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Cult Pens Diamine Deep Dark Purple Ink

Cult Pens has a line up of Diamine Deep Dark inks - and they are deep and dark. Very fair price, good value in my humble opinion, and the colors are definitely saturated. They are heavy on the cleaning and maintenance because of the saturation but they also have a lot of sheen and character, if that is something you look for.

Diamine Deep Dark Purple makes me think of roasted eggplants and purple hair and octopuses and all sorts of weird things that are probably not equivalent to this color, but that is just what a good color should do: make the mind get creative! Freakishly so, perhaps. This is a gorgeous, deep purple with some golden sheen and I love it and it's beautiful and one of the prettiest purples I have seen. Sure as heck not easy to flush quickly but absolutely worth the effort because LOOK AT IT! If you like Pelikan Edelstein Amethyst but have no stock left of that special edition ink, this is a pretty solid alternative.

Price: £5.90 inc VAT
Price: £4.92 ex VAT
Where to buy: Cult Pens

I don't know where my picture of the bottle went but it's the 30 ml plastic Diamine bottles.

Sunday Reads: July 14. 2019

Lettering & Calligraphy Workshops!

Friday, August 23, 2019

9 am - 12 pm

San Francisco Pen Show

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Saturday, August 24, 2019

9 am - 12 pm

San Francisco Pen Show

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Sunday, August 25, 2019

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San Francisco Pen Show

Calligraphy & Lettering with Letters & Textures

Saturday, September 14, 2019

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Montreal Pen Show

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Stuff I Looked At Elsewhere & Read

• Murmuration: 10,000 Porcelain Birds Create a Calligraphic Landscape at the National Gallery of Victoria - Colossal.
• Bruce the Eagle Gets his 15 Minutes of Fame in a Symmetrical Glamour Shot - Colossal.
• A Fleeting Dandelion Wish Processing Facility Appears For Two Days Outside of Los Angeles - Colossal.
• Melting cats - Sad and Useless.
• SBREBrown's Fountain Pen Shootout: Rollerballs That Use Fountain Pen Ink.
• We Present Theo Jansen - this is nifty.
• Peanut Butter Graham S’mores Krispie Treats - Country Cleaver.
• Sweet Ambs' favorite cookie recipe.
• These Are the Funniest Animal Photos of 2018 - National Geographic.
• Birds with human arms - Sad and Useless.
• We Present Cynthia Shanmugalingam.
• Paiste - 80" Symphonic Gong played by Paiste Gong Master Sven on YouTube.
• Cocoa brownies on Bon Appétit.
• How peacock spiders use optical illusions to woo females - National Geographic.

Stuff I Apparently Did This Week

• Cult Pens Diamine Deep Dark Green Ink
• The Pen Guardian Two Pen Leather Pen Case
• Galen Leather Tool Wrap vs. Superior Labor Leather Pen Roll

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