Diamine Sapphire Blue

[dizzypen]

The full version of this review, along with all my others, can be found at The Dizzy Pen.

 

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This sample was sent to me by the good folks at Diamine. I am not otherwise affiliated with them.

[Tennessee Dave]

Just got a bottle of this but have not tried it yet. Thanks for the review.

[Joe in Seattle]

Reminds me of the old Parker Penman blue.....

[searcher18]

This is one of my go to inks.

[MrClegg]

I am always disappointed when an ink claims to be blue but are in fact purple-blue. If you like them it's fine but if you don't and are hoping for blue it's quite irksome.

You can add Diamine Imperial Blue to the list of purple-blue inks if you're on the lookout for such things, also Rotring Aquamarine Blue and I'm sure I have at least another two "blue" inks (possibly both Diamine) that have far too much purple in them for my tastes.

 

Personal tastes...

Craig

[jonwat]

This was one of the first bottled inks I bought when I decided to branch out from Parker cartridges. I still use it, still love it.

 

I agree it can be a bit purple, like Mont Blanc Royal Blue in that respect. It dries to a nice blue. I have it always in one or two pens.

[The Good Captain]

I will try this out, probably with cartridges, as I've just got some Imperial loaded up and bought a bottle. The purple after-effect mellows once it's dried and there's remarkably little or no smearing which is impressive. No bleed on Moleskine, worth commenting about either. A nice ink.

[PAKMAN]

Imperial Blue was just too purple for me but I really like Sapphire blue.