Throwback Thursday: Quick Look at Lamy 2000 + Diamine Onyx Black
This summer is going by fast and September is just around the bend. With this in mind, I thought I would ease into the season of restraint and routines with a look back at this Lamy 2000 and Diamine Onyx Black combination.
Handwritten Review
Pen: Lamy 2000 EF
Ink: Diamine Onyx Black
Paper: Rhodia No. 16 Grid
The ink is black.
Yet has a brownish maroon undertone.
I really like it.
It is mysterious yet sophisticated.
Well behaved.
Not much shading.
It's a dark ink.
Nice.Really like this ink, well behaved.
Closing Comments
Diamine Onyx Black was an ink I tried back in the Goulet Ink Drop days. I only tried the one sample vial. It's black. I don't have much to say about it as you can tell from the handwritten sample.
I will say though, as I'm looking at the writing sample now, it still has that brownish undertone. So it's not a straight up black. If I didn't already have Noodler's Raven Black in my ink collection, I would consider picking up a bottle of this ink. I just don't use black inks often so the one bottle more than serves me adequately already.
The arrival of October brings to mind fall colours capped off with Halloween. So, my pen and ink line up for the month rich reds, oranges and brown. The one limitation was that the ink had to come stored in plastic bottles. This was because October 1 fell on Sunday but I headed up to our family cottage for the weekend on Friday. I didn't have time to ink up before leaving for our trip hence, I tried to choose ink bottles that wouldn't crack.