Favorite Green Diamine Ink

[Cyber6]

So sorry to say... but this is not the most attractive picture of sheen I've seen.

 

 

I think this picture illustrates really well why Sherwood Green is my favorite:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/900x600q90/922/3LH7gF.jpg

[KyleKatarn]

So sorry to say... but this is not the most attractive picture of sheen I've seen.

 

Fair enough! On my behalf I can only argue that my sole camera is the one in the iPhone... Nonetheless, the sheen is there

[PS104]

A possible addition to you list.

Diamine ​has just come out with a new color, Classic Green, which I am eagerly waiting to try. It will be a while before my B&M gets it in stock though.

[MuttonChew]

Just gonna give this thread a bump in case anyone hasn't cast their vote yet.

 

Scratch that... didn't notice this topic was active again today!

Edited May 23, 2016 by Burtini

[Sholom]

I'm a green lover but most of the Diamine greens are either too weak or too loud/yellow for my tastes. I voted for Delamere because if I didn't already have Noodler's Green Marine (different but same range of green on the yellow-blue scale) I would by it, but I was also very impressed with my sample of Green-Black. What I did end up buying a bottle of is Diamine Teal, which to my eye is a gorgeous subdued green.

[Beechwood]

So sorry to say... but this is not the most attractive picture of sheen I've seen.

 

 

 

 

Not a great fan of Diamine inks in general, you can do better elsewhere in my opinion but I do like Sherwood Green as the basis for something special.

 

When I first used it I was completely unimpressed, I added around 5% Montegrappa Black and it becomes a great ink, very similar in performance and shading to the Montblanc Racing Green.

[ac12]

Those of you that like Sherwood green, how does it behave in your pens?

In my pens, it clogs the pens.

I used it in 3 pens

- Baoer 388, kept clogging so much that I never finished 1 converter load, before I deinked the pen of Sherwood green. I presume the ink channel is too thin for the saturated ink to flow.

- Reform 1745, has been clogging weekly, this was after a full cleaning of the nib assembly, and it regularly needs ink to be pushed into the feed. The feed is being cleaned again, last time was 2 months ago.

- Lamy joy, like the Reform, ink flow has slowed down a couple weeks after full cleaning of the pen.

 

I am almost ready to deink the ink from both the Reform 1745 and the Lamy joy, and look for a WET pen that won't clog as easily.

 

Sherwood green WAS a favorite ink of mine, until the clogging got to a point that it was irritating me.

Edited July 12, 2016 by ac12

[roklpokl]

Those of you that like Sherwood green, how does it behave in your pens?

In my pens, it clogs the pens.

 

 

I have used it in Lamy studio and Pelikan M215 without issues. No clogging or anything like that. For me it is one of the better Diamine inks as far as performance goes.

Edited July 12, 2016 by roklpokl

[PithyProlix]

My favorites so far are Salamander followed by Umber. 

 

Want to try:

• Safari
• Classic Green
• Racing Green

[ParramattaPaul]

Tropical Green. It is a very, very dark green.

[Dione]

28 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

Tropical Green. It is a very, very dark green.

Are you sure you got the right green there? Diamine Tropical Green is a medium jungle green. There are some much darker greens than that one. Mountain of Ink review

[ParramattaPaul]

1 hour ago, Dione said:

Are you sure you got the right green there? Diamine Tropical Green is a medium jungle green. There are some much darker greens than that one. Mountain of Ink review

The label says Tropical Green and it's very dark.

[TSherbs]

I just looked again to double check: I don't like a single Diamine green ink. Which is kind of weird, because I like several other Diamine inks very much. But any of their greens? Nope. Go figure.

[mizgeorge]

Green Umber and Green/Black are both beautiful, especially for vintage pens (they work beautifully with older Pelikans with green bindes).

 

I also really like Emerald, Sherwood and Classic Green slightly beats both Salamander and Safari for for me on the slightly murkier end of the spectrum.

 

I also love the really vivid Jade and Spring, and especially Calligraphy Passion (and even the sparkly version Neon Lime). 

 

 

[Muncle]

6 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

The label says Tropical Green and it's very dark.

What type of pen do you use it with? I could see if you had a fine or wet nib, it could be dark.

My bottle is definitely in the "jungle green" category. And a lovely green it is.

[chromantic]

I keep my M200 brown marble inked with Dark Forest. The only other Diamine green I've tried is Evergreen, long ago; it was ok but not really interesting.

[ParramattaPaul]

8 hours ago, Muncle said:

What type of pen do you use it with? I could see if you had a fine or wet nib, it could be dark.

My bottle is definitely in the "jungle green" category. And a lovely green it is.

I was using it in a broad nib Worcester Pen Company pen.  It didn't seem unusually wet.  I've also tried it with a broad nib Lamy, and it looks much the same.

 

Dark as it is, it is still a pleasant green.

[Detman101]

Definitely "Diamine - Umber"
 

[nibtip]

I've tried most.

Green umber stays on top.

[JakobS]

Diamine has a really strong selection of green inks, and they have been so consistent, I don’t even wonder if they might misbehave when first using them. 
 

Umber is my hands down favorite, but from there it’s a coin toss. Safari is wonderful. Classic Green, perfect. Woodland Green, primeval. Delamere Green, almost a mixture of the others. Apple Glory, a sublime green, celebratory really.  Wagner, a bright happy olive. Beethoven ,a dark serious green. Magical Forest, says it all.