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Diamine Shimmer Inks - Part 3


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First Impressions.

 

We have already seen the colours but here is one of my 'first impression' reviews, including written examples. As usual, all of my written tests have been done using a Sailor Sapporo pen with B nib, so roughly equivalent to a Western M, and the standard Rhodia 80gsm white grid paper. I chose the Sailor for the simple reason that the pen is very easy to clean out, even taking the nib apart should it become necessary. It wasn't! Although I used a rubber bulb to speed up the flushing process between colours (just for time's sake) all the inks were easy to remove from the pen by simply using the converter for a relatively short period of time.

 

Firstly I used cotton wool buds to give an example of just the colours. I let the bottles stand for a while and hopefully didn't have as many particles in those samples. Obviously, the bottles need to be agitated before filling a pen and to keep the suspension 'going' a gentle shake while writing is recommended.

Firstly I sampled the inks with the gold particles: Firefly, Wine Divine, Cobalt Jazz and Golden Ivy.

 

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They are a very pleasant set of colours and I’m sure they will be very popular. Although hues like Firefly are not generally in my list of favourites, I’m actually quite ‘warming’ to this ink!

 

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fpn_1507481529__diamine_shimmering_golde

 

Next, here come the written samples.

 

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fpn_1507481592__diamine_shimmering_cobal

 

fpn_1507481610__diamine_shimmering_golde

 

I’m impressed with the whole of the ‘golden’ range and will definitely be buying Cobalt Jazz and Golden Ivy.

 

Now, the inks with the silver particles: Citrus Ice, Electric Pink, Frosted Orchid, Arabian Nights, Arctic Blue and Spearmint Diva.

 

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I like almost all of these as well. Citrus Ice could be a little pale for some; Electric Pink just isn’t my colour(!) and Spearmint Diva is also a little pale. The colours are good though.

 

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fpn_1507481661__diamine_shimmering_elect

 

fpn_1507481673__diamine_shimmering_frost

 

fpn_1507481688__diamine_shimmering_arabi

 

fpn_1507481708__diamine_shimmering_arcti

 

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And the written samples.

 

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fpn_1507481749__diamine_shimmering_elect

 

fpn_1507481785__diamine_shimmering_frost

 

fpn_1507481801__diamine_shimmering_arabi

 

fpn_1507481814__diamine_shimmering_arcti

 

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Again, I’m impressed with most of the range and will be getting Arctic Blue.

 

To sum up, this is another range that will contain favourites for many of you. Likewise, some that people will not like, but that’s the nature of the ink business.

AND - it's 14th October in Helsinki!

The Good Captain

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I've heard that the launch dates for these Shimmer inks is Friday 27th October, along with the Earl Grey.

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