(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)
So . . . I still haven’t sent Christmas cards out to anyone. Partly, I’ve just been too busy with finals and grading. But the main reason I procrastinate on Christmas cards is I feel like I should include a fancy newsletter of all the great things the family has done this year. Then I get intimidated by how much work that will be. By the time I talk myself into just sending cards without a newsletter it’s pretty late in December. . . or it’s January.
Season’s Greetings is today’s ink. This ink is a nice reminder that it’s high time to get those Christmas cards written if you’re going to do them at all. I’m not sure what to think of this color. It looks like a murky purple with greenish edges in my swab on the Col-o-ring card, whereas the writing looks magenta because this ink contains lots of sheen.
The actual ink color comes out on white Rhodia paper: surprise! It’s dark teal! I’m not sure how to explain this other than that the Col-o-ring card seems to absorb more ink than Rhodia paper. This means that the magenta sheen predominates on the more absorbent Col-o-ring card, and the teal ink color predominates on the less absorbent Rhodia paper. Regardless, this ink is quite interesting.
I love sheen inks, and I find this one to be especially pretty. Just be aware that the paper you use will determine whether the teal or the sheeny magenta will be most apparent.
(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)
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