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Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Diamine Chopin


This is review #143 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:


Post-recording notes: This is a dark blue-black with a slight purple lean.  Cleaning was quick and easy.  The ink is so dark that it's hard to say what image best reflects it.  Examine them all and assume the real color is in there somewhere... :D I think this is an ink I'll prefer in a dry-ish 1.1 stub.


And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:
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Scan of Completed Review:
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Zoomed in photo:
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Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):
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Images also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap


Previous Review: Montblanc Homer Greek Blue.


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Need to catch up on The Adventures of Quin and Makhabesh?  Find the whole story here.


Hope you enjoy.  Comments appreciated!

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Thanks for another great review, Liz.  I MAY have had a sample of this, and my admittedly-vaporish memory recalls it as the grayish blue-black I had been yearning for.

 

I'll have to go later and check my ink samples and scribbles.

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Thanks for the review! 

 

This one needs a pen on the dry side but not necessarily a wider nib. I am currently using it in a dryish, but not very dry, Parker Classic ef and it's a grey-indigo (not like Diamine's - while nice, that's not indigo) - it's dark but not close to black. In Pilot 78g B italic it went a little more violet. It 'hits the spot' for me - I like it a whole lot and I haven't seen another ink quite like it. 

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Great job, Liz :thumbup:

I'm rooting for Makhabest pranking Quin! Or even better the staff finds Makhabesh and not Quin :D

BTW is it my imagination or the reviews have been more on the blue/black darker spectrum? :)

 

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Thank you as always @LizEF - I find these so useful :)

 

Sometimes, like today, they tell me more about inks I definitely don't need.  Which can be as important as discovering those I really want!

 

Of all of Diamine's 'series' inks, the composers have been the least appealing for me, especially given the premium price. 

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25 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks for another great review, Liz.

You're welcome! :)

 

26 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I'll have to go later and check my ink samples and scribbles.

Careful you don't end up with 30 inked pens as a result! ;)

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23 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

Thanks for the review! 

:) Gladly!

 

24 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

This one needs a pen on the dry side but not necessarily a wider nib. I am currently using it in a dryish, but not very dry, Parker Classic ef and it's a grey-indigo (not like Diamine's - while nice, that's not indigo) - it's dark but not close to black. In Pilot 78g B italic it went a little more violet. It 'hits the spot' for me - I like it a whole lot and I haven't seen another ink quite like it. 

Thanks for sharing your experience. This is my first use, so I'm guessing at what nibs will work best.

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21 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Great job, Liz :thumbup:

Thanks!

 

22 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I'm rooting for Makhabest pranking Quin! Or even better the staff finds Makhabesh and not Quin :D

:lol: If the next two weren't already recorded, I'd run with it.  Of course, Makhabesh would need a mini-staff, otherwise he'd have an awfully hard time flying, and just imagine all the bashing poor Quin would take when M tried landing on his shoulder...  :lticaptd:

 

23 minutes ago, yazeh said:

BTW is it my imagination or the reviews have been more on the blue/black darker spectrum? :)

Yeah, the voting seems to go through cycles.  But I love blue-blacks, so there are more to choose from. :wub::blush::D

 

(This may be a dupe, if so, sorry, but the original disappeared when I hit "Submit Reply".)

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19 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Thank you as always @LizEF - I find these so useful :)

You're very welcome. :wub: Thank you!

 

20 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Sometimes, like today, they tell me more about inks I definitely don't need.  Which can be as important as discovering those I really want!

 

Of all of Diamine's 'series' inks, the composers have been the least appealing for me, especially given the premium price. 

