Diamine Vivaldi — Ink Review #124
Diamine — Vivaldi Ink Review # 124 Originally posted on FPN: Apr 24, 2024 Ink: Vivaldi Series: Music. Brand: Diamine Country: United Kingdom Availability: 30 ml bottles. Pens Used: Pilot F3A (Japanese EF, semi-flex), Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B, 1.1) Description Thanks to @Lithium466 for the sample. This review is in three parts. Feel free to jump to your preferred section. In a nutshell: a gorgeous dark purple that is almost black with EF nibs. It doesn’t appreciate cheap paper. It’s wet and well lubricated. It’s a Diamine. What’s in a name? It comprises three Baroque composers: Bach, Vivaldi and Handel; two Classical-era composers: Mozart and Beethoven (poor Haydn was apparently cancelled); and five Romantic composers: Schubert, Chopin, Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Strauss. Technically, you could argue that Schubert is an early Romantic composer and Tchaikovsky a late Romantic composer. Then there is Strauss, whom I as...