Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 7

(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)

Happy Day 7 of Inkvent! I hope you’re enjoying Pen Addict’s daily reveal of these Diamine inks. Today’s ink might just make you want to snuggle close to that special someone.

Behind door 7 is Mistletoe. Pucker up everyone! Mistletoe is a standard green ink that definitely captures the color of the plant (well, it’s actually a parasite that attaches itself to our Arizona Ash tree, but still). The ink is a lovely green with excellent shading and a tiny bit of red sheen.

The ink performs well in all nib sizes. Once again, my photos of the ink on the Rhodia paper are a bit washed out. The ink’s color is closer to what you see on the Col-o-ring Card samples.

I really like Mistletoe. It’s not a showy color, but the deep sage tones and subtle shading make it a great choice for writing and maybe painting a few Christmas trees on cards. And, if you don’t have any real mistletoe handy, you can just dangle the little ink bottle above someone’s head and grab yourself a sweet holiday kiss.

(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 6

(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)

We are already to day 6 in our Inkvent Calendar journey. I don’t know about you, but I’m beginning to panic because I’ve bought exactly one present so far, and I haven’t wrapped it yet. That thought does not make me very merry.

But, the ink behind door six is definitely merry. It’s called Ho, Ho, Ho--a name I love in spite of my Christmas anxiety. It’s a bright red standard ink with orange tones.

The ink is fairly flat. It doesn’t have any sheen and shading is minimal. The orange cast to the ink is visible in ink testing, especially on white Rhodia paper. My photos are a bit washed out, so keep in mind that the ink is slightly darker in real life.

I generally prefer cooler shades of red over warm, orangey reds, especially during the holidays. But, that’s just a personal preference. This ink evokes the pleasant hue of a winter sunset in Albuquerque, my hometown. I get so homesick this time of year--especially for the smell of piñon wood and the taste of New Mexico chile rellenos. Ho, ho, home.

(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 3

(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)

On the third day of Advent Diamine gave to me a tiny bottle of shimmering ink.

Snow Storm is a light gray shimmer ink with silver particles. It definitely reminds me of gray December skies, though snow storms in Abilene, Texas, are rare.

Snow Storm offers some lovely shading (in a flex nib) in addition to the shimmer, which is more noticeable in the ink droplets on the Col-o-ring Card.

The ink looks rather washed out on Rhodia paper, so this is a color you’ll want to use in flex or broad nibs for writing. For art, it will work well as a wash.

I wish Diamine had made Snow Storm a much darker gray so that the shimmer would be more obvious. A darker gray would’ve made this ink more useful for writing as well.

(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)

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