August 16, 2024

Paul's fountain pen inks

Paul sent me the following list in August, 2024 ---
Diamine - Writers Blood

   Writers Blood is a dark red/ burgundy. I'm curious to see how it compares to the Young Wine
   ink that I also got.

   mountainofink.com/diamine-writers-blood

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Diamine - Red Dragon

   This ink is a brighter but still dark red. Closer to a classic red than Writers Blood though.

   mountainofink.com/diamine-red-dragon

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Leonardo - Rosso Passione

   Newish Italian pen/ink company. I feel this one is maybe the most classic red to my mind.
   Still a rich red and what I imagine a blood red would look like.

   leonardo-officina-italiana-red-passion-ink-review

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Pennonia - Mustvörös 'Young Wine'

   Young Wine looks to be a pale, light burgundy. Quite similar to Writers Blood.
   This is the Hungarian ink made by a guy who would previously mix existing inks to create new
   colors and then decided to start up his own company.

   mountainofink.com/pennonia

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Sailor - Manyo Yu

   This was the first ink I added to my shopping cart. It's part of Sailor's 5th anniversary
   Manyo series. It's a dark red/orange. I'll probably ink up a classic red first then ink
   this up.

   ink-review-sailor-manyo-anniversary-set/

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KWZ - Walk over Vistula

   As mentioned on the phone, I figured I needed an ink that wasn't a red or an orange. I
   debated on a green but settled on a blue. I was checking on the inks carried by the Dutch
   website I was shopping on and saw KWZ. Looking them up its a Polish ink company with interesting
   options. I was initially going to choose their ink "Baltic Memories" purely because it was a
   blue and I liked the name. But comparing Walk over Vistula to Baltic Memories I liked the slightly
   lighter tone and comments on it more.

   mountainofink.com/kwz-walk-over-vistula

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