Diamine Inkvent 2023 Days 11-15

It’s that time of year! It’s time for the 2023 Diamine Inkvent Calendar. Let’s take a look at days 11-15. You can find the calendar for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Glacier, Bah Humbug, Weeping Willow, Rainbow’s End and Walnut.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Glacier has low shading and silver shimmer. Bah Humbug has low shading, low green sheen and red shimmer. Weeping Willow has medium shading. Rainbow’s End has low shading and pink shimmer. Walnut has low shading and low black sheen.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Glacier is closest to Colorverse Mystic Mountain.

Bah Humbug is close to Diamine All the Best.

Weeping Willow has more shading than PenBBS POTUS.

Rainbow’s End is more saturated than J Herbin Violet Imperial.

Walnut is a little lighter than Kobe Kyu-kyoryuchi Sepia.

Longer Writing:

All of the inks had average flows. I used a Taroko Enigma notebook.

Overall, I think Walnut is my favorite out of the five, but all are nice colors and well behaved.

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