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Robert is a set of two heavily saturated sheeny inks by Diamine for the pen shop Cult Pens (no affiliation). The other is a blue called Maureen. Robert comes in a regular 80ml Diamine bottle as well as a 30ml plastic bottle, which is called Little Bob. A nice humorous touch.

 

Robert/Little Bob is a red purple with heavy golden/green sheen. It is very saturated. Though someone else disagreed with me, personally I find Robert somewhat dry and lubrication is medium. It doesn't give me that smooth feeling that I enjoy in wet and lubricating inks. Robert seems to dry out fairly easily on the nib, and it's rather difficult to clean, as is expected from heavily saturated red/purple inks like this.

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Great review of yours as always. Looks like a delicious plum, that Bob.

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Thanks for another great review. Don't think I'm into schizophrenic inks.

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Wow, I like it better than Sweet Potato Purple. Thank you for the wonderful review.

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This ink looks gorgeous! The railroading bothers me, though...do you think that's the ink's fault, or the pen?

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This ink looks gorgeous! The railroading bothers me, though...do you think that's the ink's fault, or the pen?

 

Probably both. The nib is finicky to begin with, the relative dryness of the ink doesn't help either. But it should write alright with other nibs (as in the last four lines with a soft medium Nakaya).

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Enkida Extremely Rare

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That is some crazy green sheen going on there! That much sheen might be reaching even my saturation point (that seems like a pun here), but the colour sure is nice. And very popular this season, apparently, these magenta-type inks seem to be very popular right now!

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Thank you for the review!

I am so sorry to read it's on the dry side... I have a rather dry Pilot I would have wanted to try it in. Would R&K Magenta be less dry, what do you think?

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Thank you for the review!

I am so sorry to read it's on the dry side... I have a rather dry Pilot I would have wanted to try it in. Would R&K Magenta be less dry, what do you think?

 

I'm very demanding when it comes to the wetness of an ink, so you might find it not dry at all. Indeed I was told by another person that they found it quite wet.

 

It's been so long since I've tried R&K Magenta. I have no recollection of it anymore.

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Does anyone have experience with the White Lightning ink additive product? I wonder how it might affect other ink characteristics, such as sheen.

 

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Does anyone have experience with the White Lightning ink additive product? I wonder how it might affect other ink characteristics, such as sheen.

 

https://vanness1938.com/products/vanness-white-lightning-ink-additive?_pos=1&_sid=4e3d0704f&_ss=r

 

That looks like to me just PhotoFlo diluted or something of the sort.

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Beautiful review! I've got this ink in a Pilot Parallel 3.8mm, which has very wet flow, but I haven't had any flow issues yet. If it's too dry for your pen of choice, can't you just pul a sample and add a drop of glycerine? It's such a gorgeous ink, I think it's worth the experiment.

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I love this ink. I have been using it in my GVF Guilloche with an OB nib. It’s everything I like: dark, saturated, heaps of sheen and wet flow (courtesy of the OB nib I expect). It is a tad smeary but nothing is perfect.

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It appears that Philip (purple with gold sheen) and Christine (blue-black, red sheen) today joined Robert and Maureen on the Diamine Sheen Team.

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OOOOOOO . I love purple inks.

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