(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)
One of the rituals of Christmas morning growing up was Mom making a fire in the fireplace. Us kids would wait anxiously in the hall with cold glasses of orange juice while she set the logs, stuck wads of newspaper in between, and lit matches. She’d use the old-fashioned bellows to try to coax the fire into action, but usually her ministrations failed and the house filled with smoke. She was relentless, however, and we had to wait, and wait, and wait, until the piñon logs started crackling. Then we’d hear the wonderful tones of “Here Comes Santa Claus” by the Ray Coniff Singers and that was our signal to come into the den to open stockings (and to sneak a peek under the tree to see what Santa had brought us).
The Inkvent color for today isn’t exactly a “traditional” Christmas color. It’s a fiery orange called “Fire Embers.” But I like that Diamine chose to include it, because a cheery fire in the fireplace is one of those things that made our Christmases special. This is a standard ink color, so it doesn’t have any sheen, nor does it offer shading.
It’s a vivid orange that looks good in any size nib. Some oranges are too pale to write with, but this one is dark enough that it has presence. It would definitely be a great color for artwork as well.
Even though The Embers is not a color I’ll be using for any Christmas writing, I like the shade. It looks like a perfect match for my Sailor Tequila Sunrise Pro Gear.
(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)
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