Brownish/burgundy ink for vintage pen?

[Mercian]

17 minutes ago, 51ISH said:

This may sound mad, as it's such a dark saturated ink, but do you find it shades in some of your pens?

I find that it yields occasional bits of shading, especially if used on hard-coated papers such as Oxford ‘Optik’.

Given how saturated it is, it isn’t that surprising that it doesn’t shade as much as e.g. R&K Salix or Scabiosa do.

And its ‘melted chocolate’ colour pleases me.

Nom nom nom nom, nom nom nom! 😉

 

Its colour makes it one of my favourite inks for writing personal correspondence.

 

 

[essayfaire]

1 hour ago, Mercian said:

Guilty-as-charged, your Honour.

 

My first ‘brown’ ink was Parker Penman Mocha.

For my Pelikan pens (& perhaps my Lamy 2000) I have Edelstein ‘Smoky Quartz’.

In my other pens (& my Pelikans too) I love the colour of Diamine ‘Chocolate Brown’ 😊

 

1 hour ago, 51ISH said:

 

I think you have a 'thing' for dark brown inks

 

 

Doesn't everyone?

[51ISH]

12 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

 

Doesn't everyone?

 

If they don't they should! 

 

I seem to have a fascination for dark greens at the minute eg Diamine Sherwood Green. 🙂

[amberleadavis]

1 hour ago, 51ISH said:

 

If they don't they should! 

 

I seem to have a fascination for dark greens at the minute eg Diamine Sherwood Green. 🙂

 

Try Sailor "seaweed"

 

[essayfaire]

1 hour ago, 51ISH said:

 

If they don't they should! 

 

I seem to have a fascination for dark greens at the minute eg Diamine Sherwood Green. 🙂

I prefer Dark Forest; it's darker.

[51ISH]

24 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

 

Try Sailor "seaweed"

 

 

Thanks!  But I'm struggling to find that in the UK...and if I could it's going to be expensive by the looks of things...

[51ISH]

14 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

I prefer Dark Forest; it's darker.

 

15 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

I prefer Dark Forest; it's darker.

 

Thanks, I'l take a look....without looking back,  a long time ago there were 3 or 4 in Diamines 'dark greens'.... was / is there a Green/black or similar? I read loads of reviews and Sherwood came out as a strong contender. If you haven't tried it you really should. Like most inks, it behaves quite differently between various pens. (For me at least))

[amberleadavis]

11 minutes ago, 51ISH said:

 

Thanks!  But I'm struggling to find that in the UK...and if I could it's going to be expensive by the looks of things...

 

It is one of the jentle inks so it shouldn't be too expensive.  I really liked it. I didn't see it at Cult Pens and I don't know of any other UK pen stores, though I'm sure there are many.

[51ISH]

5 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

 

It is one of the jentle inks so it shouldn't be too expensive.  I really liked it. I didn't see it at Cult Pens and I don't know of any other UK pen stores, though I'm sure there are many.

 

Is this the one??

 

https://www.gouletpens.com/products/sailor-shikiori-miruai-20ml-bottled-ink

 

At first look not readily available in the UK. But thank you for the recommendation.  To be honest that looks more 'blue' than 'green' to me ?

[amberleadavis]

1 hour ago, 51ISH said:

 

Is this the one??

 

https://www.gouletpens.com/products/sailor-shikiori-miruai-20ml-bottled-ink

 

At first look not readily available in the UK. But thank you for the recommendation.  To be honest that looks more 'blue' than 'green' to me ?

 

I guess it is no longer available in the big bottles.  It is definitely green.

 

 

[amberleadavis]

1 hour ago, 51ISH said:

 

Is this the one??

 

https://www.gouletpens.com/products/sailor-shikiori-miruai-20ml-bottled-ink

 

At first look not readily available in the UK. But thank you for the recommendation.  To be honest that looks more 'blue' than 'green' to me ?

 

Also, check out this post.

 

 

[essayfaire]

It's darker than Sherwood, I've tried it.  The Monteverde Jade Noir is pretty dark too, but wetter than my preference.

[Mercian]

13 hours ago, 51ISH said:

a long time ago there were 3 or 4 in Diamines 'dark greens'…

For a dark green Diamine ink, you might try the following:

 

Diamine ‘Classic Green’ - pleasingly murky and shades delightfully, but its colour is not one that I would describe as very-dark;

Diamine ‘Racing Green’ (an exclusive for missing-pen.de);

Diamine ‘Sherwood Green’;

Diamine ‘Evergreen’;

Diamine ‘Deep Dark Green’ (an exclusive for Cult Pens);

Diamine ‘Green-Black’.

 

Each of these inks has at least one review here on FPN, so it ought to be easy for you to decide which one suits you best.

 

Personally, I am minded to buy a bottle of Monteverde ‘Gemstone’ Olivine - after all, I have some important letters that I need to write to Newspaper Editors 😉

Edited March 26, 2023 by Mercian
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[51ISH]

40 minutes ago, Mercian said:

For a dark green Diamine ink, you might try the following:

 

Diamine ‘Classic Green’ - pleasingly murky and shades delightfully, but its colour is not one that I would describe as very-dark;

Diamine ‘Racing Green’ (an exclusive for missing-pen.de);

Diamine ‘Sherwood Green’;

Diamine ‘Evergreen’;

Diamine ‘Deep Dark Green’ (an exclusive for Cult Pens);

Diamine ‘Green-Black’.

 

Each of these inks has at least one review here on FPN, so it ought to be easy for you to decide which one suits you best.

 

Personally, I am minded to buy a bottle of Monteverde ‘Gemstone’ Olivine - after all, I have some important letters that I need to write to Newspaper Editors 😉

 

Thanks for the suggestions.   I don't think the range has changed since 'back in the day' on the Diamine, although I can't remember if they did custom colours for retailers back then? 🤔 I ordered mine direct from them. Which still looks the best option unless you need 'other stuff'.

[essayfaire]

@kestrel@amberleadavis

[amberleadavis]

On 4/1/2023 at 9:21 AM, essayfaire said:

@kestrel@amberleadavis

 

I think I have it inked up, but then I got distracted.