Ink Review #1145: Diamine Macassar

Let’s take a look at Diamine Macassar today. I purchased my bottle of ink from Cult Pens.

The color:

Macassar is a standard dark brown.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks much darker and has a little bit of black sheen.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, low black sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in most nib sizes and just a few dots of bleeding in the swab.

Comparison Swabs:

Macassar is a little less saturated than Diamine Chocolate Brown, and a little bit more red than Diamine Cult Pens Deep Dark Brown. Click here to see the Diamine inks together, and click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M800 Renaissance Brown with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, it’s a good basic dark brown ink-well behaved and affordable.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored in any way.