on saleDiamine Silver Fox - Ink Sample

Trying this in the TUZU with M nib. Diamine is a solid ink choice and plays nicely with most of my pens, high and low end.

There is nothing wrong with this ink, I just found it too pale for my needs. I take notes with my fountain pens, and I found that Diamine Silver Fox is too pale and doesn't stand out enough. I ended up mixing it in equal parts with Diamine Graphite, and I like the mix better, maybe similar to Diamine Grey.

I used this in a Pilot Metropolitan and it looked just like pencil lead. It's certainly not an everyday ink in that pen, but I'd like to give it a shot in a wetter nib and see how it does.

Really like this color. A good middle grey. Good on white and lighter colored paper. Not shiny at all so don't think it will be visible on dark paper. Flowed well in my Noodler's Ahab (when the pen felt like working. Ahab people know what I am talking about.)

I had to buy a sample of Silver Fox after getting a sample of Frankincense. I love gray ink and use Lexington Gray regularly. Silver Fox is perfectly behaved in my TWSBI Eco 1.1 mm pen. Nicely wet, flowed very well. Tested on Clairefontaine spiral notebook, it was lighter than Frankincense and Lexington Gray (which were very close). I've found Diamine inks to be wonderful inks. I did not test this for water resistance, but the review on the Goulet Blog showed it to be medium resistant. Frankincense to be more resistant, and of course Lexington Gray is totally water resistant. Some shading. All in all a great ink if you are looking for a gray ink that is somewhat lighter than others. In some very wet pens I've wanted a lighter gray than Lexington, but I will probably dilute Lexington Gray when I need that. I do recommend this ink, it performs very well and is lovely.