 19, 2012 by Fabienne

[PDW]

A really good ink for marking coursework. I keep looking at my writing and smiling at the colour, which helps relieve the monotony.

 

I find that pumpkin goes on orange and gets a bit redder as it dries, so it ought to keep the Marking Ink Colour Police happy ...

[mhphoto]

Great review! I too like your format. This is definitely an ink I'm looking into. It's such a rich color.

[DanielCoffey]

Out of a wet pen you will see this as a hot orange with a touch of red... it is just crying out for broad stubs!

[georges zaslavsky]

lovely color, nice review thanks for sharing

[Bloch]

I have been using this ink every day; I use it to write the dates in my journal. For most of the rest of the text, I use a blue or green or purple ink. Lately, I've been using J. Herbin's Vert Reseda, but only because I used up my bottle of Caran d'Ache Caribbean Sea, and they don't make it any more. :-(

I loved the shading of C.Sea. I love the shading of Pumpkin, too. I like the shading of Apache Sunset, but it's a little on the dull side for my tastes. Perhaps for a whole page it would be different... Oh, Fabienne, I'm grinning at the thought of using it next to Bay State Blue! I have relegated the BSB to use only in a dip pen, however. Too much clogging! But it's a lovely color, and so far I've not found another blue so intense. And with Pumpkin... I HAVE to try it!

[Bigeddie]

Thanks Fabienne, a nice review

 

I still have about a half a bottle of Ink of Joy left, and I will be sad to see it go (but nice to have another one of those pretty bottles to put something from a less well designed receptacle in!). I have a bottle of D Pumpkin but have yet to give it a go; it's nice to see that it is a well behaved replacement.