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New Ink Review: Diamine Inferno Orange Shimmer 2016

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I've heard that the release date for these new inks is 4th November; Fountain Pen Day, so I'm posting separate reviews for them on here. I assume they will come in the same type of bottles as the previous set of shimmer inks, but I haven't seen the retail bottles yet.

 

  • Currently I only have samples that Diamine very kindly sent me to test, and to review 'if I wanted to', but I've noticed that my samples don't need much shaking to mix the particles in, and the pens need very little shaking once they are filled.
  • Generally speaking, I found all 12 of these new shimmer inks to be wetter than all of the other shimmer inks I have used.
  • I have had these inks in these pens for over 2 weeks now. Every pen/ink combination has started straight away without a problem, and I have experienced no stopping or skipping.
  • Some take longer to dry than others, and a couple just soaked into the paper straight away. The most saturated inks will show through and bleed through on cheap paper.
  • None of them are waterproof inks.
Diamine Shimmer Inferno Orange is a bright orange ink that is a similar colour to Diamine Pumpkin. It's a quite saturated ink with gold shimmer. The gold shimmer shows up quite easily. I used a Lamy Nexx M (Orange) that has a 1.1mm nib and I had no trouble seeing the golden effect. This ink is quite wet and has quite a long dry time.
The first picture is a scanned review form, and the second is a photo. These have been adjusted with Photoshop to get the colour you see to look as close as possible to the actual ink colour.
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Thank you for the fabulous review Chrissy, this is one of my most favourite of the new Shimmer Inks!

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Thanks Chrissy and Bhavna for your reviews - I've got this plus Pink Glitz on the way to me now (Bureau Direct and Cult Pens now have stock - went with the former so I could grab KWZ Grapefruit and Honey at the same time...).

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Thank you for the fabulous review Chrissy, this is one of my most favourite of the new Shimmer Inks!

 

Thank you, and you're welcome. :) I also love this one.

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Thanks Chrissy and Bhavna for your reviews - I've got this plus Pink Glitz on the way to me now (Bureau Direct and Cult Pens now have stock - went with the former so I could grab KWZ Grapefruit and Honey at the same time...).

You're welcome and I hope you enjoy your inks. :)

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