Diamine Florida Blue fountain pen ink tested in a medium nibbed Sailor Sapporo fountain pen. Paperblanks off-white ruled journal.
I had to re-write this review because I had previously stated that it was too thin and causing this nib to be scratchy. NOT TRUE. I found that the nib tines were out of alignment. When I flushed and filled this pen, I had unscrewed the nib to clean it better and I believe I must have screwed it back in too tightly because the nib was being mis-aligned by the feed. I unscrewed it just a smidge and viola! Now its writing as smooth as can be.
This ink has tremendous flow. A nice mid blue similar to Mediterranean Blue. Great shading. Fairly well saturated.
Only thing is that this ink is causing tiny blood spots on the back of the page in this Paperblanks journal and also in the Rhodia Webbie. It bled and feathered quite badly in a Moleskine. Herbin's Perle Noire, Bleu Pervenche & Rose Cyclamen sometimes does that as well - pushes just a bit through any paper. My first time seeing a Diamine ink do that.
No, wait... looking back through this ink book I see it again with Royal Blue and Steel Blue. I didn't use those colors in the Webbie so I can't compare. Maybe it's the inks because they are in the same color family, maybe it's the paper. Though I find that to be strange since I tested well over 60 different FP inks in this and two other Paperblanks journals with no ill effects.
Buy Diamine Inks in the UK at The Writing Desk or directly from Diamine and in the US from The Pear Tree Pen Company Ink is sold in 80ml glass bottles, 30 ml plastic bottles, and selected colors are available in cartridge form.
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