Diamine - Sherwood Forest - Ink Review

in

Hi all and welcome to Day 16 of Duck’s Doodles Inkmas!

I realize it’s been a few posts since I’ve explained this experiment so the summary is I’m doing my own DIY ink calendar- one ink gets drawn from a random set of 24 ink samples and gets a quick review.

Okay now that we’re all caught up, let’s look at Diamine’s Sherwood Geen!

Writing sample, dry time, shade test and water test of Sherwood Green

Writing sample, dry time, shade test and water test of Sherwood Green

Writing

I have to say I’m absolutely in awe of how consistent Diamine has managed to be-no matter the color or properties, you get a good writing experience.

This ink goes down pretty in the middle- maybe a tiny bit on the wetter side, but not so much that it’s just gooping out of a pen. It’s a nice smooth writing experience- I loaded up my Prera (fine nib) and my Lamy AL Start (medium nib). It wrote just fine in both, but I found I enjoyed the writing experience a bit more in the Lamy.

This, like most Diamine inks, stays where you put it- I noticed no feathering on my Rhodia notebook, a tiny bit on my Field Notes and some noticeable feathering on low grade copy paper.

I did notice some ghosting on my Field Notes and the copy paper, but none on the Rhodia notebook.

Dry Time

This ink was fairly dry at 15 seconds, almost 100% dry at 20 seconds and absolutely 100% dry at 30 seconds.

Water Test

This ink isn’t waterproof but it’s not advertised to be.

The water drop test really brought out how green this ink is- I think it would be a good candidate for anyone using their pen inks for art

Color

I was really not expecting a ton from this ink- I really loved the Diamine Green/Black I tried out the other day for Inkmas, but didn’t think that two greens from one company would interest me.

Boy oh boy was I wrong.

Green/Black occupies that exact space- a green that has clear undertones of black.

And Sherwood Forest completely dominates the “forest” space- it really gets a surprising amount of range that encompasses “forest”. A deep green, with almost an undertone of blue, all the way to a light grass green.

Verdict

Holy moly guys I love this green. I’m shocked at how much I dig it, honestly.

It’s a really great green color with a lovely color range, a pretty great drying time and it’s a good writer.

That’s a home run in my book!

Thanks for reading, happy writing and see you tomorrow!