Today I’m reviewing Cult Pens Machu Picchu ink, one of their latest exclusive Diamine inks. It is one of a recent series of inks inspired by modern Wonders of the World and by ‘modern’ they mean still in existence. This is what Cult Pens says about this ink:
“Machu Picchu” is an Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru. It’s one of the most recognisable names associated with Inca history and remained undiscovered by the western world right up until 1902 when it was discovered by Agustín Lizárraga but didn’t become popularised until Hiram Bingham came across the site in 1911. The green colour of the Machu Picchu ink is inspired by the Huayna Picchu Mountain Range, which is home to Machu Picchu.”Machu Picchu is an unsaturated, pale, greenish yellow ink with plenty of shading. Sometimes the amount of shading made writing with finer nibs more difficult to read, especially if it was on non-absorbent cream paper like Tomoe River. I found it easier to read on slightly absorbent white paper and when using broader nibs. It had good flow and lubrication across the page was nice and smooth.
It didn’t suffer from any hard starts or non-starts when I put the uncapped pen down to do swab tests, dry times and water resistance. It dried fairly quickly on most papers and once dry it didn’t smudge or smear.
- Flow Rate:Good
- Lubrication: Good
- Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
- Start-up: Immediate.
- Saturation: Unsaturated ink.
- Shading Potential: Lots of shading seen.
- Sheen: No sheen seen.
- Show-Through/Bleed through: Both seen on Exacompta & Whitelines.
- Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen.
- Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen.
- Staining (pen): Not seen after several days in the pen. Very easy clean-up.
- Staining (hands): Clean after one wash.
- Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
- Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof but shows some water resistance.
- Availability: 80ml glass bottles or 30ml plastic bottles exclusively available from Cult Pens, UK.
My thanks to Diamine for sending me this sample to review.
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