Tag: Diamine

  • Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte (Diamine) Vert Sapin

    Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte (Diamine) Vert Sapin

    In September 2019 La Couronne du Comte, a stationery store based in Tilburg, Netherlands (and sponsor of this blog) released Comte d’Or (“Count of Gold”), a gold ink made by Diamine exclusively for their store and the first from what will become their Les Couleurs du Comte (“The Colors of the Count“) ink series. La…

  • Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte (Diamine) Pain d’Épices

    Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte (Diamine) Pain d’Épices

    In September 2019 La Couronne du Comte, a stationery store based in Tilburg, Netherlands (and sponsor of this blog) released Comte d’Or (“Count of Gold”), a gold ink made by Diamine exclusively for their store and the first from what will become their Les Couleurs du Comte (“The Colors of the Count“) ink series. La…

  • Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte (Diamine) Comte d’Or

    Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte (Diamine) Comte d’Or

    In September 2019 La Couronne du Comte, a stationery store based in Tilburg, Netherlands (and sponsor of this blog) released Comte d’Or (“Count of Gold”), a gold ink made by Diamine exclusively for their store and the first from what will become their Les Couleurs du Comte (“The Colors of the Count“) ink series. La…

  • Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte (Diamine) Bleu Cuivré

    Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte (Diamine) Bleu Cuivré

    In September 2019 La Couronne du Comte, a stationery store based in Tilburg, Netherlands (and sponsor of this blog) released Comte d’Or (“Count of Gold”), a gold ink made by Diamine exclusively for their store and the first from what will become their Les Couleurs du Comte (“The Colors of the Count“) ink series. La…

  • Ink Review: KWZ Sheen Machine 2

    Ink Review: KWZ Sheen Machine 2

    KWZ Sheen Machine 2 Sheen Day is the second instalment in KWZ’s approach to super sheening inks. KWZ Sheen Machine (1) was the classic super sheening azure ink but with better writing characteristics and cleaner. KWZ Sheen Machine 2 shares those characteristics but is in now a rich teal inkThank you to Bookbinders Design for…

  • State of the Union 2019: Fountain Pen Ink

    State of the Union 2019: Fountain Pen Ink

    In 2017 I wrote my first “State of the Union” where I discussed ink brands, what they had done, and what I wanted them to do in 2018. In 2018 I did the same for 2019. This year’s has been delayed, unfortunately! I really want to get these out before the new year, but sometimes…

  • Ink Review: Sailor Ink Studio 935

    Ink Review: Sailor Ink Studio 935

    Last year when I traveled to Japan I generally wanted to avoid buying stuff I knew I could easily get outside Japan. This included Sailor Ink Studio which I had heard was eventually going to be available to retailers outside Japan. Nevertheless I still wanted to try them out so and I grabbed Ink Studio…

  • State of the Union 2018: Fountain Pen Ink

    State of the Union 2018: Fountain Pen Ink

    Last year I talked about what ink brands had done that year and what I hoped for this year. In this article I’m doing the same thing again. How many of my hopes were realised? What did the brand do? What do I want from them in 2019 and has that changed from what I…

  • My Ink Collection: 1091 Bottles and 47 Litres of Ink (2019)

    My Ink Collection: 1091 Bottles and 47 Litres of Ink (2019)

    A year and a half ago I wrote about my then collection of 637 Bottles and 33.47 Litres of Ink and now, after cracking 1,000 thanks to my recent purchase of all 100 Sailor Ink Studio inks (from Pen Classics) I thought was a good time to give an update to the collection.

  • Ink Review: Ink Institute Cut Jade

    Ink Review: Ink Institute Cut Jade

    There are a few super sheeners out there now. The first was Organics Studio Nitrogen Royal Blue and Organics Studio have come out with a teal and a darker blue super sheener, Krishna has come out with a blue super sheener similar to Nitrogen and now Ink Institute in Taiwan has come out with two…