Diamine Teal: The Surprising Underdog

[tweexcore]

 

I did a tiny bit of color correcting in Photoshop but not sure how well I succeeded...it looks true to life on my monitor. It leans a bit more green than blue. And please do excuse my handwriting. It usually looks okay on the page but is awful if you actually look at it. Sorry!!

[carlc]

My first ink after I joined FPN! My wife uses it as her one ink.

 

Looks good to me (on my monitor).

 

Nice review (like the giraffe) and there's nothing wrong with your hand writing!

[Bronze]

I agree with you and Alfie, it's a great ink! Looks good in wetter writers as well, very dark and appealing

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

Many thanks for the Review!

 

The shading is attractive from that nib, but what about the narrow nibs? Does one need to use a paper like Rhodia to get the shading from narrow nibs?

 

I think this will be on my list once my bottle of Diamine Twilight Blue nears its end.

 

Bye,

S1

[uzkntuocmw]

Has anyone else found it to be really sensitive to different nibs? I've used this in a Waterman Expert fine, a Lamy 1.1i and a Lucina fine, and it looks like three totally different colours.

[tweexcore]

It does look a bit darker in the narrower nibs I've tried, but not so much that it seems like a different color. I've noticed the shading in F/XF nibs as well as the Italics...though I definitely prefer it in broader nibs.

[JayHomeBody]

Thank you so much for the review! This is an awesome colour. Also, Alfie the Fountain Pen Giraffe is adorable! <3

[alexander_k]

I may have given it up in favour of other, similar inks but Teal is a well-behaved ink with a good colour. In finer nibs there's little if any shading, as Sandy1 suspects; you need a less absorbent paper like Optik for that.

Edited March 12, 2017 by alexander_k