Recently I received few Ink bottles from one of my friend from Indore and they are Daytone Fountain Pen Ink. Daytone Inks are manufactured by Daylight industries and they are in to ink manufacturing since 1956. More information can be found about the company here : Daytone Webpage

Apart from Inks they manufacture lot of other stationary items. But this review is about one of the fountain pen inks that they manufacture.

The inks that they manufacture ( 8 Nos.) are as follows:

Blue Black Emerald Green Brilliant Red Crimson Turquoise Blue Deep Black Royal Blue Bright Violet Brown (In Process)

My earlier Ink reviews are listed as below:

Also I would like to add that I got the inks as a gift from one of my friend and fountain pen enthusiast, Ricky Bhasin.

This review is about BLUE-BLACK ink from Daytone.

Daytone BlueBlack

Daytone BlueBlack comes in 60 ml plastic bottles and are priced at Rs. 20 Each (Indian Rupees). I found out that the ink is more of dark blue rather than blue black. It certainly is bit darker than Bril Royal Blue. But I was expecting something else from BlueBlack Ink.

INK SPLASH

Daytone Ink Splash on JK Cedar -100 gsm – Top View

There is negligible sheen in this ink even if there is some massive ink pools on paper.

DROP ON PAPER NAPKIN

Daytone Blue-Black – Ink Drop

COLOR MATCH

Daytone Blue Black – Color Range

WRITING SAMPLES

Daytone Blue Black – Writing sample on Tomoe River Cream Paper

Daytone Blue Black – Writing sample on JK Cedar 100 gsm White Paper

Daytone Blue Black – Writing sample on Bilt Matrix 70 gsm Off White Paper

INK SWABS

Daytone Blue Black – Ink Swabs on Tomoe River Paper (Top – 3 Swabs, Middle – 2 Swabs, Bottom – 1 Swab)

Daytone Blue Black – Ink Swabs on JK Cedar 100 gsm Paper (Top – 3 Swabs, Middle – 2 Swabs, Bottom – 1 Swab)

Daytone Blue Black – Ink Swabs on BILT Matrix 70 gsm Paper (Top – 3 Swabs, Middle – 2 Swabs, Bottom – 1 Swab)

PEN SCRIBBLE

Daytone Blue Black – Pen Scribble on JK Cedar 100 gsm Paper

The ink flow is smooth and the ink looks bit faded for blue black.

WATERPROOF TEST

The ink was quite water resistant and it was pretty mush clear and visible even after running it under tap water for 5 min and then keeping it in water container for another 5 more minutes. I must say I am pretty impressed with this property of the ink.

Daytone Blue Black – Under tap Water

Daytone Blue Black – After Waterproof Test

CHROMATOGRAPHY

Daytone Blue Black – Chromatography

Only single colour shows in chromatography test.

INK DRYING TIMES

Ink drying times were tested on the Bilt Matrix paper and pen used was Jinhao 165.

Daytone Blue Black – Ink Drying Test

BLOW-UP WRITING SAMPLES

Daytone Blue Black – Writing sample on Tomoe River – Blown Up

Daytone Blue Black – Writing sample on JK Cedar – Blown Up

Daytone Blue Black – Writing sample on Bilt Matrix – Blown Up

Close up Pictures show that there is no shading and also no sheen and also no feathering.

CONCLUSION:

I don’t like this blue black ink too much but it has good water resistance.

My always goto blue black ink is Edelstien Tanzanite or Pilot Blue Black.

Manufacturer must take note of the fact that this ink needs to have more black character.

Following are the summation of ink properties: