Phoe

Recently bought a TWSBI Eco (frankly I should have gone with a Diamond 580 for the increased ease of disassembly and the fact I can easily replace the nib on it. It will be one of my next purchases lol) as a pen to use a bunch of the ink samplers I recently purchased. They're almost entirely shimmering, sheening, or other Kinda Unique inks, and I used most (at least all that i can reasonably get out of the bottle w/o an inkwell or tools designed for grabbing the last bits of ink out of a bottle, also something i will be purchasing) of my Diamine Mystique. It's a charming ink, deep purple with gold shimmer, although I find it needed encouragement in my Eco to actually lay down any shimmery bits. This may just be a natural fact of shimmer inks, or of the Eco, or mayhaps I didn't shake it well enough when I was using it, or some number of variables I didn't account for because This Is The First Time I'm Trying A Shimmering Ink, Okay? Either way, when it did cooperate (and frankly even when it didn't), it's an incredibly pretty ink. Definitely something I would consider using again, ESPECIALLY if I were to use, say, and italic/stub nib. I'm allowing my Eco to soak right now, but the next ink I try out is thanks to the decision of a very charming dragongirl, it's Colorverse Quasar! I'm excited, it will be the first sheening ink I try, and I think the colors are VERY pretty on it. I have heard warnings of it potentially staining the inside of the reservoir, though I noticed no staining with the Mystique despite being very similar shades. In addition, with the fact I'll basically only be using it for a day or two assuming I use it as frequently as I did the Mystique, it shouldn't stain too strongly! Either way, I'm not too concerned if the barrel of this pen gets stained, while it is a demonstrator and is designed to be see-through and pretty and stuff, it's also a pen, at the end of the day. If I'm truly concerned by the time I use it however, I'll simply put it in one of my LAMYs and use that pen as the tester for this specific ink! :)