on saleDiamine Enchanted Ocean - Ink Sample

Great flow nice shimmer. Great for fountain pens and use with watercolors.

I bought a sample of this ink last Fall, and finally tried it in a pen (Pilot Parallel 1.5 mm) this month. It's a fairly deep color, muted by plenty of silver shimmering bits that are well-distributed. It rarely gummed up the pen (other shimmering inks are much worse), but I looked at the accumulation of silver in the feed with some trepidation. Well, I cleaned the pen yesterday, after having the ink in there for a month - and with a little pen flush, it cleaned up easily. SInce the feed is quite visible in the Pilot Parallel, I could monitor it well. I am very pleased. I'm so happy with this ink, I'm going to buy a whole bottle.

I wanted to compare this color to another that's similar to it. It's a beautiful ink with enough sparkle to keep you intrigued.

So first of all, this was a much darker blue than I was expecting. This isn't necessarily bad, in fact it made the ink even more elegant, in my opinion. Also, I don't know if it was just my sample or if this is how the ink is, but the shimmer is more subtle than the other Shimmertastics I've tried. It seems to have a more even distribution, rather than overloading in the areas where the ink pools. I like that a lot. And it has a sheen! Not just from the shimmer, but there's an awesome red sheen to it as well, which I LOVE! All-in-all, it's an excellent ink!

After the Diamine Blue Pearl, this is my favourite Diamine shimmer ink. It has a very rich colour, with hints of reddish-purple as well as the primary blue colour, which, by the way, is also beautiful. If you want a very multi-dimensional ink, this is one of the best. Plus is looks gorgeous in demonstrators.