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Here's a DARK purple for you. B)

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineEclipseMedium.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineEclipsePensUsed.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineEclipseBrause.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineEclipseObservations.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineEclipseComparisons.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/DiamineEclipseShading.jpg

 

I never thought I'd like such a dark purple, but it works! It's well behaved, has secondary potential as a completely different purple when diluted, and is affordable. Definitely recommend this one.

 

I'll be taking pictures of the ink's attractive sheen and posting them soon. :D

 

And I think I'll be doing a comparison on the dip nibs I've accrued lately.

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Windycityhorse NOS (New Old Stock)

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Thank you for this review. I've been looking for a really dark purple. This is it!

I'm not in favor of natural selection. I'm just saying: Let's remove the warning lables and see what happens.

 

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lapis Museum Piece

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Great review. Fantastic ink. Also very wet and very well-behaved.

I use it all the time. Looks like an aubergine. Somewhat hard to describe in words... a sorta brownish purple-black!

 

Mike

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Another great review and up to your usual high and informative standards. It is a super ink and I too have always classed it as a very dark purple.

I don't use it as often as I used to but it's not in the 'file' pile.

The Good Captain

"Meddler's 'Salamander' - almost as good as the real thing!"

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On my oldish MacBook screen, it looks like Noodler's Whaleman's Sepia.

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Here are those sheen pics I owe you. :)

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/IMG_9449-Version2.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/IMG_9474-Version2.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/IMG_9527-Version2.jpg

 

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http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/IMG_9540-Version2.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/IMG_9555-Version2.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/IMG_9543-Version2.jpg

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mh, you are a master of the sheen! Honestly, meant seriously. You have also taught me what to do to see this. But personally, I myself don't put all that much emphasis into shading, because when I write and read, I don't tilt the paper in the right light source to the right angle in order to see what the ink can deliver in regard to colour....

Nonetheless, excellent analyses and photos!

 

Mike

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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Another great review and up to your usual high and informative standards. It is a super ink and I too have always classed it as a very dark purple.

I don't use it as often as I used to but it's not in the 'file' pile.

 

mh, you are a master of the sheen! Honestly, meant seriously. You have also taught me what to do to see this. But personally, I myself don't put all that much emphasis into shading, because when I write and read, I don't tilt the paper in the right light source to the right angle in order to see what the ink can deliver in regard to colour....

Nonetheless, excellent analyses and photos!

 

+1 x 2

 

Your reviews are really great, I love reading them. I keep saying that... but I'm starting to feel like you should be paid to do this...

"One always looking for flaws leaves too little time for construction" ...

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And to think that I saw the name "eclipse" and thought it was a black.

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Rock on! Great review of a terrific ink. I just moved so my bottle is literally in a massive pile of other inks. I've been thinking of digging it out, and now I am sure to. Thanks.

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Thanks for the kind words everyone! :blush:

 

You rock MH, and you have got me on the sheen hunt trying out very strang positions to catch that elusiveness....... nice..:bonk:

 

Carry on!

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Now Diamine just needs to add a braking dawn color and a new moon color then offer up the set :)

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I love sheen, but for the life of me I cannot get this ink to have any sheen. I'm using a flex nib on Tomoe River paper. I'm wondering if there are different versions of this ink or something? I don't usually have any trouble with sheen.

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