EFNIR: Diamine Jalur Gemilang

[A Smug Dill]

49 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Not hard at all when a kind Aussie ships it to you.  If you have to buy it from PenGallery in Malaysia, I have no idea.

 

I added Jalur Gemilang each time I placed an order with PenGallery as padding to reach the (ever-increasing!) threshold for free shipping to Australia, knowing full well that it's a single retail source product and my favourite Diamine ink at that. 

[LizEF]

13 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

I added Jalur Gemilang each time I placed an order with PenGallery as padding to reach the (ever-increasing!) threshold for free shipping to Australia, knowing full well that it's a single retail source product and my favourite Diamine ink at that.

Good thinking, then!  And thank you.

 

@inkstainedruth is right - it does look interesting on paper - the ink color seems to change as it dries (due to the sheen), and the full-blown sheen looks quite nice when you get the angle right.   (But then, if it's you're favorite, you know this and more already.)

[A Smug Dill]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

How hard is this to get in the US?

 

You can't. It's a PenGallery Malaysia exclusive, i.e. an ink the retailer commissioned Diamine to produce for it, so that it would have have exclusive rights to market and sell the product. It's not in Diamine's own product catalogue; and, unless there are US-based retailers who approached PenGallery (as opposed to Diamine) to act as its agents or authorised resellers in the region, or random parties (acting as PenGallery's retail customers) importing bottles of the ink into the US and then ‘privately’ selling them on eBay and such, there is no other way to buy Jalur Gemilang off the shelf (in a bricks-and-mortar store, or virtually) than ordering directly from PenGallery yourself.

 

Similarly, you can't buy Diamine's Cult Pens exclusive Iridescink colours from Goulet, JetPens, etc.

 

Only PenGallery has the ‘right‘ to order more bottles of this ink from Diamine, once it's run out of stock from a previous production batch. I've come across the out-of-stock situation once, which was then rectified, so it isn't a limited edition or special edition ink per se.

[inkstainedruth]

@A Smug Dill Oh, I was assuming that it was only available from the place that it's made for.  What I was wondering was how difficult it is to order directly from them, and the logistics involved (stuff like what the shipping charges to the US would be, how secure the transaction would be, whether they take PayPal, etc).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[A Smug Dill]

5 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

What I was wondering was how difficult it is to order directly from them,

 

I just had a look, and it appears PenGallery has it in stock. MYR 55.00 for a 80ml bottle, as the price has been since as far back as I'm aware. The free shipping threshold for orders to be delivered to the US is now MYR 2000 (and MYR 1600 for Australian orders; it was MYR 600 when I ordered my first bottle of Diamine Jalur Gemilang, back in 2018).

[AmandaW]

Paid shipping from Pen Gallery Malaysia to Australia a few days ago when I was looking for a particular Kakuno was over Aus$30 for 3 to 4 weeks registered post or more than double that for DHL... the pen is sale, but the shipping totally wiped out the saving and then some. I don't think a Kakuno comes in a big box or weights much.

 

 

[InesF]

Thank you @LizEF for this magical story written with magical ink! Woho! It must be magic, it's otherwise not explainable.

 

But most of all I love:

1) how the story develops and, especially, how the characters grow,

2) ice on a stick,

3) the microscopy image that looks like summer sky,

4) the surprising behaviour of this Diamine ink on paper ( @yazeh, there is no simple explanation - only a guess: components of the ink clog the paper fibres so that the rest of the liquid must dry at the surface and form a film-like layer that can have sheen all over) and

5) becoming introduced to inks I never would had looked for by myself.

 

Looking forward to the next review!

[LizEF]

3 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you @LizEF for this magical story written with magical ink! Woho! It must be magic, it's otherwise not explainable.

You're very welcome!

 

3 hours ago, InesF said:

But most of all I love:

1) how the story develops and, especially, how the characters grow,

2) ice on a stick,

3) the microscopy image that looks like summer sky,

4) the surprising behaviour of this Diamine ink on paper ( @yazeh, there is no simple explanation - only a guess: components of the ink clog the paper fibres so that the rest of the liquid must dry at the surface and form a film-like layer that can have sheen all over) and

5) becoming introduced to inks I never would had looked for by myself.

  I hope your ice on a stick is flavored, otherwise, sounds kinda dull...  

 

3 hours ago, InesF said:

Looking forward to the next review!

  Thank you!

[inkstainedruth]

12 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

I just had a look, and it appears PenGallery has it in stock. MYR 55.00 for a 80ml bottle, as the price has been since as far back as I'm aware. The free shipping threshold for orders to be delivered to the US is now MYR 2000 (and MYR 1600 for Australian orders; it was MYR 600 when I ordered my first bottle of Diamine Jalur Gemilang, back in 2018).

Thanks.  I plugged the price link in and the ink is certainly inexpensive enough.  I'd just have to then figure out where the cost of shipping would be worth it and don't really have time to look at their website at the moment (I'm really supposed to be running to the post office and to several stores -- including a restaurant supply and one of the local warehouse clubs -- to get groceries, instead of being on here.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[namrehsnoom]

Thanks for the review of this intriguing ink. Not sure if I like it, but it’s definitely something different.

[LizEF]

48 minutes ago, namrehsnoom said:

Thanks for the review of this intriguing ink. Not sure if I like it, but it’s definitely something different.

You're most welcome. 

[SashK]

Lovely ink, a real treasure in my collection of country exclusives. Also crazy about the other Malaysian ink, Manggis. But oh momma, keep Manggis a'moving in that pen, because it will stain if you leave it. But that ink color and that sheeeeen! It's like you gilded it with green-gold foil. It's the first Diamine ink that I've encountered that has stained a pen. 

 

Also, PenGallery are great to work with. 

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, SashK said:

Lovely ink, a real treasure in my collection of country exclusives. Also crazy about the other Malaysian ink, Manggis. But oh momma, keep Manggis a'moving in that pen, because it will stain if you leave it. But that ink color and that sheeeeen! It's like you gilded it with green-gold foil. It's the first Diamine ink that I've encountered that has stained a pen. 

 

Also, PenGallery are great to work with. 

Thank you, @SashK!  Appreciate the warning on Manggis (I have that too, but haven't reviewed it yet).  Appreciate your experience with PenGallery, too - that's helpful for those who wish to buy from afar.

[SashK]

Absolutely @LizEF! Just trying to do my part 😊 The whole community is sustained by helpful people. I know I wouldn't have gone very far without all the countless people that guided me early and often. 

 

Look forward to your Manggis review! Always a treat. 

[LizEF]

22 minutes ago, SashK said:

Absolutely @LizEF! Just trying to do my part 😊 The whole community is sustained by helpful people. I know I wouldn't have gone very far without all the countless people that guided me early and often. 

 

Look forward to your Manggis review! Always a treat. 

Thanks!