fountain pen ink swatch #15: diamine red dragon

[cimorene]

Diamine Red Dragon fountain pen ink on Clairefontaine white paper with Speedball C-4 italic and B-5 dip pen nibs, Hero 616 Doctor fountain pen in extra fine, plus brush and water.


This ink is a beautiful color that’s fascinating to look at and deservedly popular. It performs well in fountain pens, but other people’s reviews online indicate it has a tendency to become gunky with time (I don’t think I’ve had it for long enough yet, and the solution for this is to shake the ink up anyway, same as for shimmer ink).

The image above from the scanner doesn’t look quite true to life, though: I’ve never thought that it had a pinkish or bluish cast to it before like it sort of seems to there, so I took this photo in sunlight that seems a bit more accurate:



And finally, a writing sample on Rhodia dotpad.