Diamine Pumpkin

Review of Diamine Pumpkin fountain pen ink using a Pilot Penmanship EF nib.

Chapters:
00:00 Swatch color comparison
00:05 Zoom (microscope) photo
00:10 Microscope smear
00:15 Line Width
00:20 Written review
00:36 Dry Time
00:45 Writing Sample
02:02 Subjective Analysis
02:34 Zoom of absorbent paper
03:00 Quote & Writing Prompt
03:32 Close-up of completed review
03:44 Scan of completed review
03:49 End screen, links to channel and previous review

Post-recording notes: This is brighter than I would imagine for "pumpkin" - perhaps the insides rather than the outside... Anywho, it's a nice bright orange. Rechecked dry time with better magnification and changed it to 3 seconds after the video and stills were taken - the 4-second line had no smearing after all.

Cleaning was quick and easy, but there was a very slight pink film inside the grip - I missed it at first. I wouldn't have even bothered trying to get it out were this pen not used for reviews. A cotton swab quickly wiped it away. Pen flush probably would have, too.

NOTE: Decided today to write the times for the dry time test before recording the video - it's not like watching me write those really adds anything to the video. We'll see how long it takes me to turn that into a habit - might forget a few times.

Zoomed in photo (Very close to what my eyes see.)
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Screenshot (Text is a little too dark.)
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Scan of Completed Review (The scanner totally messed up this color! Too dark, burnt, and red - even after color correction!)
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Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (AP: Not quite right. Camera rendered the color rather neon before correction. CP: Not as bad, but still seems to have a neon glow.)
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Line width (The "I" in "Ink:". Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 292µm. With 300 inks measured, the average line width is 297µm.)
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Microscope image (100x. Pumpkin roots in pink soil! :D Color isn't bright enough, should be bright / hot pink.)
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