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Diamine Eau de Nil (Now with Video!)

11/27/13
This ink is one that I've had for a while, and I think I like it. It's a greenish blue that isn't really a turquoise. As I say in the write-up, it reminds me of a more-green version of Waterman's Mysterious Blue. You're not going to see that similarity in the color comparison at the bottom of the page, but that Mysterious Blue is in a really wet nib and it looks way darker than usual. Check...

Pilot Acroball

11/20/13
I found a 3-pack of these .7mm pens in a Target store a while ago, and I picked them up without ever having heard of them. They're a sort of hybrid ink that is supposed to have the darkness of a gel ink with the drying speed of a ballpoint. I think they deliver on that promise pretty well.   The "Pure White" label just refers to the color scheme, as far as I know. As you can see in the...

November 2013 Ink Drop "Christmas Dreams"

11/13/13
This month's ink drop (which I'm showing you a bit late) is Christmas themed so that we can all write our Christmas cards with these red and green inks. I've never been much of a Christmas-card-writer but, now that we have a house, I think we probably have to do that.






And here's a video. The lighting is a little different, and that Poppy color looks a bit different.