Diamine Writer's Blood | Burgundy Royale Has Met Its Match!

[@michaelsutherland8548]

I love writers blood!

[@bullseye11b]

This has become one of my favorites. Just picked up a bottle last month. It paired very well with just about every pen I have tried it in. My favorite so far was putting it in my Pelikan M800 B red striped.

[@Richard_Barnes]

OO! This ink in.a Pelikan broad! 🤩 Fantastic

[@cferracini]

I love greys. The community will never be wrong when it gives me beautiful greys. But it's a lovely burgundy indeed

[@kurtgeisinger2012]

Based on your review, I will definitely give this ink a try. I have the Diamine Matador and absolutely love it. Writer's Blood seems a bit richer in color. Thank you for the comprehensive review! Liked & subscribed. 👍

[@archivist17]

I was very pleasantly surprised by Writers Blood. Unlike Ancient Copper, which I bought at the same time, both inks because so many people online were impressed by them.

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

I have the Ancient Copper on my list. What’s it like, and why weren’t you as impressed with that color? It looks beautiful, but online colors are shifty from so many lenses and uploads.

[@archivist17]

@@mynamedoesntmatter8652 Oh, nothing inherently wrong with the ink, just didn't match my preferences. It seemed quite flat and a bit too far to the yellowy end of brown. I've mixed in black with it, and it's much more satisfying for me.

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

@@archivist17 Ah, the yellowy end of brown. I was somewhat afraid that might be what I’d run into. I was looking for something on the lighter, brighter side of a cocoa, not too red-ish. This won’t be it then. Thanks so much, it helps tremendously to get someone’s opinion on a color before diving into the pool. I was going to get a sample size but, no need now. Thanks again ~~~~~

[@Richard_Barnes]

One of my all time favourite inks 👍🏻 I got it on launch day and am only 1/2 way through the 80 ml’s and I’m using it every other day. It has helped my slightly dry Nakaya become a wetter and better writing pen. A truly wet ink indeed. Superb colour, very wet, lubricating. Cracking job Diamine 🙂👊🏻 Thx for the great review Yvgenii 😃 🖊

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

Question please? With an 80 mil bottle of WB, do you suggest rolling/tilting the bottle or gently shaking it or not shaking or stirring? I suppose I could just ask “shaken, or stirred.” Thanks for suggestions on this.

[@TheInkedWell]

Rolling is best IMHO.

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

@@TheInkedWell Thank you ~~~

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

@@TheInkedWell I thought about what it must’ve gone through during shipping, but it is unharmed by that (it was just dropped into a bag, but the box was not even smashed anywhere). I love this color and I feel I’ll go through this bottle faster than I first thought. I’d never purchased an 80 mil bottle of anything before but just the name, aside from the rich color, is as intriguing as the ink. I love it in one of my Lamys, which I pick up every day - all of them I pick up every day. I like coordinating colors when possible, but my WB flows through the charcoal, just for now. The color is a nice contrast with my vintage Cocoa in another pen. I have two boxes of inks from about thirty years ago, and I had favorites that I stopped using temporarily because one, they’re low, and two, I worked a hectic job. But the same inks are still made so I can replenish or find a new color. The vintage colors write the same as when they were new. They were stored tightly capped and in their decorative boxes, which are nice sitting on a bookshelf or desk. I had to use other pens at work (I was in a hospital, no FPs there) but I’ve give up dull work pens for my old friends - and new, and it’s been new and exciting all over again. Thanks again for your suggestion.

[@PATRK55]

I'm choosing between this, Syrah and the 2021 inkvent final color. Love me a good purply red. Opinions on which to get?

[@TheInkedWell]

I’m partial to Writer’s Blood.

[@davidmathews2124]

I like Writers Blood more than Oxblood…more even than Red Dragon.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

Thank for this review. You refer to “KPIs” several times. I don’t know this acronym - what’s the phrase without abbreviation?

[@TheInkedWell]

Key Performance Indicators

[@JosephDickson]

Solution, buy them all. Use them frequently.