on saleDiamine Damson - 30ml Bottled Ink

I personally love both colorful and muted inks, but this ink in particular scratches the perfect itch for me by being both a beautiful color and understated and subtle in a very nice way. I’ve used it with my TWSBI ECO and it flows beautifully with little feathering or inconsistency.

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It's a good ink. I've had no problems. Obviously, all monitors are configured differently, so the ink is darker and slightly less purple than I expected it to be. It's a lot more subtle. Still a good color though. Vaguely professional, while still being different.

I really wanted to like this color. The swatch and writing sample on the website are exactly what I'm looking for. Maybe I got a bad bottle, but Damson just looked black in every pen I tried (EF, F, M, 1.1). If I watered it down enough I could get the dusky purple, but then the ink didn't perform well. It is well behaved ink and cleaned easily out of my pens. Just be prepared for ink that looks black with a bare hint of purple in very bright light and close inspection.

I debated between Damson and J. Herbin's Poussiere de Lune and finally settled on picking up the smaller sized bottle of Damson (30 ml) to give it a try. Reviews are correct in that it is a drier ink. However, I have had no problems with it causing any clogging or flow issues. I use in in one of my particularly wet pens and it writes like a dream. The color is subtle but gorgeous. The deep, rich smoked purple is a reserved, complicated color. It is dark enough for most work purposes, but adds a bit of interest and complexity by being outside of the traditional blue or black. This will definitely be one that I use regularly. Other than being drier than most other Diamine inks, it is well behaved and does not feather or smudge. It is not a waterfast ink, but it was not designed to be one. If you are looking for a dark, complex color that is business appropriate but outside of the traditional color range, this might be the ink for you.