Diamine Damson

[mackthepen]

Last week I ordered four sample bottles of Diamine's dark purple shades. I opened and tried them today.

 

I was a little disappointed at the price rises, and smaller free gifts, but we are in the middle of a global recession, the prices are still extremely competitive (and LOCAL - support the local economy!) and any free gift is exactly that: a free gift, so who am I to complain?

 

What I am not disappointed about one little bit is Diamine's colours. First one here is Diamine Damson - probably the darkest of the four, but still showing hints of purple, and very well behaved. No bleed or feathering. The paper is, if I recall, a cheap note book from Rymans.

 

MORE TOMORROW.

 

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[Lloyd]

Thanks! Does anyone know how this ink compare to Herbin PdL? Is it at all water resistant?

[mackthepen]

Thanks! Does anyone know how this ink compare to Herbin PdL? Is it at all water resistant?

 

A quick 'lick test' suggests that the ink will run freely if wetted, but leaves quite a strong residual image.

 

I've never seen the Herbin, so can't comment there I'm afraid.

 

Andrew

[DanF]

I took the liberty of lightening the exposure on one of your pics, is this closer to what you see live? I find this ink to only show hints of purple, but appears mostly black in my pens, perhaps would do better in a rather dry one. This is a good example of swabs being misleading, as I rather like the swab color more than what what shows up out of my pens. Also darkens when sitting in a pen for a little while, so often the first sentence is even darker darker than the rest.

 

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/T-Caster/8141481570_bd3a66b978_c.jpg

 

Dan

 

 

 

[51ISH]

I agree it is well behaved.

 

I want to try it in my 1.1 italic nib....I too find it quite 'black with a hint' in my Chinese 'Medium' nibs...

 

And seems to be quite paper dependant....looks quite nice in those cheap Asda Notebooks with the cream paper...

 

strangely....

[PDW]

 

 

A quick 'lick test' suggests that the ink will run freely if wetted, but leaves quite a strong residual image.

 

Andrew

 

Yes, but what did it taste of?

 

[sorry, couldn't resist]

[ChrisTK]

Just tried it with my Parker Frontier. I used a cheap paper too, but although it took more time than usual to dry, after some time this purple looks really beautiful!

[pyramus]

Thanks! Does anyone know how this ink compare to Herbin PdL? Is it at all water resistant?

 

Damson is a very dark purple ink, a black-plum colour. Poussière de Lune is much lighter, softer, shadier, and dustier: the nearest thing to PdL is probably Caran d'Ache Storm, which has just been discontinued.

 

Damson has a bit of water resistance — most of it will wash away but you'll still be able to read what remains.

[jacksterp]

Another Diamine color I really like.

 

Thanks for the review.

[Manalto]

Yes, but what did it taste of?

 

[sorry, couldn't resist]

 

Plum, silly.

 

[sorry, couldn't resist]