Diamine 80ml Sherwood Green Fountain Pen Ink Bottle

I've always favoured green for writing, so I have quite a few green inks by most manufacturers in my collection. This one has surprised me by being even better than I expected, and very useable. It's always hard to describe hues without seeing them, and comparisons are subjective, but I'd say it's a mid dark with just the right amount of yellow, a little lighter than Herbin Lierre Sauvage (another of my mainstays) and with a little more shading and character. Diamine make such a great range of colours, and some absolute winners when it comes to quality. This is one of them.

I have put this ink into two of my Jinhao pens and it produces good, dark green writing. Diamine is always good quality. My only regret is that I couldn't get it in cartridges. I always get ink on my fingers when filling from a bottle such as this. On the other hand it should last a lot longer than a box of cartridges, 80ml is a lot in ink terms. And if one of my pens stops running I can prime it by dipping the nib in the bottle.

Perfect for my use. I use two fountain pens; one for main writing and a second to indicate important text or actions. Previousy for the latter I used a red ink which leaked and stained the barrel of my celluloid vintage Parker - hence switching to green. Green doesn't appear to stain (so far) and comes in a larger glass bottle than I was expecting (but perfect size and shape which makes pen filling very simple)

great product

It writes well