3 Oysters Doldam

[lgsoltek]

Doldam seems to be part of the "ink of Seoul" collection from 3 Oysters and refers to the colour of grey stone walls. I'm not even a fan of undersaturated inks or of grey inks but I'm impressed. Doldam is a special colour that I've never seen in an ink before. I would call it a "yellow grey" but that doesn't do it justice. It's a grey ink, but it has a dark bluish outlining (halo) and where the ink pools, it shows a yellow colour which makes me think of gold. All this gives a peculiar variation among yellow/gold, blue and grey. It is as if the whole effect of golden-particled J. Herbin Gris Orage (Stormy Grey) had been captured solely by dyes without using particles, and made even more interesting by the introduction of a blue tint.

 

Performance-wise, Doldam is a rather wet ink but doesn't have much lubrication (as can be expected from an undersaturated ink). It's not water resistant, but it leaves a yellow/brown trace, while the blue component is washed away. A truly amazing and original colour. I'm sure many grey ink lovers will adore this (shoutout to Tas and namrehsnoom). Also thank you inkantadora for the sample.

 

Splash

Sample

(Rhodia)

(Tomoe River)

Close-up

(Rhodia)

(Tomoe River)

Ersatz chromatography

Comparison

(Maruman loose leaf)

[lapis]

Nice! Especially your elucidations. Also, I, too, definitely see a lot of gold in there somewhere.

[thudthwacker]

Ooooooh. I think I might have to go get a sample of this. Some time ago, a pen pal sent me a letter written partially in Diamine Sparkling Shadows, and I fell in love with how it looked because it reminded me of those summer thunderstorms where the sky takes on a subtle yellow/gold cast. Sadly, Sparkling Shadows hopelessly clogged every pen I tried it in, and I've stopped trying to get it to work. This, though -- this has the same feel, without the particles to vex my feeds.

[Jan2016]

Thanks for the review.

Very interesting color!

Sailor Rikyu-Cha is one of my daily inks, Doldam is different but maybe even more interesting.

Now I have to try :-)

[errantmarginalia]

Fascinating color!

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting color. It looks (at least on my screen) like a slightly more brown/sepia-toned version of Noodler's El Lawrence.

Thanks for the review.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[VivaTerlingua]

This is a super interesting color - I love unique greys.

[bass1193]

Holy ****! This is incredible! Stormy gray is my co-fave in the 1670 Herbin line along with (of course) emeraude de chivor, and this captures it beautifully! I will definitely be ordering a bottle thanks to your (as usual!) excellent review! Thank you!

[bass1193]

Ugh, that sheen 😍 can't get over it! I keep coming back here to look at your pics! I really must have this!

 

On a technical note, gold sheen is somewhat uncommon. I've noticed this mainly in purple inks. Also black. Since black needs to absorb the whole UV spectrum, it would include purple dyes I think. Is the gold sheen a purple dye thing? I'm just a geological engineering student, so though proficient in chemistry would love some experts in dyes to weigh in!

[lgsoltek]

Ugh, that sheen can't get over it! I keep coming back here to look at your pics! I really must have this!

 

On a technical note, gold sheen is somewhat uncommon. I've noticed this mainly in purple inks. Also black. Since black needs to absorb the whole UV spectrum, it would include purple dyes I think. Is the gold sheen a purple dye thing? I'm just a geological engineering student, so though proficient in chemistry would love some experts in dyes to weigh in!

 

Oh that's not sheen. It's just a variation in colour.

[Tas]

oh man, this is a beautiful

A classy looking and, as you mentioned, a unique coloured ink - I can't think of an ink quite like it. That yellow and blue split, wow.

Thank you yet agian for sharing your findings.

[Tas]

. . . erm, will you be testing any more of these before I place my order ?

[lgsoltek]

. . . erm, will you be testing any more of these before I place my order ?

 

There's a sample on its way to you

[bass1193]

 

Oh that's not sheen. It's just a variation in colour.

I see it now 😅 holy optical illusion, batman! Still want this ink, though!

[Tas]

 

There's a sample on its way to you

 

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[lgsoltek]

 

:notworthy1:

 

Have you found a European source for it?

[Tas]

 

Have you found a European source for it?

 

You know me so well . . .

 

. . . nope.

[Jan2016]

Have also been searching for an European Shop, but till now, to no avail....

[J-P]

Doldam means "stone fence" in Korean.

Edited November 9, 2018 by J-P

[Honeybadgers]

What the hell, your bottle is very brown and warm. Mine is cold and steely blue-grey.

 

Wanna trade? I hate the color of mine, I thought the goulet swab was just misleading.