Diamine 30ml Sepia Fountain Pen Ink Bottle

Eau de Nil is a pretty color ink, a blue green in color. No shimmer, shade, or sheen. Just a pretty, hassle free ink.

I purchased Diamine Sepia ink to go with my Benu Euphoria Earl Grey fountain pen. The color matches perfectly. I would like the color even if it didn't match the pen. Diamine inks are great. I have never had a problem with any of their color.

Diamine Oxblood ink, is a beautiful ink. The color is rich and dark (if it spills on your hand it’ll look like you cut yourself, but on paper, it’s luxurious! A dark, deep burgundy—a true burgundy) and the ink dries rather quickly. I use a glass dip pen with this ink and it has made my writing experience even more of a joy!Now, I’ve used Rhodia and another brand of paper (I’ll edit this review and add the name later on when I remember), and there was no bleeding nor feathering, and little show through. Very high quality ink. I did not test to see if the ink is waterproof but I will check and edit the review when I can. Drying time? I’ll guesstimate under 10 seconds, far quicker than some other inks I’ve worked with. Diamine Oxblood is a well behaved, rich toned, great quality ink.On the other hand, if you are using a dip pen, I recommend you use a ink well (the bottle is small and narrow, so dipping the pen in it isn’t too “comfortable”..), but I this is a sample size, so I will be buying the larger bottle soon! I recommend this item!

The ink is such a pretty color and i fell in love when i saw some swatches. It is the perfect color to match my green pen. The color is an amazing bluish green and quite dark. I have used Diamine inks before and I am quite pleased with them.

This review is for Diamine Oxblood.Expectations based off product pictures and other pictures were more of a brownish red similar to dried blood. Reality was that this ink came out much more brown than expected.The color is also more brown on paper than the color shown on the bottle or product images. Perhaps it is our choice of a fine nib. Scribbling a larger swatch, it does touch on reddish-brown, but still very much brown and nowhere close to the product image.As anyone who has done even basic research should already know, this ink does not at all hold up to water. Diamine inks in general seem to do very poorly when water gets involved. Bleed through on even normal notebook paper is minimal and no feathering with our writing speed which is fairly quick but sloppy. Slowing down for more legible writing does not cause issues with bleed through for us. Perhaps with a wetter pen/nib it might.We will keep this as a backup ink since it does write well and does look nice. Perhaps we can mix it with a brighter red and get the color where we want it.

This review is of the color Damson ink. (Amazon, please don't combine reviews of different products on the same page!) Also, the rounded glass bottle shown on the Damson product page is actually the larger bottle and is not what you will receive. If you order the 30ml bottle, it is a plain, tall rectangular plastic bottle. The ink is the same, just less of it, and the bottle isn't as pretty. I was expecting the bottle that is shown on the product page, but for the price, the smaller plain bottle is OK.I really like this ink. It flows well in my fountain pens and is not hard to rinse out of them. It's a pleasing, slightly smoky or muted purple, and a nice change from black and blue inks.Edit for an additional review of Diamine Amazing Amethyst ink:I've also bought a 30 ml bottle of the color Amazing Amethyst ink by Diamine. Amazon sent me an email wanting a review, but it linked to this review of Diamine Damson ink. Again, amazon, please don't combine reviews of different products on the same page!! Grrrr....Anyway, I like Diamine inks in general and both Damson and Amazing Amethyst in particular. The Amazing Amethyst is a brighter, richer purple, but still dark enough for most uses. In an average or wet-flowing pen, the color is very rich, deep, and jewel-like. I especially like it with a stub nib pen. I have one pen, though, that is a very dry writer, making this ink look washed out (but that pen makes every ink look washed out!) In short, both Damson (muted deep purple) and Amazing Amethyst (rich deep purple in most pens) are great inks.

So I'm just going start out with the shipping and how excellent it is. I was worried about getting the inks because I have a history of bottles just leaking or exploding or SOMETHING to cause a mess. Except, the packaging was very carefully done and the bottles were wrapped in bubble wrap and tightly covered to prevent any damage or leaking. It also arrived far earlier than expected, I was fine with the estimated time slot but it arrived several days before the estimated time, which means I got to play around with them all the earlier.I ordered the oxblood color and the onyx black; both of which are simply gorgeous. They have a range of colors/hues(?) that can be achieved with them by diluting them and I've heard you can mix colors even though I haven't tried that.The ink quality is very nice too, very fun to ink work with.Any problems I have had thus far with them have been across all inks and is probably just me being inexperienced with ink. The oxblood specifically takes a while to draw so I suggest leaving it be for a long while (a few hours or more). I'm more used to fast drying inks, but I wouldn't say that's a fault of this ink because I've heard a lot of bottled inks take a while to draw and I was using quite a lot.All in all it's a great brand and I will definitely be buying more colors once I have the free cash, definitely worth the price.

This is a very nice, dark red/scarlet ink which has worked well using a Kaweco Sport fountain pen with EF nib in my Dingbats Bullet Journal for daily writing when I switch to it. (I tend to switch inks when I run dry and have been comparing readability as I go along. This ink is quite readable, not “jarring” on the eyes, and if you prefer a red this may be a good choice for you. It’s not very waterproof, so keep that in mind, but it depends on your needs (or if hot and you have sweaty hands). All of the Diamine inks seem to be of very high quality.