Ink on Cheap Paper Test #9, Diamine Oxblood

Diamine Oxblood is a rich red. A review from Mountain of Ink can be found here: https://mountainofink.com/blog/diamine-oxblood. This test is one of the few where the nib is larger than a medium. For these samples, a Birmingham Pen Company Ironsides with a Broad nib was used. The expectation of this paper against a very wet nib is low, but you can imagine how finer nibs would perform based on how well they hold up against a much larger line.

 

AMPAD Legal Pad - Front

AMPAD Legal Pad - Reverse

Post-It-Note - Front

Post-It-Note - Reverse

AMPAD Small Legal Pad - Front

AMPAD Small Legal Pad - Reverse

AMPAD Steno Pad - Front

AMPAD Steno Pad - Reverse

Staples Copy Paper 20 lb - Front

Staples Copy Paper 20 lb - Reverse

AMPAD Scratchpad - Front

AMPAD Scratchpad - Reverse

pen & GEAR Notebook, Front & Back and Overlapping Line Tests - Front

 pen & GEAR Notebook, Front & Back and Overlapping Line Tests - Reverse

 

 Summary:

Best One-Sided Performer: The Scratchpad secures its first ever best performance. While the other one-sided papers had 5 seconds of dry time, the Scratchpad had none. While there is significant ghosting and bleeding, it wouldn't affect the performance of a one-sided paper.

Best Two-Sided Performer: The Copy Paper gets the best performance here, having instant dry time and only slight bleeding with ghosting.

Best Overall: The Copy Paper gives the best overall performance, despite the presence of bleeding and ghosting. Pen & GEAR Notebook and the Steno Pad offer only ghosting, but the 20 second drying time could cause problems when writing quickly. 

The Post-It-Note test shows that Oxblood is far too wet of an ink for the notes, especially in a broad nib. A 40 second dry time absolutely sinks it for writing a quick note, although there was no bleeding and the readability is great.

Some of these issues would be alleviated by using a finer nib for this ink.

TLDR [Drying Time, (B)leed, (G)host]: Legal Pad - 5, B, G ; small Legal Pad - 5, B, G ; Steno Pad - 20, G ; Copy Paper 20lb - 0, G, B ; Scratchpad - 0, G, B; p&G Notebook - 20, G.

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