Review of Diamine Shimmering Seas fountain pen ink using a Pilot Penmanship EF nib.
Chapters:
00:00 Swatch color comparison
00:12 Zoom (microscope) photo
00:18 Microscope smear
00:36 Line Width
00:42 Written review
00:57 Dry Time
01:10 Writing Sample
02:20 Subjective Analysis
03:12 Zoom of absorbent paper
03:37 Quote & Writing Prompt
04:10 Close-up of completed review
04:22 Scan of completed review
04:28 End screen, links to channel and previous review
Post-recording notes: Cleaning took a little longer than usual - the ink is quite saturated and needs extra flushes to come out. It also clung to the inside of my converter. This is a dark, slightly muted blue, not quite blue-black, with gold glitter (which didn't want to be seen on camera). I could see sheen if I looked for it, but it's far from obvious.
Screenshot: Color too absent. :)
Scan: Pretty close
Zoom: Seems quite accurate
Absorbent Paper: Oddly enough, shows glitter really well
Copy Paper: too pale, but shows underlying color
The line width measurement is one of the lines used for dry time. Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 300µm. (For the curious, with 194 inks measured, the average line width is 292µm.)
Glitter is cool under a microscope! :D Three images included - there were other cool things, but they didn't photograph well. :(
Screenshot: [ Ссылка ]
Scan of Completed Review: [ Ссылка ]
Zoomed in photo: [ Ссылка ]
Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper): [ Ссылка ]
Line width measured via microscope at 100x: [ Ссылка ]
Microscope slide at 100x (crowd of glitter in thicker ink): [ Ссылка ]
Microscope slide at 100x (less crowded glitter in thinner ink): [ Ссылка ]
Microscope slide at 400x (closeup of one of the "flowers"): [ Ссылка ]
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