EFNIR: Diamine Denim

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Diamine Denim

This is review #115 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: The color of this ink is really sort of ordinary, but a dark ordinary...  Scan is a bit too blue - the smudge, for example, looks very blue-black in real life.  But there doesn't seem to be enough color in the strokes for me to do any adjustment.  The zoom looks right when I put my nose against the paper to compare them, but the shading and the lighter color is hard to see when not looking at the paper from up close.  The screenshot isn't bad.  Cleaning was quick and easy and suggested only one dye used - I suspect I prefer inks with multiple dyes...

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:

Scan of Completed Review:

Zoomed in photo:

Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):

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Hope you enjoy.  Comments appreciated!

[yazeh]

Great job @LizEF  This is the kind of ink that for sole purpose of writing... None distracting. 

 

Spidery pendant... I wonder where did that come from?

Poor Marsell. One Sphinx is bad enough, a horde of them....

 

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.  This is one of my favorite inks (I got it several years ago to try and match the color and shading for some sort of vintage ink that flushed out of my first Esterbrook pen, an SJ with a 1555 Gregg Shorthand nib.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[LizEF]

6 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Great job @LizEF  This is the kind of ink that for sole purpose of writing... None distracting. 

Thank you!  Yes, this definitely wouldn't distract you while you write.

 

7 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Spidery pendant... I wonder where did that come from?

Hmm, yes, from a sketch someone did, I think.    (Thought you might enjoy that.)

 

8 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Poor Marsell. One Sphinx is bad enough, a horde of them....

Yes, well, this is what you get when you imprison folk in giant sphinxes and try to form an oily empire...

[LizEF]

8 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Thanks for the review.  This is one of my favorite inks (I got it several years ago to try and match the color and shading for some sort of vintage ink that flushed out of my first Esterbrook pen, an SJ with a 1555 Gregg Shorthand nib.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

You're most welcome!   Nice story.  But, is there a Pitman Shorthand nib? If there is, I seriously want to know the difference!

[yazeh]

3 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Hmm, yes, from a sketch someone did, I think.    (Thought you might enjoy that.)

I did. Immensely 

[LizEF]

3 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I did. Immensely 

[Sailor Kenshin]

This is one of my favorite dark blue inks; it's always in some pen or other, usually a Preppy.  I should branch out with it.  😉

 

Thanks for the review, as always.

[LizEF]

1 minute ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

This is one of my favorite dark blue inks; it's always in some pen or other, usually a Preppy.  I should branch out with it.  😉

 

Thanks for the review, as always.

You're very welcome!

[inkstainedruth]

18 minutes ago, LizEF said:

You're most welcome!   Nice story.  But, is there a Pitman Shorthand nib? If there is, I seriously want to know the difference!

Not as far as Esterbrook goes.  Don't know about other brands.  And having never taken shorthand, I probably couldn't tell you the difference anyway....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[LizEF]

17 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Not as far as Esterbrook goes.  Don't know about other brands.  And having never taken shorthand, I probably couldn't tell you the difference anyway....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I seriously doubt there are multiple "shorthand" nibs.  I was just making fun of them labeling it explicitly for Gregg, as if it would matter.  I'm sure the name was just designed to appeal to American shorthand-takers of the era.

[Muncle]

This is such a nice coloured ink. I found it bled through to much on school looseleaf, alas.

[mizgeorge]

I like Diamine inks. They're nice, straightforward, excellent value and have a huge range of colours.

 

This is not one of my favourites. I just find it a bit boring - and I have a lot of dark blue inks that are better behaved and more interesting. I'll no doubt finish the small bottle I have, but it won't be a repeat purchase.

 

Thank you @LizEF as always for an excellent review

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

I just find it a bit boring

I have to agree.  A rather ordinary dark blue.

 

1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

Thank you @LizEF as always for an excellent review

You're very welcome!  And thank you!

[namrehsnoom]

Thank you for the review. A nice “business” colour, but a pity that it feathers on cheaper paper (like what’s available at the office). The name is no match for my jeans though… much darker than I associate with denim.

[LizEF]

2 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

Thank you for the review. A nice “business” colour, but a pity that it feathers on cheaper paper (like what’s available at the office). The name is no match for my jeans though… much darker than I associate with denim.

You're very welcome!  Keep in mind the awful feathering you see is puzzle paper - far worse than any copy paper.  The bottom is the copy paper and looks worse than your eyes see it, due to the magnification - it's really not so bad, though there's a lot of different copy papers out there, so who knows...

 

As for denim, I have to assume they were going for the dark denim that used to be the only color back in the day, before "stonewashed" first appeared (followed by lots of other options).  But you're right, it doesn't even look quite like that.

[LizEF]

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 330µm.