Taccia Daidai
Ink Review #30
*Please note that the scan is the accurate representation of this color.
Overview
The color/properties:
Taccia Daidai is a vibrant orange that presents itself as a mostly solid color. There’s minimal shading, and on most papers, you won’t notice more than a soft gradient with low tone variation where the ink pools.
Ink Splat
Droplets
Performance on paper:
Daidai’s performance is okay, but not great. There was one spot of bleed-through on Kokuyo, and surprisingly, there was not only some micro feathering, but also some bleed-through on the Leuchtturm paper. The dry times were slightly above average, especially on Rhodia and Leuchtturm. The water resistance is hazy and may be difficult to read.
Bleed-through on Leuchtturm
Water resistance
Chromatography
Performance in the pen:
Right out of the gate, this ink refused to work with the needlepoint on any of the test papers. I also noticed a lot of dryness with the other nibs, but they all wrote without any hard starts or stops. Cleaning took longer than usual, but not as long as I expected it to.
Performance in a pen: 8.5/10
Performance on paper: 7.5/10
Color saturation: 7/10
Sheening: 0/10
Shading: 2/10
Dry time: 8/10
Water resistance: 3/10
Ease of cleaning: 7.5/10
Shimmer: None
My personal thoughts...
I initially liked this color, it seemed like a nice vibrant orange to me, and for a decent price. Unfortunately, the enjoyment died down fast — even more so while working on this review — after realizing how dry it felt on top of a decreasing enthusiasm for the color itself. It doesn’t really resemble a daidai either. The color is so saturated, so synthetic. This one’s just not for me.
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Tools and materials used in the writing samples:
A TWSBI Diamond 580 AL with 7 nib units including a Needlepoint grind, EF, F, M, B, 1.1mm stub, and an Architect grind. All nibs tuned to perform at the same medium wetness.
A Rhodia No16 A5 DotPad
A Leuchtturm1917 A5 Notebook
A Midori MD A5 Notebook
A 68gsm A5 Tomoe River Notebook
A Maruman Mnemosyne A5 Spiral Notebook
A Kokuyo Campus A5 Notebook