Jump to content

Ink Review: Diamine Evergreen

Chrissy

By Chrissy
in Ink Reviews

 Share

Recommended Posts

Chrissy Museum Piece

Chrissy

Posted
Posted

Today I’m reviewing a sample of Diamine Evergreen

It’s an unusual dark green. When you write with it or swab it, it looks like a dark petrol blue, but then it dries very quickly to a dark green.

I found it had good flow and lubrication while I was writing with it. I didn’t see any spread or feathering, nor any woolly line with the Pelikan F nib. With the Lamy M nib it looks much darker, more like what you would imagine Evergreen to look like.

When I tested it on the selection of papers, it looks darker on them all than it actually came out when scanned. When I took a photo it just looked black. So I taped all of the papers down and scanned it instead.

Evergreen looks quite well saturated, especially with my M nib. It exhibited plenty of attractive shading with the F nib in the Pelikan Go! pen.

I found it behaved very well, and I like it. I didn’t experience any clogging or clean-up problems with it. In fact clean-up was very easy. It washes off hands with soap and water.

It’s a lot darker than Pelikan Dark Green, and is almost as dark as Diamine Green/Black, but is more noticeably green, and not as grey.

 

  • This isn't sold as a waterproof ink, but it shows a little water resistance.
  • Bearing in mind the review form paper I use is thick with a quite shiny surface at 100gsm, and I used several different nibs, this ink dried very quickly with the F nib, but took longer to dry when I used my Lamy M nib.
  • No smear after dry.
  • It exhibited good flow and I found it smooth to write with. I saw no skips or hard starts while I did swabs and dry time tests.
  • It is currently available in 80ml glass bottles or 30ml plastic bottles.
  • Diamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.
  • It's a reasonable price.

​

fpn_1490625328__diamine_evergreen.jpegfpn_1490649852__diamine_evergreen_1a.jpgfpn_1490625415__diamine_evergreen_0003.j

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 13
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Chrissy

    6

  • PS104

    1

  • lapis

    1

  • antichresis

    1

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

T4TEXAS Extremely Rare

T4TEXAS

Posted
Posted

Thanks for the fine review. I like it. Not as much as really murky greens, but I do like it.

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."


- Jack London



http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww296/messiah_FPN/Badges/SnailBadge.png




Link to comment
Share on other sites
the_gasman Extremely Rare

the_gasman

Posted
Posted

Great review, Chris. I have no idea how I have so far failed to succumb to temptation to buy this ink.

 

Cheers,

David.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chrissy Museum Piece

Chrissy

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thanks for the fine review. I like it. Not as much as really murky greens, but I do like it.

 

You're welcome. :) I like several murky greens, and this is one of them. :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chrissy Museum Piece

Chrissy

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Great review, Chris. I have no idea how I have so far failed to succumb to temptation to buy this ink.

 

Cheers,

David.

You're welcome. :) I must admit I thought exactly the same when I started writing with it. ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
inkstainedruth Ancient Artifact

inkstainedruth

Posted
Posted

How have I missed this ink before now?

Thanks for the review. And, well, not....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chrissy Museum Piece

Chrissy

Posted
  • Author
Posted

How have I missed this ink before now?

Thanks for the review. And, well, not....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

You're welcome. :) I wondered the same thing..... :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites
PS104 Vintage

PS104

Posted
Posted

It looks to my eyes as a nice dark green. I also like the murkies but this doesn't look like one of them

​Thank you for the review. It's going on my wishlist.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lapis Museum Piece

lapis

Posted
Posted

Although I really do love the colour, this ink's not for me. At least my lot (6-7 years old but well kept) has always suffered from ignition problems.

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
antichresis Extremely Rare

antichresis

Posted
Posted

Thanks, I have been eyeing this for a while and have been seeing if I will move on from it before I buy (I change my mind a lot). It really is quite nice

Hero #232 Blue-Black is my Waterman Florida Blue.

 

Your Kilometrage May Vary (#ykmv), a Philippine blawg about ink and fountain pens.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chrissy Museum Piece

Chrissy

Posted
  • Author
Posted

It looks to my eyes as a nice dark green. I also like the murkies but this doesn't look like one of them

​Thank you for the review. It's going on my wishlist.

 

You're welcome. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
jmccarty3 Antique

jmccarty3

Posted
Posted

Looks like a perfect Christmas ink.

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33559
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26746
    5. jar
      jar
      26101

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...