(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)
By now, most of you have probably seen pictures of the Diamine Inkvent Calendar. This has to be one of the best ever ideas for pen addicts across the globe! I mean, what true geeky fountain pen person wouldn’t want to open up a new bottle of ink every day of Advent?
Most of the Inkvent calendars are sold out, however, so for those of you who weren’t able to purchase one, I’m going to give an introduction to the calendar itself in this post. Then, on each day of December, I will reveal the ink behind each door of the calendar and provide a brief overview and ink test. It’ll be a virtual Inkvent calendar for all Pen Addict readers!
The Inkvent calendar is made of sturdy cardboard with blue, white, and gold decorations. It measures 10.24 inches/260mm wide x 13.72 inches/350mm long x 1.4 inches/35mm deep. Unfortunately, there’s no hanging tab included to display the calendar on your wall. So, you’ll either have to lean it against a wall or buy a sturdy self-stick hanging tab (the calendar is rather heavy with all the glass bottles inside).
Behind each door is a 7ml glass bottle of ink (on the 25th there’s a 30ml plastic bottle). The inks were specially created for this calendar, and the colors can’t be found elsewhere in Diamine’s collection. Included are standard, shimmer, sheen, and shimmer/sheen inks in a variety of colors.
I’ve had so much fun opening these inks and testing them (talk about inky fingers!) The variety of colors and types of ink is fantastic. If you purchased this calendar, you won’t be disappointed. If you didn’t, you can enjoy it vicariously over the next 25 days.
(Cult Pens provided this product at no charge to The Pen Addict for review purposes.)
