Category: Maruman
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Diamine Monboddo’s Hat on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink In 2019, the Fountain Pens UK Facebook group collaborated with Diamine to create two inks, Scribble Purple and Monboddo’s Hat. The inks are named after Scribble Monboddo, a purple colour lover who runs the Too Many Purples blog. Monboddo’s Hat is a ink colour inspired by Scribble Monboddo’s purple top hat. The ink is…
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Diamine Onyx Black
Onyx Black is a black ink with a wet flow. This is not a pitch black ink, if you look closely, you will notice a little shading. But for general purposes, this is black enough for me. I noticed this ink takes a while to fully dry. This ink is easy to clean out of…
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Dominant Industry Winter Wood
Winter Wood is a brown-black ink with an average flow. At the start of the writing session, the words look almost black due to the amount of ink. As I continued writing and the ink flow stabilised, shades of brown appeared. This ink is easy to clean out of the pen. The writing samples below…
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Lennon Tool Bar Winter Bamboo Shoots on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink Winter Bamboo Shoots is from the Winter 2019 limited edition series. The ink is an olive green colour with a wet flow. Before using it, I thought I would dislike this colour. But as I wrote with it, I found that it was an acceptable colour for writing. Not that I fell in love…
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Diamine Bilberry on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink Bilberry is also known as the European blueberry. To my untrained eye, it looks no different from a blueberry. The ink is a deep purple with a wet flow. I find it easier to clean out of the pen compared to the other deep purple sheening ink. On Mnemosyne paper, Writing Sample This was…
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Ferris Wheel Press Three Steamboats on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink Ferris Wheel Press Three Steamboats is from the Freshly Squeezed Collection. The ink looks like a minty green to me. It is a lovely colour with shading and no sheen. However, in writing, I find that it often lays down too light a line and the high contrast of the shading means I have…
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Dominant Industry Periwinkle Blue on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink Periwinkle Blue is an unsaturated blue-purple colour with a dry flow. I find the writing quite readable even in dim light. I enjoy the colour but not the dry flow. On Maruman Mnemosyne paper, Writing Sample This was written with a TWSBI ECO-T medium nib. Below are a couple of photos of how it…
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Lennon Tool Bar Celastrina Sugitanii Shirozui on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink This ink was part of the Spring 2020 limited edition. It was named after the Celastrina Sugitanii Shirozui butterfly found in Taiwan. “杉谷琉灰蝶” is the Chinese name of the butterfly and it is also printed on the bottle label. It is a pretty long name for a small butterfly that grows up to 1.4cm…
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Birmingham Independence Grey on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink Independence Grey is a dark grey ink, so dark that it looks almost black. The ink has a very wet flow. Due to the flow, I think the ink will be more suitable in the finer or drier nibs. On Maruman Mnemosyne paper, Shading: Little Sheen: Nil Feathering: Little Bleedthrough: Nil Writing Sample This…
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Van Dieman’s Sailor’s Delight on Maruman Mnemosyne
Ink Red sky at night, sailors’ delight.Red sky at morning, sailors’ warning. Wikipedia Sailor’s Delight, from the discontinued Midnight Series, takes inspiration from the rhyme above. Although the ink is no longer in production, you can still find it being sold at some retailers (as of July 2022). The ink is a bright orangey-red with…
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