On the last day of Inkmas, I finally broke and dipped into the glitter ink. This is Diamine Shimmer Spearmint Diva (50ml for $20), the perfect Christmas Eve eve ink… all sparkly, icy and seasonally green. The sparkle is a fine silver and it catches the light really well. There’s even a really nice bit…
Am I really on the eleventh day of Inkmas already? Today, I guess I’m still in Poland with KWZ and I’m Warsaw Dreaming ($15 for 60ml bottle). It seems oddly appropriate to review the darkest ink on day after the darkest night of the year. Warsaw Dreaming is a dark, dark, dark blue black. It’s…
On the tenth day of Inkmas (I’m starting to think I didn’t count my days correctly or maybe I should have done Inkmas Advent because I have a ton more inks I could review!), I decided to go to Poland and take a walk with KWZ Walks Over Vistula ($15 for 60ml bottle). The name derives…
On the ninth day of Inkmas, I reviewed an ink that is virtually impossible to get. Sorry! Scriptus 2017 Confederate Confederation Brown is another sample I acquired from a member of my local pen club. It was the special ink created by KWZ for the Toronto Pen Show this year in honor of the 150th…
On the eighth day of Inkmas I actually got an ink that was wholly new to me! While at pen club last month, I was gifted two unique ink sample and Glare Ink Olive Brown from India was one of them. I know very little about the Glare brand. Internet searching revealed little more other…
On the seventh day of Inkmas I couldn’t resist featuring Kyo-no-oto #7 Hisoku ($28 for 40ml bottle). This smoky blue grey color is one of my favorite ink colors. When I first got into fountain pens, one of the first bottles of ink I bought was De Atramentis Pigeon Blue which is not too dissimilar in…
On the sixth day of Inkmas, the ink fairy gave to me… Kyo-no-oto #6 Adzukiiro ($28 for 40ml bottle)! Yes. There is are NEW Kyo-no-oto colors and my own personal ink fairy made sure I got a sample of it ASAP. Like all of the previous Ky-no-oto ink colors, this is a muted yet rich color. It’s…
