Shimmer inks with very fine particles/well behaved shimmer inks?

[ultra violette]

Hello!

 

I have a confession: I love shimmer ink. I have a few TWSBIs dedicated to them (which are tuned extra wet) and I use all the bright, loud, obnoxious shimmer inks to my heart’s content. 
 

I’ve tried Diamine, as well as a few smaller Chinese brands, but I was wondering about what you lovely people in the forum think about inks with very fine shimmer particles. I assume they would clog pens less, as well as just having a nicer look to them  than large chunks of glitter? 
 

What are some brands (Robert Oster, Vinta, J Herbin Troublemaker are ones I’ve heard of before, but I’ve never tried!) or specific inks with shimmer that you feel are “well behaved”, that flow well and generally don’t have a reputation for clogging?

 

Thank you for looking! I hope you have a great day today

[ultra violette]

Kiwi inks is also a brand I’ve heard of! 

[effrafax]

I recently received De Atrementis' Brilliant Violet with silver shimmer (they do a range of colours with gold, silver and copper shimmers).  The particles in that are very fine, makes the shimmer on the page look quite mirror-like, or even liquid.  I'll definitely be getting more of that range of inks.

 

Other than Diamine, I also have several Van Dieman's shimmering inks, and they are all very good and well behaved.

 

[A Smug Dill]

The Jacques Herbin 1798 series of shimmer inks are OK in that regard. Vert Atlantide, too.

[dftr]

7 hours ago, ultra violette said:

in the forum think about inks with very fine shimmer particles. I assume they would clog pens less, as well as just having a nicer look to them  than large chunks of glitter? 
 

 

I'm curious about this too.  It would seem logical, but I've learned that sometimes the real world experience is very different.  My suspicion is that a little bit of glitter will keep getting stuck and may still show up even after changing inks.  

[A Smug Dill]

55 minutes ago, dftr said:

My suspicion is that a little bit of glitter will keep getting stuck and may still show up even after changing inks.

 

The likelihood of that is reduced by employing an ultrasonic cleaner in the cleaning process, and sticking to pens with converters that can be safely and easily disassembled (and then reassembled after cleaning), e.g. Sailor, Platinum, and some brands that use what they claim to be ‘international standard’ converters. I know the Tibaldi converters, for example, can be unscrewed and disassembled without breaking anything (including glue applied at the factory).

[ultra violette]

Thank you for the recommendation! And this is kind of weird, but thank you in general for being around FPN, I see you reply to beginner questions a lot and I‘ve learned so much from you, Dill.

[amberleadavis]

I have become a fan of the Birmingham Twinkle inks which have sparkle. I think you will like them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[A Smug Dill]

10 hours ago, ultra violette said:

And this is kind of weird, but thank you in general for being around FPN, I see you reply to beginner questions a lot and I‘ve learned so much from you, Dill.

 

That's very nice of you to say so, and you're most welcome! I'm glad you find my posts informative. 😃

 

It seems I also have a knack for offending seasoned fellow hobbyists and newcomers alike, just by treating everyone here as not necessarily like-minded equals who don't warrant careful handling with kid gloves. 👾

[AoKiu]

I have quite a few sparkling inks. One indicator is how easy or hard it is to shake up the settled glitter particles from the bottom of the ink bottle before you fill your pen. Very easy to shake up the shimmer is Jacques Herbin Shogun, whereas you have to shake vigorously Caroube de Chypre until the glitter 'dissolves' into the liquid. Another ink with quite solid sediment is Diamine Magical Forest. As I assume the glitter particles behave the same inside a pen you can imagine which ink has more potential to clog up your pen if sitting unused for a prolonged time. Also avoid storing pens filled with shimmering inks with the nib down as all the glitter particles will settle in the fine channels of the ink feed . If it still happens, an ultrasonic cleaning bath is helpful to unclog the ink feed. I use one for cleaning spectacles which I bought 30 years ago. I put the pen into a laboratory glass beaker so I don't contaminate each time the entire ultrasonic bath.

[essayfaire]

On 5/14/2022 at 2:42 PM, AoKiu said:

One indicator is how easy or hard it is to shake up the settled glitter particles from the bottom of the ink bottle before you fill your pen. Very easy to shake up the shimmer is Jacques Herbin Shogun, whereas you have to shake vigorously Caroube de Chypre

I just searched for Shogun, as I was hoping to find a comparison of that and the Caroube de Chypre.  This is helpful, thanks!