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  Diamine Hells Bells (German Exclusive) Ink Review #  163   Originally posted on FPN: Dec 18, 2024   Ink:  Hells Bells Brand:  Diamine Country:  United Kingdom Availability:  30 ml / 80 ml bottles. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco (EF / F / M / B / BB), Osmiroid Copperplate nib. Description This is another German exclusive, named after the 1980s AC/DC song. I bought my sample from Fountainfeder in Germany.  The only thing I liked about this ink was re-discovering the music of AC/DC. You can read more about these inks and Diamine Guitar series on the Nick Stewart website, and why it has a "metal sheen": https://nickstewart.ink/2022/07/08/hells-bells-its-master-of-puppets-stephan-lucht/ Ink is a dark teal with a red sheen. It's a finger stainer; my fingers were not happy with all the scrubbing. However, it's easy to clean out from pens and surprisingly has short dry times and is very well-behaved on copy paper. For some reason the BB n...

  Diamine x Niche Pens Alexandrite   Ink Review #  154   Originally posted on FPN: Oct 21, 2024   Ink:  Alexandrite Brand:  Diamine x Niche Pens Country:  United Kingdom Availability:  30 ml shimmering bottles; 30 ml / 80 ml non-shimmering bottles. Pens Used:  Lamy Safari (reverse EF, EF / F / M / B / Stub 1.1), Noodler's Nib Creaper. Description Many thanks to @JungleJim for the sample. This was a part of a blind test on FPGeeks.   Ink is made by Diamine for Niche Pens, aka Pure Pens UK. It comes in both shimmering and non-shimmering versions. This sample was the non-shimmering version.   It's a gorgeous, saturated teal / turquoise, with beautiful shading and a red sheen on most papers. The writing experience is so exquisite that it makes you forget about the world.   Dry times are about 25 seconds on Rhodia, so this ink is not suitable for lefty over-writers. I left the ink for a long time in the pen. Surprisingly, clean...