Glad to save you some money.  You can use it to buy some music, instead. ;)

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Update:  I found my tests/scribbles of Diamine Chopin.  I was mistaking it for another ink that really was a grayish BB.  My actual sample notes read: Dark, flat.  😝

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

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1 minute ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Update:  I found my tests/scribbles of Diamine Chopin.  I was mistaking it for another ink that really was a grayish BB.  My actual sample notes read: Dark, flat.  😝

:) Definitely dark.  And without sufficient light, or in a wet pen, it may well look flat.  Unless of course, you are referring to the fact that it's just ink lying on a sheet of paper, in which case, it may as well be 2-dimensional (even if it's technically not) for all functional purposes to the average human, in which case, it would indeed be flat - lying on a 2-dimesional plane (the face of the paper (let's not complicate matters with bleed, here)).  I mean, how much flatter can you get?  (Hint: not as flat as the ink!)  Now someone better in various sciences or arts is going to show up and explain to me that this is not what you meant when you called the ink flat, to which I say: :P

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7 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

My actual sample notes read: Dark, flat.  😝

 

“The ink was dark and flat.” sounds like the first sentence in a short story or chapter in a thriller. ;)

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I think also it ended up in my Who-Cares Ink Dump, Blue Edition II.  🖌

 

It certainly added a bit of Gravitas.  How come there isn't an ink by that name anyway?

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4 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

“The ink was dark and flat.” sounds like the first sentence in a short story or chapter in a thriller. ;)

Yes, one ranked one step higher than the one that started "It was a dark and stormy night..." :P

 

1 minute ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I think also it ended up in my Who-Cares Ink Dump, Blue Edition II.  🖌

:) You and @Tas, apparently, sharing habits.

 

2 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

It certainly added a bit of Gravitas.  How come there isn't an ink by that name anyway?

Maybe if Diamine do a 2022 reddit ink we can suggest that name.  (And now an insight into Liz's disturbing thought patterns: Diamine Earl Grey (a reddit ink) > Grey > Grayvitas > Sounds like "gravy" > "gravy" + "tas" > I wonder if @Tas ever made a brown Teeling mix..... )

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11 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

“The ink was dark and flat.” sounds like the first sentence in a short story or chapter in a thriller. ;)

The ink lay so dark and flat on the page it seemed to suck light from the room and hope from my heart...

 

:D Perhaps a tragedy.

 

Morris glanced at the page.  The ink was dark and flat, nothing to suggest danger.  He reached out to take the page, not noticing the faint ripple.  As his hand touched the page, the ink latched onto his thumb.  Morris screamed.

 

OK, thriller. ;)

 

The ink was dark and flat.  Not anymore.  It drew together, rising in a column, spinning, flinging bits of glitter in colorful arcs around the room.  Isabel giggled.  Mom propped her hands on her hips.  "I am not cleaning this up."

 

:lol: Fantasy?

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4 minutes ago, LizEF said:

The ink lay so dark and flat on the page it seemed to suck light from the room and hope from my heart...

 

:D Perhaps a tragedy.

 

Morris glanced at the page.  The ink was dark and flat, nothing to suggest danger.  He reached out to take the page, not noticing the faint ripple.  As his hand touched the page, the ink latched onto his thumb.  Morris screamed.

 

OK, thriller. ;)

 

The ink was dark and flat.  Not anymore.  It drew together, rising in a column, spinning, flinging bits of glitter in colorful arcs around the room.  Isabel giggled.  Mom propped her hands on her hips.  "I am not cleaning this up."

 

:lol: Fantasy?

 

All of the above!  🎉🎊👍🏻🍀

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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Hi @LizEF.

Thanks for this review, the story which develops more and more into a thriller and for the entertaining replies. What a good reading!

If I wouldn't had put a moratory to myself, this Diamine Chopin would had found its way on my order list without a second thought. However, following the discussion I suggest to call such a color Blue Hole - only some photons can escape.

😂

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4 hours ago, InesF said:

Hi @LizEF.

Thanks for this review, the story which develops more and more into a thriller and for the entertaining replies. What a good reading!

:) You're most welcome!

 

5 hours ago, InesF said:

If I wouldn't had put a moratory to myself, this Diamine Chopin would had found its way on my order list without a second thought.

Discipline is a powerful thing... ;)

 

5 hours ago, InesF said:

However, following the discussion I suggest to call such a color Blue Hole - only some photons can escape.

😂

:lticaptd:That's perfect - this could be the new description for several almost-black inks.

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