(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)
It’s December 4th and today’s ink is one of my favorites. It’s called Polar Glow and the name suits it perfectly.
Polar Glow is a dark blue ink with purple/magenta sheen.
The blue is highly saturated and the sheen simply glows in sunshine.
On Rhodia paper, the ink’s sheen is hardly noticeable. In fact, the color looks much more like a straightforward blue. You can see a bit of the sheen in the swab and in the medium and broad writing examples.
Polar Glow is a superb color, especially if you love inks with sheen. The color almost exactly matches the blue of the Inkvent Calendar (at least on Rhodia paper), but when you write with flex or broad nibs or do swabs, the purple/magenta sheen glows like the reflection of the Milky Way on icy northern waters.
(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)
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