Diamine 80ml Bottled Ink - Special Edition - Writer's Blood

Why did you pick this product vs others?:It's a perfect color contrast to blue-black ink. I like to write in several colors for clarity. Diamine inks have a reputation for safe use in fountain pens.Smudge resistance:This is a minus. On good fountain pen paper, it is a slow drier. As a leftie, I have to keep a rocking blotter at hand.

This is my favorite color of ink to use. I love the shading on this ink. It looks amazing!

Beautiful color, easy to use, and it looks great on paper.

This is my first Diamine ink and I will be buying more. The color is a deep purple red. I'd been using another (brighter) red that is a bit light for regular note taking or for letters but this darker color has everyday use. It's a great replacement not only for brighter red inks but also an alternative for the brown (sepia) ink I've been using as well. It dried relatively quickly and the 80ml bottle is priced competitively with Noodler's inks and a much better value than some specialty inks that cost 50% more for only 30-50ml. I'm already in search of my next Diamine color, perhaps Solstice.

The color is dead on, i spilled some on my hand by accident and my wife (works in EMS) thought i cut my hand open. thats how close the color is to blood. It dries quick on paper, super consistent, nice glass bottle, honestly for the majority of the journaling I do this is the ink i plan on using long term. absolutely get it

Writer's blood is very suitable for writting the letter to your good frend. Quality - top-of-the range. Flows fluently and very fun to use.

very nice, bigger than I expected! pretty color and bottle.the slightest bit of water will wipe all away.

Diamine WRITERS BLOOD ink.I really like this color. It replaces an old bottle of my favorite color that I purchased from Levenger years ago called Claret. Swatching them side by side I can only with difficulty tell the difference. Writers Blood is a deep blood red with a slight purplish cast that I really like. Maybe Claret is slightly more purplish - I can't tell. Writers Blood is very dark, which looks good on the page, but not so dark that it hides the color. It dries consistent and uniform with an EF nib. I am changing all of my inks to Diamine because I like the quality and want my inks' characteristics to be predictable, and the same chemistry in case I decide to get creative and blend them.Diamine does not bleed thru as much as some inks I've tried.