Ink Review: Diamine Blaze Orange

[Chrissy]

Today I’m reviewing a sample of Diamine Blaze Orange

I have seen members writing with Diamine Blaze Orange and singing it’s praises, so I decided it was time I tried it. I’m very pleased that I did. I think it’s a great orange ink!

It’s not too light to read, and it’s not too dark to be a true orange. It’s neither pale, nor retina searing.

I found it was a nicely flowing ink that was neither wet nor dry, and I noticed good lubrication on my nib while I was writing with it.

I didn’t see any spread or feathering on most of the papers I tried it with.

With broader nibs it looks considerably darker, while not going as dark as a ‘copper’ ink.

It showed through on some of the papers I experimented with. See the pictures.

Diamine Blaze orange is quite well saturated. In fact, more saturated than some well known orange inks I compared it with. It exhibited plenty of shading with the F and M nibs in my Lamy Al-Star pens. I didn’t see any sheen.

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

Diamine Blaze Orange is going to become my regular go-to orange ink from now on.

It exhibited no water resistance at all, so I wouldn’t use it on the outside of an envelope if it might get rained on.

• This isn't sold as a waterproof ink, and it shows no water resistance.
• Bearing in mind the review form paper I use is thick with a quite shiny surface at 100gsm, and I used a M nib, this ink dried after 15-17 seconds.
• No smear after dry.
• It has 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.

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[antichresis]

Blaze Orange is excellent. Once I tried it I stopped looking at Orange inks. Mine is a bit less saturated than your scans though.

Edited April 10, 2017 by antichresis

[visvamitra]

I think it's underrated ink.

[fountainpagan]

Very nice review. Thank you Chrissy.

 

I like this orange. Nice shading.

[Chrissy]

Very nice review. Thank you Chrissy.

 

I like this orange. Nice shading.

 

You're welcome. Yes I agree, it has nice shading.

[Chrissy]

Blaze Orange is excellent. Once I tried it I stopped looking at Orange inks. Mine is a bit less saturated than your scans though.

I agree that it's an excellent colour. My brand new sample was left in my Lamy Al-Star for a couple of days, and it looks true to the written sheet.

[Chrissy]

I think it's underrated ink.

You might be right there.

[lapis]

Thanks for the nice review. Looks a lot like D's Pumpkin, MB's Lucky, and O's Orange. Is it easy to wash out? If not, it probably also creeps on the nib, or?

Mike

[Newjelan]

Thanks for the review. I've had this ink for a few years but had never even opened the bottle. Coincidentally, I tried it for the first time last week. I really like it and am wondering what I was waiting for.

[Chrissy]

Thanks for the nice review. Looks a lot like D's Pumpkin, MB's Lucky, and O's Orange. Is it easy to wash out? If not, it probably also creeps on the nib, or?

 

Mike

 

You're welcome. Yes it washes out easily and I didn't notice any nib creep.

[Chrissy]

Thanks for the review. I've had this ink for a few years but had never even opened the bottle. Coincidentally, I tried it for the first time last week. I really like it and am wondering what I was waiting for.

You're welcome. I'm a bit like that with many inks.